It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
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It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
Act 1: A racist act occurs. (In this case, a Benfica player racially abused Vinicius Jr after Vini scored a goal and danced in celebration.)
Act 2: Uproar. Racism! Not in this day and age! Boo!
Act 3: Vinicius Jr scores against Benfica again in the return game and dances again. Everyone celebrates. And racism is fixed forever. The end.
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It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
Act 1: A racist act occurs. (In this case, a Benfica player racially abused Vinicius Jr after Vini scored a goal and danced in celebration.)
Act 2: Uproar. Racism! Not in this day and age! Boo!
Act 3: Vinicius Jr scores against Benfica again in the return game and dances again. Everyone celebrates. And racism is fixed forever. The end.
@davidnjoku I hired a Chinese girl from a chip shop to train as an accountant and the sheer volume of abuse she got from "respectable" middle class people on the phone was unbelievable.
We didn't hire her because of her race but because of what she could do and still does but in much higher circles than we could ever have managed.
It's insidious and performative, the reaction
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It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
Act 1: A racist act occurs. (In this case, a Benfica player racially abused Vinicius Jr after Vini scored a goal and danced in celebration.)
Act 2: Uproar. Racism! Not in this day and age! Boo!
Act 3: Vinicius Jr scores against Benfica again in the return game and dances again. Everyone celebrates. And racism is fixed forever. The end.
@davidnjoku wait, is that the match where the Real supporters were making nazi salutes and singing fascist songs?
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@davidnjoku I hired a Chinese girl from a chip shop to train as an accountant and the sheer volume of abuse she got from "respectable" middle class people on the phone was unbelievable.
We didn't hire her because of her race but because of what she could do and still does but in much higher circles than we could ever have managed.
It's insidious and performative, the reaction
@humanhorseshoes Wow, that's crazy.
One blindspot that I have, as a Black person, is that I am not always aware of the racism directed at other races.
Someone on Mastodon (who is Asian but not Chinese) was complaining about how often she gets accosted on the streets when she visits Europe by people saying Ni Hao to her.
Obviously, that's not meant as an insult (I hope), but it's definitely a racist othering.
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@humanhorseshoes Wow, that's crazy.
One blindspot that I have, as a Black person, is that I am not always aware of the racism directed at other races.
Someone on Mastodon (who is Asian but not Chinese) was complaining about how often she gets accosted on the streets when she visits Europe by people saying Ni Hao to her.
Obviously, that's not meant as an insult (I hope), but it's definitely a racist othering.
@davidnjoku It is pervasive and perversely probably the most common thing that unites people.
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@humanhorseshoes Wow, that's crazy.
One blindspot that I have, as a Black person, is that I am not always aware of the racism directed at other races.
Someone on Mastodon (who is Asian but not Chinese) was complaining about how often she gets accosted on the streets when she visits Europe by people saying Ni Hao to her.
Obviously, that's not meant as an insult (I hope), but it's definitely a racist othering.
@davidnjoku there is Russian <-> Ukranian racism, Central European racism, Chinese vs non Han Chinese racism, European -> gypsy racism. Absolutely endless and then there's sectarianism.
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@davidnjoku there is Russian <-> Ukranian racism, Central European racism, Chinese vs non Han Chinese racism, European -> gypsy racism. Absolutely endless and then there's sectarianism.
@davidnjoku I lived in China as a white person in a city of 900k people where there were about 50 foreigners and maybe three were black. In order to get a taxi in Hangzhou, not that city I had to be put out on the street and literally hide my 2m tall American friend and then listen to the naked abuse from the taxi driver calling him all kinds of names for daring to be black in China.
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@davidnjoku I lived in China as a white person in a city of 900k people where there were about 50 foreigners and maybe three were black. In order to get a taxi in Hangzhou, not that city I had to be put out on the street and literally hide my 2m tall American friend and then listen to the naked abuse from the taxi driver calling him all kinds of names for daring to be black in China.
@davidnjoku My friend wouldn't pay him and we kind of fell out because I did and I didn't pay him for the journey I paid him not to have a reason to come back. I have never experienced a journey quite like it and I didn't know what to do.
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It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
Act 1: A racist act occurs. (In this case, a Benfica player racially abused Vinicius Jr after Vini scored a goal and danced in celebration.)
Act 2: Uproar. Racism! Not in this day and age! Boo!
Act 3: Vinicius Jr scores against Benfica again in the return game and dances again. Everyone celebrates. And racism is fixed forever. The end.
Another example of people treating racism like a 3-act drama.
Act 1: A brown Muslim Londoner is one of a number of people invited to be part of a Welcome to London campaign.
Act 2: He receives racist abuse from thousands of people, reducing him to tears.
Act 3: He invites the trolls to his store for free dates. A handful (𝚗̲𝚘̲𝚝̲ thousands) apologise.
Cue warm, fuzzy, triumphant article. Cos I guess this means racism is now over.
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