It strikes me that however one might plead against it, the way @lilbuddha uses the words 'America' and 'American' in this thread is implicitly racist. The subtext is that it assumes that an American is a white Caucasian person, and the country they are part of, is a white Caucasian nation. It's quite a good example of how institutional racism might manifest itself even among those who are seeking to campaign against it.
Black Americans are as American as Brown Americans who are as American as mixed Americans who are as American as White Americans. That doesn't change that America is a predominately white Western European culture that has implied, and outright said, that people with melanin are not real Americans.
For balance, this is true in the UK as well.
And yes, xenophobia is not only along colour lines, but colour cannot blend in.
"America" has said nothing. Americans have said any number of things, good and bad both.
If you take a negative characteristic of an individual and impose it on a whole community that’s racism.
If you fear or dislike other races, cultures, ways of life and people that are not similar to your own that’s xenophobia.
It’s a testament to the restraint of the US-based Shipmates who’ve posted on this thread that things haven’t turned Hellish already.
Which brings us neatly back to the reason for the OP and the question about Barnabus62’S ruling. As other Shipmates have pointed out, the use of lazy, national stereotypes in an international, multicultural community like this one tends to piss people off. Which can lead to posting angry. And, if we’re unlucky and things really kick off, Pond Wars.
All you are doing is illustrating the wisdom behind the original ruling. This thread is closed with a reminder that Hell remains open for business.
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If you take a negative characteristic of an individual and impose it on a whole community that’s racism.
If you fear or dislike other races, cultures, ways of life and people that are not similar to your own that’s xenophobia.
It’s a testament to the restraint of the US-based Shipmates who’ve posted on this thread that things haven’t turned Hellish already.
Which brings us neatly back to the reason for the OP and the question about Barnabus62’S ruling. As other Shipmates have pointed out, the use of lazy, national stereotypes in an international, multicultural community like this one tends to piss people off. Which can lead to posting angry. And, if we’re unlucky and things really kick off, Pond Wars.
All you are doing is illustrating the wisdom behind the original ruling. This thread is closed with a reminder that Hell remains open for business.
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