Tacoma
Active Member
So you're saying that if someone who wasn't in a position of power got up and said that some ethnic group was stupid and should be deported, it's not racist?
I don't understand the logic behind that one. And I still think most racism comes from ethnic communities.
I think you have to look at context. If that someone was just badly cut off in traffic and says in anger that that ethic group was stupid, can't drive and should be deported, then that person is making a racist remark. But the remark, in and of itself, doesn't make that person a racist any more than a woman who says "men are stupid" after a breakup makes her a sexist. Now, if that same powerless person really believes in that remark and starts a petition to deport all people of that race than that is racism; or the woman really believes men are stupid and refuses to hire men, then that's sexism.
Yeah, probably sounds shocking if you haven't been a part of these communities and seen it for yourself. The real world isn't so clear as "opressing majority vs. opressed minority", particularly in Toronto.
And the world isn't so clear as you seem to think that a racist is a racist just the same regardless of context of power. And regarding these racists ethnic communities, I am really interested in the reasons that led to your conclusion that they are the source of most racism in Toronto.