Speaking from seeing someone in this actual situation:
If you are treated like shit because you’re the only white kid in a black school, and grow up fearing black people, rather than recognizing that that was a local cultural tendency towards racism, not some universal behavior that black people have, it’s that racism?
Yes, it is racism. Even though in some cases, your fear is justified, thinking that black people in general will be racist is, itself, racist.
More to the point, though, it’s trauma - and people should understand that as well. Sexism and racism are not OK, but they are understandable. They don’t get fixed by only calling them out, though that is important. They require emotional work - both by people involved directly and by society at large.
So is OP’s post sexist? Absolutely. Is it understandable? Absolutely. …and both the sexism and the underlying causes that the sexism is a reaction to need to be addressed, by all parties.
Speaking from seeing someone in this actual situation:
If you are treated like shit because you’re the only white kid in a black school, and grow up fearing black people, rather than recognizing that that was a local cultural tendency towards racism, not some universal behavior that black people have, it’s that racism?
Yes, it is racism. Even though in some cases, your fear is justified, thinking that black people in general will be racist is, itself, racist.
More to the point, though, it’s trauma - and people should understand that as well. Sexism and racism are not OK, but they are understandable. They don’t get fixed by only calling them out, though that is important. They require emotional work - both by people involved directly and by society at large.
So is OP’s post sexist? Absolutely. Is it understandable? Absolutely. …and both the sexism and the underlying causes that the sexism is a reaction to need to be addressed, by all parties.
Damn, a post that makes sense… I guess I found the needle in the hay… Really well put.
No they just made a straw man to hit.