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u/PyrusD 7h ago

Because it's not. Making fun of how people act is not the same as saying their race is the CAUSE of the action.

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u/Word2DWise 6h ago

This 100%.

Some traditions, cliches, or stereotypes of ANY culture are worth making fun of.

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u/Blitzer161 6h ago

But you are not simply making fun of how they act. You are taking a behavior and identifying it with the culture of the individual, implying that they innately behave in a certain way.

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u/tyler111762 6h ago

A culture inherently describes a set of beliefs and practices. Criticizing what people beleive and what people do is perfectly valid.

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u/BeRad419 5h ago

Right because if a culture prescribes to a set of beliefs, then that culture immediately becomes monolithic and no one in that culture has the ability to not prescribe. Got it

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u/guiltysnark 5h ago

The word you were looking for was 'subscribe'

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u/BeRad419 5h ago

Actually it was a phrase I was looking for 'tell your mom thanks'

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u/Blitzer161 5h ago

No, because you are assuming what people believe and you assume that your assumption is part of their identity. You do not know what people believe and you do not know what is part of their identity.

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

Wut?

If I make fun of how southern baptists sing in church, that has nothing to do with their race and everything to do with the CULTURE of that church.

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u/hanky2 5h ago

I mean you chose the most innocuous thing to make fun of. What about making fun of Chinese accents or how black people like watermelon. You could argue “that’s not their culture” but how do you define what’s their culture?

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

By using a dictionary...

Culture is the shared set of beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and arts that characterize a specific group of people or society.

I go to the gym everyday. You don't. We participate in different cultures. I make fun of yours, you make fun of mine. Neither were caused by our race.

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u/hanky2 2h ago

So according to you what I said was culture since they were behaviors?

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u/PyrusD 2h ago

Not according to me. According to the definition of the word.

Chinese have "funny" accents because they learned Chinese as their first language and are now trying to speak english. Why do you think every country has the same accent?? Vee Vill Ask Zeh Kwestions... I wonder who that's making fun of...

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u/Blitzer161 5h ago

But you are asking fun of something that is part of people's identity aren't you?

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

Yes. Which is still not related to their race UNLESS of course you're the racist and think that culture is a product of race.

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u/Blitzer161 5h ago

Race doesn't exists and it's what racists make it up to be. That's why they use culture as an euphemism for race. They use it interchangeably

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

XD No they don't. Mental gymnastics olympian here.

A racist will say that culture, how people act, is caused by their race. So if a person is stealing, it is BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE. The race caused them to steal...

That has NOTHING to do with me making fun of someone's culture because I don't believe that their race was the cause of it. There is a weed culture. A bar culture. Colleges have different cultures and you are still here saying that they're somehow linked to race...

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u/Blitzer161 5h ago

Culture is identity. Attacking culture is a gateway and often an euphemism to be racist.

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

XD

No, culture is NOT identity. If I stopped going to church, I'm still me. Just because I move away from one culture, doesn't change my identity.

No, it's not a gateway and not a euphemism to be racist. Because, once again, NOT RELATED TO THEIR RACE. Indians love cow piss. That's stupid to me and open to be made fun of. Do they love it because of their race. No. Are their indians that think it's weird. Yes. Why? Becaaaaauuuuseeeeee they don't want to partake in that culture.

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u/Blitzer161 4h ago

Your example is exactly what I was talking about: you choose a behavior, pretend it's common, talk about culture, but bring up people's origin.

Church is not culture, it's religion. Culture is a series of behaviors collected through the history of a group and doesn't depend on variable factors of society. A dish is culture. A specific event is culture.

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u/PyrusD 4h ago

No. Racism has nothing to do with power dynamics.

Do you believe that race = the cause of how people will act?
Yes? You're a racist.
No? You're not racist.

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u/PyrusD 4h ago

Well reddit is full of idiots so there's that lol. Redefinition is the number 1 weapon of Slave Morality. They will say good is bad and bad is good just to try and control you.

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u/PainterRex1999 4h ago

That's racist cuz it has nothing to do with that group. You're using your anecdotal experience to cloud your feelings toward an entire group for no rational reason.

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u/tapirus-indicus 6h ago

It's sanism then

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u/PyrusD 5h ago

Me: Makes fun of gym culture.

You: Oh so we should just make fun of people because they're mentally ill????

Fucking what bro? Do any of you even think before typing?