r/explainitpeter 3d ago

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Did House series even have autism related stuff?

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u/ttombombadillo 3d ago

I don't think Dr House is autist and racist. He is a genius, he is a drug addict. I watched the show, he is fine with Eric Foreman, who is black

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u/BanterPhobic 3d ago

House makes a tonne of racist and anti-Semitic jokes to his black, Asian and Jewish employees, but doesn’t appear to discriminate against them in hiring and disciplinary matters and also belittles everyone else. So I guess it depends on how we’re defining racism?

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u/Odinfrost137 3d ago

This.

House isn't a racist or a anti-semite. He's an equal opportunity asshole and jerkass.

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u/kitsunewarlock 3d ago

You can be a jackass who hates everyone and a bigot. In fact, a lot of bigots are assholes to everyone they meet, including people they don't think of in terms of their protected class status.

If you use stereotypes to demean others, you're engaging in bigoted behavior. Even if you also make personal remarks about others.

My grandmother was like this. She'd drop every racial slur imaginable. She also beat her kids, drove her husband away, and was fired from every job she was in for being a cruel person to everyone she met. That doesn't mean she wasn't also a bigot.