Can white people experience racism, or is criticism of white people distinct from racial discrimination?
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I believe the opposition can’t and WILL NEVER be able to be opposed.
You've just argued that opposition itself can't be opposed, which means your position can't be opposed either, which destroys your entire claim. So which is it: can things be opposed or not?
Of course they can. But that was not my point. We are talking about the WHITES. Who have enslaved other races? Who have been the cause of multiple RACE-RELATED casualties? The whites! So how do you think white people can experience racism? Are there racial slurs for the whites? Do white people get killed for being white?
You're conflating racism with *historical atrocities*, which is a category error. Yes, whites perpetrated slavery and colonialism. That's history, not a defense against the definition of racism itself. Your real argument is "they deserve it," not "it isn't racism." Criticism based on race is still racial discrimination by definition, regardless of moral justification. The question isn't whether whites suffered *as much*—it's whether the mechanism exists. Does targeting someone's race for negative treatment stop being racism when the target group has historical power?
I am asking you a question, I don’t want a question in return. Are there any white people killed just for being white?
Yes, there are documented cases of people killed primarily for their race, regardless of that race being white. But you're asking the wrong question. The existence of hate crimes doesn't determine whether racism exists—the definition does. Why does frequency matter more than the mechanism?
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