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theywontletmebeprincipal · 1 year ago

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I think they must’ve taken the basic idea you get taught in grade school science of “ancient people evolved to look different because specific features helped them adapt better to their home climates during a period when survival as a whole was much harder” n failed to account for the fact that that’s only one (1) of many, many reasons why there’s such a large diversity of human appearance. not to even mention the claim that “discrimination only happens because of/between people who look different from one another” is just blatantly provably untrue

just saw somebody fully unironically in the year of our lord 2024 propose that “the only way to fix racism is to have everyone live separately where their ethnic features naturally occur” as like, a woke take. What Is Wrong With You

#what really gets me is like #1. how would you even go about enacting this anyway. it seems like it’d go disastrously #do you kidnap people. are we seriously arguing for woke kidnapping #I can’t help but think of my own state’s history attempting to kick out the japanese during wwii #n how badly that went for everyone involved. just how many lives n families it ruined forever #2. what about mixed race people. especially those who have been mixed race for hundred of years #like for example where would a mexican who’s not of purely indigenous ancestry go. mexico or spain #this is just. an objectively stupid way to classify people #n it leans very hard into phrenology land to be fully honest #what do you do about interracial couples? their mixed race kids? generations of intermarried families?#do you measure that out with some bogus ‘science’? I don’t think so #3. why would people get along just because they look similar anyway #look at how intense xenophobia is between white european countries. clearly looks are not really the issue here #I mean look how hard greece n italy hate each other. they’re like an hour’s boat ride away from one another #even disregarding the notion of countries n borders. communities fight with one another. it’s what they do #it’s sort of the nature of communities that there’s always another community you’ll end up fighting with #4. What About Languages #like. hm #ireland speaks english mostly so let’s say for this hypothetical I’m norwegian #if you sent me to norway I’d be FUCKED. I don’t know norwegian I know american english n mexican spanish #if there’s an influx of people speaking different langauges coming in doesn’t it make sense that they’d just sort of?#be discriminated against for that instead?#this whole philosophy is so filled with holes it’s like a shitty ya dystopia premise #a real ‘save the pearls’ ass situation to be in

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