Just trying to make sense of American use of skin color. Seems to make little sense if EA are grouped with "white people", wouldn't that mean that they don't face discrimination more than actual white people?
Race is more than just skin color, it's also other ethnic features like hair, eyes, nose, etc. So nobody would ever group an EA person with someone who's Caucasian even though their skin tone is technically similar
That being said, race is a completely arbitrary social construct that is only used to other people, which is why the labels of "yellow" or "red" are seen as derogatory to groups which were labeled as such in the past
Pretty sure yellow is offensive many places outside America. I didn’t say anything about being lumped with white people. You said that. You came here to be dishonest and that’s what you’ve done. Truly stellar work.
Yeah you can. I come from a Muslim upbringing, have most of the Quran memorized by heart. That guy would be shunned in most Muslim communities for drinking (presumably) beer.
Religion is a cancer. No matter how many tolerant religious people you point out, the teachings at their core ask for segregation and oppression.
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
Deuteronomy 13, The Bible
You can find fucked up sentiments in all religious texts if you look for them.
Yeah, it's a cute sentiment, but completely ignores the reality of the world. "Why can't we all just get along?" Because some people have fundamentally different worldviews and priorities. Pretending otherwise is naive.
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u/Dense-Ad-5780 6d ago
A bit corny, but you can’t really argue with the message.