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Originally posted by RACooper
Examined from a Socialogy or Anthropology point of view any act that is design the deminsh or weaken the standing of any group of people is an act of dicrimination, because you are reducing them to a less than equal footing... and so using "race" as the determining factor in implementing this act marks it a racist act, just as using sex would have made it a sexist act.
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Here's the point I'm trying to make -- white people have the upper hand in our society -- that's always been the case. There's nothing a black man at a party can do to reduce white people to less than equal footing. White people already have way more than equal footing in our country. That's why I don't find it especially troublesome if a black person dresses up in white face. I personally am not bothered by people who are not in a position of power doing things like this, but find it offensive if those in a position of power (i.e., white people) do the same thing. Feel free to disagree with me, but that's my opinion.
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