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Because all of that is subjective. If your offense is subjective it doesn’t need special treatment. Plus what the person did was most likely not even a bit racist but you’re just an overly sensitive person who thinks everything is racist.

I’m an anthropologist specializing in orientalist racism

If your kid steps on another kid’s foot and the other kid says “ow,” you want your kid to say “I’m sorry,” not “you’re wrong.” And if the other kid has a broken foot, and your kid steps on that broken foot and says “ow,” would you want your kid saying “you’re being too sensitive” or “I’m sorry,” but even more so?

Because all of that is subjective. If your offense is subjective it doesn’t need special treatment. Plus what the person did was most likely not even a bit racist but you’re just an overly sensitive person who thinks everything is racist.

I’m an anthropologist specializing in orientalist racism

Notice how toshio only addressed the “someone feels hurt” part. Not the “racism” part.

Telling someone they hurt your feelings and explaining why is perfectly fine. Telling someone that they’re automatically a racist and demonizing them is not.

In case you didn’t know it is possible to do something racist without realizing it or intending harm. Maybe if someone calls you a racist you should worry about what you did that made others percieve you as racist instead of attacking the person telling you you’re being racist. Understand that it’s okay to be wrong as long as you try to grow from it. Understand that when someone tells you you’re being racist that isn’t an attack and you don’t need to defend yourself. Understand that if you are called racist the only one who can demonize you is yourself.

I’m sorry but that’s very much not true. For example, the new concept that ‘everyone who isn’t in ____ group is naturally born prejudice against it’. In these cases I’m not worried about what I did to be perceived as prejudiced because I didn’t do anything. I was born. I existed. I didn’t follow their exact way of thinking and was automatically deemed prejudice. I’ve been called racist for saying that lumping all races together is racist and ineffective. I, (a bisexual woman), have been called homophobic and told I was putting 'my ugly words into [her] pretty lesbian mouth’ when a woman was saying prejudice things against bisexuals. I have been called ableist just for using the term 'intrusive thought’ in a post and told to apologise even though I have OCD. If I am called racist, it very much can be for no other reason then that person wants to be right and I very much can and have been demonized. I know we’ve all seen people being doxxed for 'being pedophiles’ because they supported a fictional relationship between two adults, I literally just reblogged a post with thousands of people trying to ruin an immigrant man’s life because of an inflammatory tweet linking to a news story that explained the whole situation and that he did nothing wrong. Hell, my straight best friend irl tried to tell me about reclaiming slurs when I tried to explain to my friends why it doesn’t work. So while I’d really like to agree with you, I have a lot of personal experience that dictates otherwise.

That's a whole lot you just said but we're talking about racism right now. It sounds like maybe you were in the right in the specific instance you talked about. But can you really not understand what I'm saying and who I'm saying it too? Do you really misunderstand the point that much? I'll be happy to explain if you need me to but like I thought I was being pretty clear. If you're called racist or whatever you're called by someone else it's not your job to prove them wrong it's your job to listen to what they are saying and figure out how you can do better. Your improvement is no one else's responsibility. That you know what racism is is only your responsibility. That you continually try to identify where racist thoughts and actions may have seeped into your character is your responsibility. We live in an inherently racist world everything is impacted by it. It's your job to not let it make you like that. I don't really care what those other people did or said or if they made you feel bad when they called you a racist or whatever. This isn't about you and your specific experience. This is about white people's tendency (as you so kindly Illustrated) to ignore pic when they talk about racism. About their tendency to deflect (once again thank you for demonstrating) and make it about how they personally can't be a racist and how sometimes people say things are racist when they aren't. But here's the thing they are racist or are founded in racist ideals. For instance your example about being called racist easily could have been a misunderstanding where the other person thought you were saying different races should be treated differently. Instead of you saying I assume "different races have different experiences and therefore are different and as a result we should be sensitive to those of different backgrounds than us and their needs being of a different culture means we can't possibly know what the needs of their community is and so we should treat them how they ask to be treated and generally endeavour to be respectful." I'm sure that's what you meant but you can surely understand how a person who's been in a system that's always actively working against them.

Because all of that is subjective. If your offense is subjective it doesn’t need special treatment. Plus what the person did was most likely not even a bit racist but you’re just an overly sensitive person who thinks everything is racist.

I’m an anthropologist specializing in orientalist racism

Notice how toshio only addressed the “someone feels hurt” part. Not the “racism” part.

Telling someone they hurt your feelings and explaining why is perfectly fine. Telling someone that they’re automatically a racist and demonizing them is not.

In case you didn't know it is possible to do something racist without realizing it or intending harm. Maybe if someone calls you a racist you should worry about what you did that made others percieve you as racist instead of attacking the person telling you you're being racist. Understand that it's okay to be wrong as long as you try to grow from it. Understand that when someone tells you you're being racist that isn't an attack and you don't need to defend yourself. Understand that if you are called racist the only one who can demonize you is yourself.

unpopular opinion but maybe it shouldn’t be: wakanda should not have been sacrificed to save a robot who died anyways or even put in that position and steve was wrong for that

Please. It's been three years. Let this post die

I wonder what it feels like to know what the fuck is going on

Villains are commonly portrayed as geniuses and mad scientists who use advanced science to take over the world. In reality, the most evil comes out of ignorance and the rejection of science.

usually I do not care about this now regular story of ‘person in picture with trump looks annoyed’ but goddamn if Buzz doesn’t EXACTLY like a dude who just lied in LA Noire