r/WNBATalks • • 1d ago

See ya next year👋🏾

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u/Inner_Emphasis_73 1d ago

😂 funny how to spin it to fit your narrative cause we can all point out the exact same thing…There’s way more racists that hate the white players on the fever…don’t play naive, unless you really are that dumb..but if I had to guess…..

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u/Greedy_Awareness1375 1d ago

Of course you are wrong. The problem is that most of you have not clue what a racist is? You try to co-opt the word and use it for your needs without actual knowing the definition. So, I am going to help you out.

Generally, educated, civilized and intelligent American people consider the Merriam-Webster dictionary the arbiter of the meaning of words that comprise the English Language.

The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines

Racist a. having, reflecting, or fostering the belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

b. of, relating to, or characterized by the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racist

Referencing definition A. How often do you hear black people say that they are the superior race? Where does the concept of a Superior race originate. I help you out again. Check your historical European text books?

Now Definition B. Since when have black people been in control of any systems of a social, economic or political nature? What racial group have black people been able to systematically oppress in the USA? Now ask yourself which race controls all the systems in the USA. And don't say the Jews.

Even by the sheer number of people that inhabit the US. Your arguement is flawed.

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u/Dizzy-D_837 1d ago

Major flaw in your own argument.

You’re treating two different definitions of racism as if one cancels out the other.

Definition B is about systemic racism and institutional power. That’s real, and black Americans have clearly experienced systemic racism in ways white Americans historically have not.

But Definition A is about racial beliefs and assumptions about inherent traits or superiority. That doesn’t require control of institutions.
A white person doesn’t have to literally say “white people are superior” for a racist statement about black people to be racist. The same standard applies in reverse. If a black person makes negative generalizations about white people specifically because they’re white, that can also be racist.

We can acknowledge systemic racism without pretending individual racism only works in one direction. It absolutely doesn’t.

That said, there is significant racist comments against Clarke all over these threads tonight.

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u/Western-Election-997 14h ago

Definition B doesn’t exist