• yuriy@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So let’s go over this interaction you’re having here:

    • This person described a traumatic life event wherein they are given unbidden “advice” that pretty obviously comes from a place of outright racism, no matter how you wanna dog-whistle it.

    • You started giving them the exact same unbidden advice.

    Do you not feel comically villainous? This is clearly not the time nor the place for this shit, anyone with basic empathy would know that. You’re going way the fuck out of your way just to be an asshole, it’s such a sad way to spend your time.

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      7 months ago

      Someone correctly indicating that mixed race children have lower standards of living in racist countries such as the United States is not someone who should be shunned

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        7 months ago

        If that were the whole of the situation you might have a point, but you miss out on most nuance and context when you boil it down to “someone who does X is good”

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          7 months ago

          A racist saying that a mixed race child will experience more hardship than a “White” child is just as correct as a NAACP spokesperson saying the same thing. This country is structurally racist, which has real consequences for everyone according to their skin color and ability to pass as “White.”

          Given that, idk what the friend did wrong - aside from apparently talking about “The White Race,” which is always a weird thing to do, of course

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            7 months ago

            I really appreciate you bringing the context back into the discussion, hot damn! Honestly, that’s a much more measured and reasonable response than my snarky comment should deserve lmao

            I’m not trying to argue that the friend in OP’s story is a racist because of that comment. I do, however, think that OP probably had other reasons to cast this particular interaction as having racist intentions. I’m obviously assuming things about the situation beyond the information provided, but so is the other so-and-so that I’m being an asshole to. Only that individual is also like, harassing the teller of the story over it?

            Either way I’m way too invested in this thread, hope you’re having a good day!