I mean I wouldn’t say racism. To a more conservative society (which China is), this literally is what it feels like looking at Western society. Source: Am from another conservative society, for better or worse I know exactly what she’s talking about.
Okay. Since you’re from another country, you’ve seen that reputations aren’t always accurate. You’re halfway there. She’s still making a broad, insulting generalization about an entire race. That’s pretty much the textbook definition of racism.
Is it a generalization if it’s something that (under different terms) is considered normal or even celebrated in the target culture? What I’m trying to say is that this is mostly attributable to different in the Overton window between the two cultures at hand; her idea of Americans being “slutty and perverted” is probably very close to what Americans themselves call sexual liberation and actively celebrate as an ideal of a free and tolerant society. I don’t know much about China so to use a (to me) more familiar example, if someone said “Muslims are prudes” I wouldn’t say “no you’re racist”; I’d say “yes and we don’t consider that a bad thing”. Of course I can’t enter the mind of this person so I can’t tell you what exactly she intended or thought when she posted the quote in the parent comment, but I’d bet it’s something along the lines of “I’ve seen the shit y’all post and I don’t want that here” and whether or not you agree with that evaluation aside I wouldn’t call it racism.
racism is a form of generalization. generalization is not considered normal. it’s only rarely okay in jokes. stuff like sexism is also a form of generalization, for example. none of this is okay
I mean I wouldn’t say racism. To a more conservative society (which China is), this literally is what it feels like looking at Western society. Source: Am from another conservative society, for better or worse I know exactly what she’s talking about.
Only white can be racist amiright
Okay. Since you’re from another country, you’ve seen that reputations aren’t always accurate. You’re halfway there. She’s still making a broad, insulting generalization about an entire race. That’s pretty much the textbook definition of racism.
Is it a generalization if it’s something that (under different terms) is considered normal or even celebrated in the target culture? What I’m trying to say is that this is mostly attributable to different in the Overton window between the two cultures at hand; her idea of Americans being “slutty and perverted” is probably very close to what Americans themselves call sexual liberation and actively celebrate as an ideal of a free and tolerant society. I don’t know much about China so to use a (to me) more familiar example, if someone said “Muslims are prudes” I wouldn’t say “no you’re racist”; I’d say “yes and we don’t consider that a bad thing”. Of course I can’t enter the mind of this person so I can’t tell you what exactly she intended or thought when she posted the quote in the parent comment, but I’d bet it’s something along the lines of “I’ve seen the shit y’all post and I don’t want that here” and whether or not you agree with that evaluation aside I wouldn’t call it racism.
I think it’s racism anyway, but now that you’ve explained your reasoning more thoroughly, I see your point.
racism is a form of generalization. generalization is not considered normal. it’s only rarely okay in jokes. stuff like sexism is also a form of generalization, for example. none of this is okay
s/racism/jingoism/g