Am 23.10.2019 um 06:30 schrieb Jim Salter: > With respect, you should probably see if the people who are the > *targets* of racism agree with you on this. > > In my experience, most will not, and would prefer that racism be > explicitly addressed. But again, this is really best weighed in on by > the people directly affected the most, which I am not. > The words 'race' and 'racism' are distinct, though they seem to have a high potential of being confused. You seem to have read /racism dosn't exist/, which isn't what I wrote. With respect, please read again.
Am 23.10.2019 um 06:30 schrieb Sean Fagan: > The question of "race" in the context used is a legal one, not a technical or > scientific one. Implying /race/ being an existing thing in humans (through referencing the ability to discriminate by it) can install this as a belief onto the minds humans, where it then serves as the foundation on which /racism/ can grow, which then reinforces the belief in /race/ through inducing a (false) feeling of superiority over others, closing the mental feedback loop of a quite viral meme. But that meme collapses the moment one realizes that /there is no such thing as race in humans/. But till then, anything or -one (be it a legal system, a culture, a language or a just single human) employing /race being a thing in humans /in whatever form is affected by that meme to some level and (regardless of intention or it being intentional at all) helps spreading the only basis /racism/ needs (and has) to survive. Hence we should choose words carefully when it comes to the topic at hand, to not accidently support what we intend to oppose. Gregor ------------------------------------------ openzfs: openzfs-developer Permalink: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/T91ab128e3e20cf25-M7bffa16eb8e9e7505cf7b4d1 Delivery options: https://openzfs.topicbox.com/groups/developer/subscription
