157
What are some obvious racist and chauvinist things that are totally normalized? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
288 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Things that are so obvious and ingrained that no one even thinks about them.

Here’s a few:

All US americans can go to Mexico EASILY. You’re supposed to have a passport but you don’t even need one (for car/foot crossing). Versus, it’s really hard for Mexicans, who aren’t wealthy, to secure a VISA to enter the US. I’m sure there are corollaries in other geo-regions.

Another one is wealthy countries having access to vaccines far ahead of “poor” countries.

In US, we might pay lip service to equal child-hood education but most of the funding pulls from local taxes so some kids might receive ~$10000 in spending while another receives $2000. I’m not looking it up at the moment, but I’m SURE there are strong racial stratas.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 92 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I found out not too long ago that apparently in polite voteblue society it's still okay to talk about countries being "civilized" where "civilized" essentially means "white". I am used to chauvinism, but that one really got to me (it was about Russia's invasion being the first time in a long time that there was a war between two "civilized" countries).

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I remember that headline during the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine "This is the first war of my lifetime between civilized countries". So obvious what they meant.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    I remember that headline during the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine "This is the first war of my lifetime between civilized countries". So obvious what they meant.

    I kept hearing it's the first war in europe since ww2 and this feels like it goes along the same lines but even weirder

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Man, is it so hard for people to understand that different communities in the world are at different stages of development and/or just have different ways of operating than is typical of their own areas?

    Society isn't homogeneous and it's pretty basic knowledge

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent