shivas.wisdom said:

I was hoping you might reach the conclusion that the racist skin-colour system is arbitrary pseudoscience that should left behind in the past.

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XUL said:

You are playing semantics and I am calling BS. There is already a term explaining generational class: caste system.

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XUL said:

Whenever it suits your narrative, you are willing to call people white and privileged -- blanket statements based on race.

With that said, I take back my concession.  You use skin color to portray certain images of whites and only whites, which makes your argument moot.

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qman said:

Is calling a Caucasian a "white" also bigotry?  What about a Negro a "black"?

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Great Scott said:

The answer is no, the hypocrite will keep labeling peoples of European descent "white". And the Euro news will keep using the word "asian" when they want to obscure the rampant migrant crime of the brown muzzies. And when the yellow vest movement gets too loud to ignore, they'll call it "supremacy" and "hate" in a lame attempt to shoot down the legitimate grievances of the native population.

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XUL said:

I said it because my Korean roommates would refer to their yellow skin.

Similarly, Europeans are labeled white.

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Psilynut2 said:

It doesn’t always mean that . If I said I have yellow fever it means something else entirely .

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shivas.wisdom said:

XUL said:

You are playing semantics and I am calling BS. There is already a term explaining generational class: caste system.

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"Caste system" is a general term that doesn't describe the specific aspects of a caste system based on a skin-colour hierarchy that puts white skin on top; because of this we also have more specific terms - like racial segregation, systemic racism, and white supremacy.

In the same way "privilege" is a general term describing the societal behaviours that benefit upper-caste members, but doesn't describe the specific aspects of privilege based on a skin-colour hierarchy that puts white skin on top; because of this we also have more specific terms - like racial bias and white privilege.

Do you suggest we limit all conversation on the sociological effects of caste-systems to the most general of description?

XUL said:

Whenever it suits your narrative, you are willing to call people white and privileged -- blanket statements based on race.

With that said, I take back my concession.  You use skin color to portray certain images of whites and only whites, which makes your argument moot.

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Not at all. White privilege is not the only form of privilege - it's just one of the predominant forms of privilege in western/European society.

In the same way, just because I actively criticize white supremacy doesn't mean I am willing to call people white and supremacist. Criticism of white supremacy doesn't imply that I'm using skin colour to portray certain images of "whites and whites only". Not all white people are supremacists, and not all supremacists are white.

Describing aspects of race based caste-systems is not equivalent to adopting the use of race based caste-systems.




To be honest, I think you are confused about what white privilege actually describes. I've found this analogy to be good: Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is

Hopefully this clears my position up to you.

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XUL said:

Well, I guess you will ignore me and make baseless accusations.

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XUL said:

White privilege is a racist term that seeks to attack whites based on skin color.

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