so, i have a word document which, when i have thoughts worth writing down, or input on a current issue, i write these things down. and i was just scrolling through a little bit of it and i felt like this little snippet would be something some people might find worth the read. it's a little incoherent, a little messy, but that is just how my mind tends to work, and these scribblings are, under normal circumstances, just for me. i think i get my point across quite nicely though, so here it goes, please have a read,
""black people can't be racist"
racial prejudice(racism at a sociologically institutional level) = institutional racism, based on whichever "race" is backed by institutional power.
rebuttal to this argument = there is no way to accurately measure which "race" is backed by instituional powers, as both black and white people have equal rights in the united states, making your argument of "oh it's not racism, it's racial prejudice" at a individual level, racist.
AKA, you, as a individual, are a racist. you are racist towards white people, therin making you a hypocrite if you criticize white people for being racist.
besides, institutional racism is illegal in the united states, there are a great many laws against such things.
which brings me to my next thought.
racism at a individual level = just racism, the belief that you are better than somebody because their race is different from your own. classic examples of this are the twitter posts of people sucking in their lips and going "oh look, white people lips" or disregarding someone's arguments because they are a "bigoted white male" and have "white privelege" the moment you smack on labels to things like these, such as "white" privelege. and "white" male" in casual slang such as this, you are saying racist things. but oh no! you can't be racist towards a white person! but if a white person where to disregard a black person's viewpoints because they are a "bigoted black man" or have "black privelege" you are a racist. there is no difference. they can rationalize it all they want, but there is no difference whatsoever. "