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That's not what sexism or racism is. Racism is not statements like "black people dance better," it is only when a negative statement is made about a race in a p
by chunkybacon 15y ago
That's not what sexism or racism is. Racism is not statements like "black people dance better," it is only when a negative statement is made about a race in a perceived inferior statement (e.g. vis-a-vis white people).
- msbarnett 15y agoRacism and sexism are, respectively, stereotyping someone based on their perceived race or sex. Yes, even positive stereotyping ("pracism") like "black people dance better", "asians are great at math", or "girls are better note-takes". The negative effects of this form of racism & sexism are fairly well documented.
- chunkybacon 15y agoMaybe the downmodders are right in a "by the books" sense, but try to accuse someone of sexism when they say "men don't make good homekeepers" and see how far you get. Practically speaking, it doesn't work. Also I'll add that this weird feature seems only to exist for white people in Western countries.
- nknight 15y agoI know several male "homekeepers" who would be very offended by that extremely sexist remark.
- morestuff 15y agoAnd yet, the US Census regards fathers as child care, not designated parents. http://blogsallie.4cforchildren.org/2012/02/13/census-bureau-counts-moms-as-designated-parents-fathers-as-child-care/ http://blogsallie.4cforchildren.org/2012/02/13/census-bureau...
- Groxx 14y agoI don't think you'll find any arguments that the US government doesn't have insane double standards and sexist laws. But I doubt you can make that kind of claim for any government, really, since they're constructed by people - to get rid of it, you'd have to get rid of it in people, and I'm not aware of that ever having happened.