In the context of what's being discussed there, racial prejudice can never be more harmful than racism, because a racist culture is always the larger context for racial prejudice. Hope that makes sense. Ask if it doesn't, I'll try to explain further.
Also racism doesn't need an institution to exist, it can be done be a person.
It's true that racial prejudice does not require institutionalization behind it; people of color can be prejudiced towards whites or towards each other, but this is not systematically entrenched in that they are capable of oppressing another racial group in our society. White racism IS systematic like that, and is oppressive. Again, I hope that makes sense.
Anyhow, I think it might only be controversial because it might be a deep subject to think about due to our day to day understandings or misunderstandings or blindness to what may exist beneathe our noses.
Exactly!
it is understandable to want to discuss but perhaps not to disagree with some policy that looks well and soundly put forth.
I would have been happy, honestly, to discuss the matter calmly, but it pushes my buttons big time when people start complaining, "You're calling me names!" before they ask "what's going on, and could things be clarified first?"
The policy itself, as I understand it, was developed with some thought between the mods as a result of months of expressed discontent from people. It wasn't like they just woke up yesterday and decided to make new rules.
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Date: 2005-12-13 08:52 pm (UTC)In the context of what's being discussed there, racial prejudice can never be more harmful than racism, because a racist culture is always the larger context for racial prejudice. Hope that makes sense. Ask if it doesn't, I'll try to explain further.
Also racism doesn't need an institution to exist, it can be done be a person.
It's true that racial prejudice does not require institutionalization behind it; people of color can be prejudiced towards whites or towards each other, but this is not systematically entrenched in that they are capable of oppressing another racial group in our society. White racism IS systematic like that, and is oppressive. Again, I hope that makes sense.
Anyhow, I think it might only be controversial because it might be a deep subject to think about due to our day to day understandings or misunderstandings or blindness to what may exist beneathe our noses.
Exactly!
it is understandable to want to discuss but perhaps not to disagree with some policy that looks well and soundly put forth.
I would have been happy, honestly, to discuss the matter calmly, but it pushes my buttons big time when people start complaining, "You're calling me names!" before they ask "what's going on, and could things be clarified first?"
The policy itself, as I understand it, was developed with some thought between the mods as a result of months of expressed discontent from people. It wasn't like they just woke up yesterday and decided to make new rules.
Thanks for checking in.