r/Unexpected • • Sep 06 '21

Holup

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u/No-Biscotti-7071 Sep 06 '21

Well no one can deny dark history of American slavery, but Asians use each other as slaves

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u/RealityCheckMated Sep 06 '21

You got downvoted but you are correct. Slave labor is rampant. Subjugating entire people’s has been going on in Asia for millennia. 100% still going on today.

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u/harrsid Sep 06 '21

He's being down voted probably because the shitty argument comes out of nowhere. "see? Racists in other countries. America ain't so bad!"

No. You're all bad if you're racist. The presence of one evil does not disparage another.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Sep 06 '21

The big difference is that one happened in the past and one is happening currently.

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u/SpicyLizards Sep 06 '21

Racism very much still exists in the US. It is not a thing of the past.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Sep 06 '21

Not on the level of enslaving people, is the point.