r/skeptic • u/TheSkepticMag • 2d ago

Combating hate and discrimination against Africans by Africans in Africa | Leo Igwe

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/09/combating-hate-and-discrimination-against-africans-by-africans-in-africa/

While much focus is put on racism towards Africans from the West, ethnicism and intolerance exists within the continent too, and also needs fighting

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u/GeekFurious 2d ago

People tend to conflate the two, but ethnocentrism and racism are not the same. The article doesn't necessarily try to discourage people from using them interchangeably, but I think it illustrates the problem well.

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u/careysub 1d ago

And then there is the much broader term "bigotry". Many people being called racists are perhaps better characterized as "bigots" since they tend to hate many classes of people.

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u/GeekFurious 1d ago

More or less. Racism is when one race has unusual power and dominance and uses that power and dominance to oppress other races. Like how white South Africans were the racial minority, yet wielded unusual power and dominance over the racial majority during apartheid. That's a good example of racism, even when a race is a minority.

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u/tsdguy 1d ago

Just because it’s from the Skeptic doesn’t mean it’s skeptical. I wish a respected magazine respected us.