So if racism is not inherently bad, why must we refrain from exercising it in philosophical debate/discussion?
I am not advocating for shitposts, but if a well thought out logical argument for a belief system is brought up, but one poster may consider it racist (which is obviously a flexible definition) should it be silenced? Ignored?
>So if racism is not inherently bad, why must we refrain from exercising it in philosophical debate/discussion?
I never said we should.
that's not being racist. That's being a cultural outsider.
Am I not treating a person differently based on race?
The reason racism should not be discussed philosophically as a valid viewpoint is because it adds credence to that argument. There's no logic in being racist but a reasonably educated person with racist viewpoints could add ethos to something that shouldn't have it. Racism can definitely be discussed in a way that asks why it exists, why it survives or dies and why it's similar to other beliefs such as xenophobia and related to other beliefs like nationalism.
No, you are experiencing culture clash and have been confronted with the decision to either be polite in their culture and not risk awkwardness in meeting or to hold fast in your own cultural beliefs and be seen as strange or weird. "when in Rome..." but that's not a law or anything.
As a way to try to understand what is or is not racist I want to try a little game with you all.
Which of these statements are racist?
1. I'm proud that I am asian, we invented gunpowder and had some of the longest running empires in human history!
2. I'm only attracted to jewish girls, arabs just look so ugly to me!
3. Here are some crime statistics, it says here that american blacks commit about 25x more violent assaults against whites than whites do against blacks! Perhaps there is a difference in culture between the races!
4. I deny the official explanation/the existance of the Holocaust, and here is why...
5. African nations have historically been less able to produce new advancements in technology and art as other nations
6. You are a dirty kike nigger loving faggot
7. You are a fat neckbeard redneck unintelligent racist
You are denying that I reacted differently because of his race?
What if he comes over to my country, and I shake his hand instead of bowing? Am I being racist by that definition? Am I not reacting to him differently based on his race?
1. not racist
2. not racist
3. not racist
4. antisemitic
5. not based on evidence; no evidence given
6. racist
7. not racist, cutting it close
1: Not racist
2. Not racist
3. Not racist
4. Not racist
5. Not racist
6. Racist
7. Racist