I also never said that Europeans were a pest or plague; as I said in the previous comment, “My only response was that you statement that Europe’s history of colonization is still relevant.” You never alleged that I was saying that Europeans were a pest or plague (probably because I never said that) so I was never attempting to refute such a claim.
I expect, at this point, we will just agree to disagree and there’s no way we’ll see eye to eye but no: it’s very much not. Race is an ill-defined social construct whereas xenophobia is based on prejudice against cultural and national lines and, while those are also socially constructed, they are more concrete than the boundaries of “race”.
As such, racism seeks to (and is more defined by its attempt to) construct a sense of identity against something to maintain a status quo (hence why the definition of “white” has been able to expand to include ethnicity such as the Irish) to better position itself against others.
While cultures and ethnicities can certainly change over time, they’re not remotely as nebulous (and made up) as race is and, thus, don’t operate in that same way; people are also much more invested in cultures and ethnicities beyond reasons of maintaining hegemonic status quo so that impacts things, as well.
I expected (hoped?) you’d educate yourself a bit; there’s a wealth of information and research and theory on this subject so it’s not like you have an excuse to so wildly misuse terminology which is well-known and well-defined. Continuing to use “racism” without defining what race is is cartoonish but I did hope for more from you; I guess, at least, good faith. Oh, well.
For others who come across this thread and would like creators who sometimes cover these topics with some depth, here’s some video essayists:
That would be xenophobia; not racism.
I also never said that Europeans were a pest or plague; as I said in the previous comment, “My only response was that you statement that Europe’s history of colonization is still relevant.” You never alleged that I was saying that Europeans were a pest or plague (probably because I never said that) so I was never attempting to refute such a claim.
Xenophobia is Racism like Water is a Fluid.
I expect, at this point, we will just agree to disagree and there’s no way we’ll see eye to eye but no: it’s very much not. Race is an ill-defined social construct whereas xenophobia is based on prejudice against cultural and national lines and, while those are also socially constructed, they are more concrete than the boundaries of “race”.
As such, racism seeks to (and is more defined by its attempt to) construct a sense of identity against something to maintain a status quo (hence why the definition of “white” has been able to expand to include ethnicity such as the Irish) to better position itself against others.
While cultures and ethnicities can certainly change over time, they’re not remotely as nebulous (and made up) as race is and, thus, don’t operate in that same way; people are also much more invested in cultures and ethnicities beyond reasons of maintaining hegemonic status quo so that impacts things, as well.
Did you expect to convert me to racism?
I expected (hoped?) you’d educate yourself a bit; there’s a wealth of information and research and theory on this subject so it’s not like you have an excuse to so wildly misuse terminology which is well-known and well-defined. Continuing to use “racism” without defining what race is is cartoonish but I did hope for more from you; I guess, at least, good faith. Oh, well.
For others who come across this thread and would like creators who sometimes cover these topics with some depth, here’s some video essayists:
https://www.youtube.com/@FDSignifire
https://www.youtube.com/@olurinatti
https://www.youtube.com/@lilbilliam
https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes
https://www.youtube.com/@KatBlaque/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@jouelzy/videos
Bro doesn’t know the definition of race and thinks I’m the one who needs educating.