Beyond being directed at a specific person (the main reason), there are many out there who believe that privilege on a systemic level somehow means it is impossible to be racist or bigoted to the group “on top”.
I’ve also seen this stated as “No bad tactics, only bad targets” and “punching down vs punching up”.
See the other comment on this post saying you can’t be racist to white people for a direct example of someone with this sort of belief.
So that would mean that this is acceptable, as it targets whites (historically/generally/systemically “on top”), but similar things targeting any minority group are not.
At the risk of drawing fire, I disagree wholeheartedly. Racism, sexism, etc exists regardless of the power dynamics involved. The effect of it is what can be changed due to “who’s on top”, not whether or not it exists or can happen.
But I’ve also been a “class war is more important than culture war” type person for ages, so take it as you will.
Beyond being directed at a specific person (the main reason), there are many out there who believe that privilege on a systemic level somehow means it is impossible to be racist or bigoted to the group “on top”.
I’ve also seen this stated as “No bad tactics, only bad targets” and “punching down vs punching up”.
See the other comment on this post saying you can’t be racist to white people for a direct example of someone with this sort of belief.
So that would mean that this is acceptable, as it targets whites (historically/generally/systemically “on top”), but similar things targeting any minority group are not.
At the risk of drawing fire, I disagree wholeheartedly. Racism, sexism, etc exists regardless of the power dynamics involved. The effect of it is what can be changed due to “who’s on top”, not whether or not it exists or can happen.
But I’ve also been a “class war is more important than culture war” type person for ages, so take it as you will.