It increases the size of people "oppressed by white people" (non-white) but excludes them from the group of the most oppressed people (black). Not really about color exactly since some people who are considered to be black are lighter skinned than some actually brown skinned people.
There is probably not a generalized affinity between so …
It increases the size of people "oppressed by white people" (non-white) but excludes them from the group of the most oppressed people (black). Not really about color exactly since some people who are considered to be black are lighter skinned than some actually brown skinned people.
There is probably not a generalized affinity between so called black and brown people and it is more about an anti-white political purpose.
"It increases the size of people "oppressed by white people" (non-white) but excludes them from the group of the most oppressed people (black)"
😅Have you been spending too much time on social media again Dave? This term isn't about being "anti-white" or even about affinity, just about talking about people who aren't white. This is occasionally useful in a society that is majority white.
As I said to Clemence, it basically serves the same function as "person of colour." Which isn't anti-white either. Any more than the word "woman" is anti-man or "gay" is anti-straight.
It's honestly such a shame what Medium has turned into. It was always very left-leaning, but it's become a total cesspit of simple-minded, zero-sum takes. As I often say, please remember that the morons don't speak, and never have spoken, for the majority on any social issue.
Indeed. I’ve known several Indians (people from India, not Native Americans) whose skin is much darker than some African-Americans I know. But then they also tend to get classified as a “model minority.”
It increases the size of people "oppressed by white people" (non-white) but excludes them from the group of the most oppressed people (black). Not really about color exactly since some people who are considered to be black are lighter skinned than some actually brown skinned people.
There is probably not a generalized affinity between so called black and brown people and it is more about an anti-white political purpose.
"It increases the size of people "oppressed by white people" (non-white) but excludes them from the group of the most oppressed people (black)"
😅Have you been spending too much time on social media again Dave? This term isn't about being "anti-white" or even about affinity, just about talking about people who aren't white. This is occasionally useful in a society that is majority white.
As I said to Clemence, it basically serves the same function as "person of colour." Which isn't anti-white either. Any more than the word "woman" is anti-man or "gay" is anti-straight.
Yes I have. I should probably cancel my Medium account but I do find some of the authors valuable.
It's honestly such a shame what Medium has turned into. It was always very left-leaning, but it's become a total cesspit of simple-minded, zero-sum takes. As I often say, please remember that the morons don't speak, and never have spoken, for the majority on any social issue.
Indeed. I’ve known several Indians (people from India, not Native Americans) whose skin is much darker than some African-Americans I know. But then they also tend to get classified as a “model minority.”