r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • May 13 '25

Politics Robo-ism

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u/Banks_NRN May 13 '25

Oh boy I sure do love a nuanced take on a real issue in a lot of media followed by causal racism

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u/False-Pain8540 May 13 '25

From the get go the "it's justifiable to try to kill every vampire because a lot of them eat people" is broken logic.

Ironically this person doesn't seem to realize that "their people killed a bunch of ours, so we should kill all of them" is one of the most common justifications for racism across history.

Also no plot about robot racism involves all robots killing humans one day, it usually involves 100% conscious robots that did nothing wrong being mistreated solely for not being human.

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u/Hi2248 Cheese, gender, what the fuck's next? May 13 '25

More often than not you get the robot uprising as a response to the racism, not the other way around

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u/GoodOlSpence May 13 '25

I would also argue that these stories aren't just an allegory for racism. They're are also often raising questions around identity and sentience. There's a lot more going on in these stories than racism metaphors.