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Originally Posted by valo403
What lesson would that be? That other cultures have racist people too? Shocking.
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Some people do seem to think that way. I remember in one of my university courses, we had a discussion about racism. A black guy in the class commented that all white people are racist to a degree whether they think they are or not. The prof pointed out that such a statement was in fact racist, where the student replied; "How can I be racist? I'm black!?". I remember an Indian student was surprised that not every white guy with a shaved head was making a Nazi statement.
Racism is terrible and exists everywhere, but outside of the western world, most places don't even bother trying to curb it. At least here, we have laws against it and many advocacy groups. I wonder how many non-white immigrants from traditionally non-white countries tried to combat racism against white people before they immigrated?
Even in Canada, I lived for most of my childhood in a town with a large first nations population and can't tell you how many times I (and other white kids) were bullied by natives. I mean with real violence, not just derogatory words. Being an immigrant family didn't help either as other white people weren't fully accepting.