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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Often" is a bit too generalising for me. Non-white people can be racist, that's true, just as white people can. Any race has good and bad people.

[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Originally I wrote "can" but that sounded like it was giving permission to be racist. Nobody should be classifying individuals based on their race. Bigotry is always bad - just because you're in the minority doesn't excuse you from the standards we set for everyone.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Ah, the ol' can/may conundrum. Every English teacher's favourite

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I'd just say that people everywhere all quite often racist