"Racism"

[*PhilHos*]

(03-14-2018, 06:25 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Every race can be racists, but only the race with all of the power can oppress minorities with racists actions.

So here in the US there is racism against white people, but since white people have a disproportionate amount of the wealth and power they are not oppressed by racism like African Americans and other minorities.

I don't disagree (well, except the insinuation that African Americans and other minorities are currently oppressed in America) but I've seen a lot of arguments from people of color that try to claim it's impossible for them to be RACIST because they don't have the power to oppress. And it bothers the hell out of me. They're basically taking the definition of oppression and applying it to racism. And that bothers me.

To be fair, it also bothers the hell out of me that 'literally' now also has the definition of 'figuratively' as one of its definitions.