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Originally posted by neicy81
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Originally posted by RUgreek
Now looking at your definition of racism, how can blacks commit racism amongst themselves if it is " discriminating or being prejudice to another race "?
Maybe I'm just vocab immune?
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neicy - I'm having a lot of trouble piecing together some of your previous posts, mostly due to coding, but I think I'm getting caught up in the thread . . .
As far as the above, would you argue that two distinctly-developed cultures, separated geographically, historically, and culturally, are the same 'race'?
I believe in
RUgreek's example he was referring to two 'tribal' cultures (hypothetical, I realize, but bear with it) warring on some level, and that this could end in something construed as 'racism' on some level. Without the logical 'leap' as above, I cannot follow how you reach your conclusion. I believe much of the African-American race, for example, is based in common roots, experience, and culture - which seems dissimilar to saying that two differing cultures with the same skin color cannot be racist toward each other. There can arise instances where two races share the same skin color, and dissimilar positions of power, authority, control, abuse, and etc.
I'll agree that specific incidents are extremely insignificant compared to the overriding whole of racism as we know it here in the US (ie the Fallacy of Converse Accident), but I don't think you fully see his point. I will definitely agree with
LovelyIvy's point, though, and say that until we have the working definitions that each of us are using for racism, much of this discussion goes nowhere fast.