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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (19 children)

I posted a comment on Reddit telling about how the word racism really means a person who is a subscriber to the pseudoscience that is race.

Tons of people downvoted me then reddit admins removed the content for harassment, of all things. (None of it made sense to me)

I'm sad that people still think that people are different races, and to not be racist you just have to not put one over or under another, when the crux of the problem is fundamentally that people don't get that race was made up because long ago dumb people thought that people that looked different were a literal different species but couldn't prove it so made up the word race as a subcategory in the taxonomic system, but finally scientists realized it's complete bullshit since it's impossible to define, total bullshit, wildly inconsistent, and massively harmful... and I'm sad that people there literally couldn't comprehend that, and got so mad or offended that they censured the information and thought I was arguing against the existence of systemic racism or something that only a dumb piece of shit would misinterpret.

I linked the Wikipedia page for racism which explains all of it, including history and stuff.

I was triggered for like a week trying to figure out what I said wrong, and honestly still kinda bothered.

But, that is what race is: a bigoted idea that different people are different races and shouldn't/can't interbreed. And that's the stupidest bullshit that MOST people don't understand, and I'll die on this hill, explaining that we gotta stop all being racists. Yeah, fix the problems like systemic racism, but stop thinking of people with darker or lighter skin as different - they're just warm weather humans or cold weather humans, the same way buff or skinny humans are. Fuck. We're all literally just humans, an amazing species, capable of adaptation and survival.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

We are all different, I don't know how you can deny that. And some differences can depend on where your ancestors are from.

If it's not "race" then is there another way of describing it?

In animals we call it breeds. Sounds weird.

I think as an advanced species we should be capable of ascending beyond the descriminating behaviour based on origin. I know it's possible as I can. Seeing other people first reactions to meeting people get described with race undertones is alien to me and feels disrespectful.

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You've never had infants around other infants.

We all have the same child. They all act the same behavior is the same.. Patterns are the same Etc..

Humans don't really start to develop in different directions and speed until they are like 18 months old.

Our coloring and physical features might not be the same.. but the basic operating system and internals are all the same across humanity.

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes I agree, this is human. Just the same as all dogs wag their tail and bark. Like other posters have said, the differences are subtle and we are all more the same than different.

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