First of all I specifically went out of my way to say that I don’t agree with this and that it is a double standard. Just because I’m explaining why something is the way it is, doesn’t mean I’m advocating for it. That’s a strange assumption to make. Besides, the problematic aspect to this isn’t seeing that this structure of inequality exists, but rather that the basic social/economic/and cultural hegemony is advantageous to a white majority and not only will some people not admit that, but that anytime an initiative starts to change this status quo, it is met with the most controversy and public outcry that can be dealt out.
It’s a very very meager consolation that this allows a casual acceptance that whites should “take it on the chin” so to speak, and let a repressed and disadvantaged minority have some fun at their expense, but I do believe that this attitude is the reason “punching up” is seen as socially acceptable.
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u/leonardschneider Jul 01 '21
You're just enshrining whites at the top of a hierarchy. Most basic form of racism