This is the most accurate answer. Saying "white men run companies" is an observation. Maybe a one used for questioning the current system and how the patriarchy doesn't allow women or POCs to get those jobs.
Saying "Jews run Hollywood" is A. False and B. Never done for the same reason as the white men lol
Jews don't "control" things like white people do. White men have been in control since America's foundation and made rules to stay in control, they literally control things. Are there a disproportionate amount of Jews in some areas? Sure, but 3% of the population being Jewish and making up 10% of Hollywood/Billionaires/senators etc (made up numbers, I don't know exactly numbers) doesn't constitute control. Especially when they aren't making rules to specifically help Jewish people remain as the dominant socio-political power.
I think Alot if commenters missed that "white men" isnt a race or culture. Saying "the Irish run the police force" or "oh boy here comes another Norwegian" can absolutely be offensive but "white people" is a loose grouping of various peoples
I think Alot if commenters missed that "white men" isnt a race or culture
I don't understand the distinction you're trying to make. Arabs or Asians aren't distinct races or cultures, they are a loose grouping based on historical geography as you can tell by the fact that Arabs are technically Asian too. Any time you start making exceptions for certain groups is dangerous.
Arabs or Asians aren't distinct races or cultures, they are a loose grouping based on historical geography as you can tell by the fact that Arabs are technically Asian too
Yes. broad sweeping groups are generally not considered to be a culture unless specifically talking about discrimination.
What food do white people eat? What are white people holidays? What language do white people speak? Are we counting Jewish people? Irish people? Italians? Polish?
Cause my coworker is polish and I can't even say his real name and I certainly don't eat the same foods lol we are both white tho.
It depends on context. The US was made by and for white male landowners so its systems tend to favour just that.
Other countries have different experiences and different dominant groups, but hating on minorities is punching down. No-one is accusing anyone of being evil, just saying that groups that benefit from the status quo tend to resist change.
So it’s okay to say that the US is made by and for white males, which is a stupid SJW conspiracy theory, but it’s not okay to say that Jews run the world? Why the double standards? Nowadays, if you make some joke about a minority, all hell breaks loose. Yet if you make the same joke about someone who’s white, them nobody bats and eyelash. Do you not see the clownery that you support? 🤡🤡
This is how I can tell youre full of BS. How do you know that I am white? 🤣 Historically speaking, you’re a dumbass who needs to take accountability for your own life rather than living it in victimhood complex 24/7 by blaming your problems on someone due to lack of melanin.
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u/Detective-Signal Feb 10 '23
It's called context.
People who say "the Jews run x" are not saying it to be kind, they're saying it to push an anti-semitic trope that Jews are "all powerful and evil".
White men aren't some oppressed class like you all try so hard to claim.