Message from @wacka
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i think america could be more inclusive if they got rid of the term "african american" ... i think the US is the only country in the world that does that
well duh, you're not gonna make much sense if you call a black guy in Europe an "african American"
Don't people already do that?
Also the term itself is kind of.. hilarious.
like in britain ... if you are black... youre just british
in Britain you're either a black guy, or a black british guy
Consider, I dunno. Jamaicans or something.
But then again.
"African american" is still considered politically correct so people'll continue to use it.
It's either that or "pee oh see" these days.
another thing... to say black panther is a "black movie"... I would say its an "african movie" .. I would say culturally a white person growing up in Africa - is more african than a black man raised in the US (culturally speaking)
black movie? try gay movie 😛
you could say "but my heritage is african" ... but so is everyones 😛
although apparently thats become more complicated recently with new findings
PoC feels like a fancy way of saying "colored person"
It really is.
Segregation is racist, unless we do it.
PoC feels like something a racist would say
But it's to hold non-white people to a higher regard. So it's not racist. Clearly.
Oh wait... it is.
Racism is racism.
In either direction.
People of color, is to Colored people,
How "Jerome, please Paint", is to "Black paint" 😂
Its there to lump people together because of their race. There is no more context needed to make it racist.
And black panther is a mid to upper tier marvel movie with bad special effects. Nothing more, nothing less.
just lumping people together because of race is not racist on its own... biologists do it.. doctors do it... but to imply some sort of superiority makes it racist
I haven't watched it but I watched an analysis of it breaking down how drunk the story is.
I can ignore bad effects. Story with plot holes the size of the moon, ehhhhh.
Doctors do not lump people together because of their race. They group them in „risk-groups“ that just so happen to be devided by race.
White people are more likely to develop osteoporosis, etc etc.
Though I've been listening to a lot of voices on the whole "racism" debate.
Including a black dude who says racism is "okay" as long as you aren't being a piece of shit with it.
Racism is ok, as long as you live in a meritocracy
Depends on definitions i guess... i don‘t believe that you can really choose if you are racist or not (just like you do not conciously decide if you like cats or dogs) but you can decide how you deal with it if you are.
Racism becomes a non-factor
To a degree.
In terms of.
Change my mind =p
Basically, at the end of the day. Everyone is at least a little bit racist. And that's honestly okay.
That's the message I got from the black guy I watched talking about this stuff.