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What are some obvious racist and chauvinist things that are totally normalized? (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but IIRC it's also a situation like indian/native american where sometimes people prefer one term or the other. Like anything else I suppose, never lead with it but if someone corrects you just roll with it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I learned sorta recently that while some people prefer American Indian there are a ton of people who consider Indian to be something like the soft n word, as in some Native Americans might say it a lot but others shouldnt say it, so people should be careful about not stepping on that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The groups I'm in avoid the entire issue by saying indigenous. Indigenous peoples were of many nations that were crushed in the genocide of manifest destiny and the not even given American citizenship until the 1920s. Even then, they've been repeadly fucked by the government who has so rarely honored any part of the multitude of treaties we have with the various indigenous nations.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like the Canadian term of "first Americans". It's not racialized and seems more respectful (not that Canada is at so respectful to them). But it does still highlight the fact that they were so well erased from American history that a blanket term is used for the multitude if ethnicities and nations that were here first.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

First Nations is acceptable but First Americans still uses a settler colonial name to describe people of indigenous nations. (America was named after an Italian Explorer, not exactly anything indigenous about that word).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the info, I'll change my vocab accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

You're welcome, comrade.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Oh shit, good to know.