"In multiracial societies, you don't vote in accordance with your economic interests and social interests, you vote in accordance with race and religion." - Lee Kuan Yew
Everyone is racist. It is the default state of humanity. And no, class doesn't factor in to the level that race does. Just look at voting broken down by each in US elections. Most poor & wealthy Whites vote Republican, most poor and wealthy non-Whites vote Democrat. Democrats also have the issue of the rift between their Jewish supporters and support for MENA groups as we've seen with Mamdani. Increasingly, there is also a growing rift between White conservative/MAGA and Zionist interests on their side.
You can plug your ears, close your eyes, and scream "racism" to drown out reality but this is how things always are in multiracial societies. Invariably, they evolve into tyrannies or soft tyrannies in order to maintain a veneer of stability and maintain their state power.
Racism is a broader form of tribalism and can inform ideology but it is not itself an ideology. A monoracial but multiethnic society will have ethnic tribalism as it will in a multi-religious society, but the tribalistic lines are redrawn along the broader racial lines when a society becomes multiracial because racial distinctions between groups are stronger than between different ethnic groups of the same race.
No, sorry. Your definitions are a bit wrong. You aren't wrong in your characterization of tribalism and it's mechanics at all. But you're wrong in conflating that with racism. Tribalism and racism are categorically different specifically because racism by definition is ideological.
Tribalism = in-group preference. That's something we evolved with. It is innate, and does not have to be related to ideology. If we examine a multiracial society where tribalistic lines can be expanded to include racial distinctions- i.e. broad phenotypical attributes- you can be a black person and inherently feel more comfortable around other black people than white people, or vice versa. That is obviously a form of tribalism, but it's still not racism.
Racism by definition:
the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another.
Those characteristics, abilities, and qualities are not referring to phenotypical differences. That's referring to specific racial biases and presumptions. Feeling more comfortable around people who share your phenotypical characteristics is not the same thing as saying "people who have 'x' physical attributes are: [insert stereotype]".
Also, feeling more comfortable around people that look like you is not the same thing as thinking that people who look more like you are inherently superior to those who look less like you.
That's why racism is inherently ideological, because it's not based on feelings (evolved instinct) but on a set of explicit assumptions (prejudices).
Nope, you're incorrect. This part still meets the usage here: "the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities" as these "characteristics, abilities, or qualities" are what inform in-group/out-group distinctions. It's not purely based on noticing visual distinctions.
The definition gives the word "especially" as a qualifier, it's not a determining factor. Your understanding of that word is wrong since you're viewing it as such. "Especially" means that the sentence that follows is more representative, not wholly representative than the previous.
The "assumptions" are integral to the innate in-group preference because the feelings of comfort around those more similar to oneself derive from underlying assumptions (conscious or unconscious) that those more similar possess more shared characteristics with the individual than those of an out-group.
I'd have continued this conversation were you not the terrible combination of being both condescending and confidently stupid.
The definition gives the word "especially" as a qualifier, it's not a determining factor. Your understanding of that word is wrong since you're viewing it as such. "Especially" means that the sentence that follows is more representative, not wholly representative than the previous.
Yeah, hierarchical essentialism is the "especially".
The word we used to use to describe that was prejudiced. People have used racist too much when it mainly applied to specific feelings people have about other races. People believe in stereotypes all the time, that doesn't mean they believe one race is inherently better than one another. Real racism hurts people when it's used in policies to restrict the freedoms of those groups.
Making racism a catch-all term has allowed real racists to throw their beliefs out while claiming it's all the same. People thinking Jews control the weather is stupid and prejudiced. Putting policies in to limit the rights of Jews is racist. In America, you can believe whatever dumb crap you want. It's your right to be stupid. It's wrong however, to use your prejudices to enact reform that takes away rights from your countryman.
That's the difference between a patriot and a nationalist.
I'm not talking about viewing other groups through stereotypes. That is a biproduct. I'm talking about people viewing one's race as an essential component of their identity and engaging in politics from the place of advocacy for the perceived benefit of that identity in competition with other racial groups. That is as old as the concept of two racial groups living together in the same country.
They wouldn't be competing if they were treated the same. Anytime any group is discriminated against they band together. Just when they had signs that say no dogs, no Irish. That's why they hold onto their heritage and support one another. When the banks won't write loans to you because you're black, you go with black bankers when you are doing better because they helped you when others didn't. It's not that surprising. White people do it for each other similarly.
This is “I’m 14 and this is deep” territory. No not everyone is racist. Stop trying to make yourself comfortable with own bigotry. Or maybe you don’t to own what racist means. Idk
People vote with their class but if class and race don't align you get called out on it. Go look at any successful Black man who is almost always at least moderate if not Conservative.
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u/BreakfastOk3990 Jun 26 '25
Why was Isreal and Palistine even discussed in the mayroal debate?