“ Let's see why we might feel that way. What we have been through is as bad as it gets, anywhere, ever. Do you know anything about us?”
No, I don’t really, so I won’t comment on the experiences you describe here. But this is the same point we keep butting up against. Bigotry is not a competition. I’m not saying that the experience isn’t “…
“ Let's see why we might feel that way. What we have been through is as bad as it gets, anywhere, ever. Do you know anything about us?”
No, I don’t really, so I won’t comment on the experiences you describe here. But this is the same point we keep butting up against. Bigotry is not a competition. I’m not saying that the experience isn’t “as bad as it gets”. Nothing I’m saying is intended in any way to diminish your people’s suffering. Why can’t you understand this?!
It’s as if you think that if we call what your people experienced “racism” if we use that word instead of another, people will care more about what happened. But that’s not how language works.
Murder and sexual assault are both abhorrent. I wouldn’t try to say that one is worse than the other. But I can’t call murder rape. They describe two different things.
So yes, this is semantic. I’m not questioning the horror of what your people went through. As you say, I don’t know nearly enough, I just don’t think the word racism is the best descriptor for that horror.
“ Let's see why we might feel that way. What we have been through is as bad as it gets, anywhere, ever. Do you know anything about us?”
No, I don’t really, so I won’t comment on the experiences you describe here. But this is the same point we keep butting up against. Bigotry is not a competition. I’m not saying that the experience isn’t “as bad as it gets”. Nothing I’m saying is intended in any way to diminish your people’s suffering. Why can’t you understand this?!
It’s as if you think that if we call what your people experienced “racism” if we use that word instead of another, people will care more about what happened. But that’s not how language works.
Murder and sexual assault are both abhorrent. I wouldn’t try to say that one is worse than the other. But I can’t call murder rape. They describe two different things.
So yes, this is semantic. I’m not questioning the horror of what your people went through. As you say, I don’t know nearly enough, I just don’t think the word racism is the best descriptor for that horror.