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Dae wrote:Is it racist to say that the black people are best jazz and rap singers and good sprint runners?
Or is it racist only when I say negative things, i.e. "a lot of black people live in poverty"?
Dae wrote:So "black people are better than white people in jazz" would be racist?
MainMan wrote:Dae wrote:So "black people are better than white people in jazz" would be racist?
No because it's still a relatively objective statement (despite being a question of taste); you are not making any degrading statements. Better / worse at music does not translate to better / worse as a race.
If you say "black people are illiterate," for example, that's getting much more racist because of the social, and therefore racial implications that it carries
All the statements in your quote are racialist, they aren't racist because they don't convey the message of the race being inferior to your/another race - they are objective.
GrandpaTerran wrote:THIS MAP HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR NOW I'LL RE-DEVELOP WHEN I HAVE COMPLETED MY MAPPING TRAINING
Is it racist to say that the black people are best jazz and rap singers and good sprint runners?
Or is it racist only when I say negative things, i.e. "a lot of black people live in poverty"?
they aren't racist because they don't convey the message of the race being inferior to your/another race
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~SaSQuAtCH~ wrote:is it racist to call a white person a f*kin n*gger? (srsly)
Survive. wrote:Ok then... What about telling a black person a racist joke?
James wrote:Survive. wrote:Ok then... What about telling a black person a racist joke?
What are you, 12?
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clyzm wrote:How are you not making any degrading statements? You are basically undermining the entire white race of its jazz experience. Furthermore, how does musical history not account for a social aspect of a culture?
clyzm wrote:Are you sure you're not confusing subjective with objective? Those all seem like subjective opinions to me.
clyzm wrote:And where is it stated that to be racist, you must feel another race is inferior to your own? Doesn't the official definition consist of something like the belief that your race is ultimately superior to all others?
Survive. wrote:~SaSQuAtCH~ wrote:is it racist to call a white person a f*kin n*gger? (srsly)
But is it racist calling a black person a n1gger?
Because it doesn't imply anything towards the race. You said it yourself - the "social aspect of a culture". Saying that a race is worse at music is not a degrading statement, because musical talent, just like sporting talent, does not have any bearing on the social status of a race. Of course it is an issue for debate, but if expressed constructively, it isn't derogatory.
Compare: "black people are more musically talented" and "black people are more musically talented because they have to busk on the street as they can't get enough money from welfare to support their 8 kids and their drug addictions."
Non-social versus social.
No, it's objective because it's just a judgement based on facts.
Same horse, different jockey. In fact, your definition is less accurate because you imply an opinion of inferiority towards all races, whereas in reality often people are racist towards some races more than others.
Not to be racist myself, but America has the worst case of the "OMG dat's racist!! im so offended!!!" misuse of the term "racism" of any country, in my opinion.
And not Bix, try Django for white jazz.