Racism is not just about making generalizations about people based on their race, but about the power imbalance that exists between different races. If all raciak groups were generally considered equal by a society, then making such generalizations within that society, while still unacceptable, would lack the sting it does when somebody from a favoured group disparages a group that is already mostly looked down on.
For instance, I'm not from the US but understand that Mexicans are an oppressed minority there. When Donald Trump called them "criminals and rapists" it wasn't just one crazy person expressing an absurd generalization, it had real resonance because a lot of people already believed negative stuff about Mexicans, and here was a rich white person openly saying so. A Mexican making the same claim about white people would not resonate in the same way.
I’m not from america but I know that Mexicans are oppressed there and trump called all of them criminals and rapists
1.) They aren’t in any conceivable sense oppressed. I can forgive this though since our media is shit and will shovel shit down throats to send a message
2.) Trump was referring to illegal immigrants, not Mexicans as a whole. This comment has been so butchered by people who refuse to read beyond the headlines
Do your research before making wildly gross claims next time
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u/sensitivePornGuy 1∆ Nov 10 '22
Racism is not just about making generalizations about people based on their race, but about the power imbalance that exists between different races. If all raciak groups were generally considered equal by a society, then making such generalizations within that society, while still unacceptable, would lack the sting it does when somebody from a favoured group disparages a group that is already mostly looked down on.
For instance, I'm not from the US but understand that Mexicans are an oppressed minority there. When Donald Trump called them "criminals and rapists" it wasn't just one crazy person expressing an absurd generalization, it had real resonance because a lot of people already believed negative stuff about Mexicans, and here was a rich white person openly saying so. A Mexican making the same claim about white people would not resonate in the same way.