When is Racism not Racism

[Crimzen]

i get you but..
we're talking about racism here
not culture
so i think its necesary to separate them there

people are discriminated against for millions of different reasons
race, sex, culture, beliefs, body type etc. etc.

if we are talking about racism its about 1 matter of discrimination not all of them
or dissing out on christians is the same as being racist (its not, but its still discrimination)
its just as bad because people dont usually choose their faith as much as grow up in it
however it IS NOT racism, which is what this thread is apparently about

people often think that being down on islam is racist, but 'muslim' is not a race, in fact i know a really pale white guy whos muslim name is abdul mateen

and it goes vice versa, for example im a white male but im not christian, not everyone who is arabic is muslim
and so forth

in order to discuss a single section of discrimination you have to pull it apart and look at that single aspect, otherwise it becomes a very broad subject with far too many 'specialized sub-topics'

if you get me?

 

[Iersuko]

Race influences our animal instincts.

Culture influences our conscious ego alone but race also influences our ego negatively or positively depending on what side of the slurs you're on and what the popular majority is or what the regional demographics are.

 

[ophiuchus]

i follow. my only thought though worth noting however, is that it should be considered that they may be fused together in many cases, for example europeans (pre-colonial USA) had slaves. this was a part of their culture... (africans too for that matter. even as far back as egyptians...)