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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yeah, so, we don't discuss whether individual instances of blackface actually harmed anyone. We just automatically conclude that engaging in that is unacceptable. Suggesting that a systemic element is the biggest component of racism... man, really? Not that systemic racism doesn't exist or isn't a problem, but to elevate it to the status of a crucial, individually necessary condition for any real concern seems to me to be a way to excuse certain instances of racism, largely arbitrarily.
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It's an admittedly consequentialist approach, but bringing up White Chicks as an equivalent to the history of blackface and the treatment of black actors, or as an excuse to dismiss claims of racism is completely ridiculous.