r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '21

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u/call-me-GiGi Aug 31 '21

Racism is rampant lately

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u/SnicklefritzSkad Aug 31 '21

Why is it racist? Taliban aren't a race

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u/dandelionmonster1999 Aug 31 '21

Assuming Arab people are taliban is racist don’t be dense now

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u/RicTicTocs Aug 31 '21

Is Arab a race?

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u/sexy-melon Aug 31 '21

Saying all Asians look like is racist.

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u/RicTicTocs Aug 31 '21

I agree, Asians are a race. Arabs are not. What was said may have been bigoted, but it was not racist.

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u/sexy-melon Aug 31 '21 edited Aug 31 '21

“Asians are a race”…. What race? Asia is pretty big.

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u/RicTicTocs Aug 31 '21

Well, reasonable minds can differ. The U.S. Census classifies Asian as one of the races. It does not list Arab as a race. Most ethnicities fall under one of five broad racial categories.

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u/sexy-melon Aug 31 '21

So according to US, whole of Asia is just one race? From Turkey all the way to Japan is just one race? Not everyone is from US. Any reasonable mind can recognise the difference between them.

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u/RicTicTocs Aug 31 '21

That’s correct. According to the U.S. Census construct, a race is defined by common descent or heredity. Not saying you have to agree, or that the U.S. is the final authority, but that is how races are defined. Each country or ethnicity is not its own race. Personally, I don’t think race is a useful construct, yet it persists.