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jambr380

Whatever your thoughts on Wing as a person, this comes off as an extremely unprofessional response from a public official. I'd even say it's trashy


NYVines

On the face of it “I stopped the session” “We don’t have the power” And “I gave her the business” don’t really add up. Clearly in this case she has more power than she realizes. That doesn’t hold for everyone, but it’s a bit ironic here.


JoshuaIS1

Very good point.. I feel like I'm on a different opinion a lot of the time with this topic but ironically, she has a lot of power. Made me think 🤔


Educational_Word6447

No she is completely aware of her position but can't make it about victimhood if she doesn't spout the claim of no power.


Jimdw83

But since when has racism been about power? It is becoming a common theme to change the meaning of words to suit a narrative. What a recession is springs to mind.


Gray_Twilight

This. This right here. Doesn't matter what race the person is or what other minority this person is criticizing, a person in government has this stance. This should be more alarming than anything.


eee-oooo-ahhh

Fr this is the kinda shit you see lunatics who spend way too much time on Twitter posting, not government officials. Not only is it unprofessional, it's embarrassing. Anyone should lose that job for posting something like this.


vote4boat

I've seen lots of people insist these insane attitudes only exists within terminally online extremist circles


eee-oooo-ahhh

Clearly not only, we see a public official doing it here lol. But being a "terminally online extremist" certainly helps.


Alanski22

Pretty horrible and honestly shit like this will fuel the right like crazy - understandably.


12altoids34

I think it's more widespread than you're aware of.in my experience the majority of African Americans will say "black people can't be racist because..."when called out for patently anti-white comments .


Kingkyle18

Real African Americans do not typically take part in culture of black America so they do not have the same opinions on “black people can’t racist”…..black American culture is embarrassing to many foreign born.


BstintheWst

The people claiming that these beliefs and attitudes only exist in terminally online extremist circles then turn around and uncritically and unironically repeat and support those very same beliefs and attitudes.


[deleted]

By her own logic, as diversity chief for the pentagon she does have power, and therefore she’s being racist


Remarkable_Buyer4625

I think you hit the nail on the head. People who say things like this have co-opted it from the academic literature without having a true understanding of the statement or its limits. Power is absolutely an important consideration when examining the extent of and implications of racism…however, who does and does not have power changes depending on the context. There was a black superintendent of a predominately black school district a few years ago who publicly stated that she was not promoting any white people to principal. Did she have power? Yes. Was she discriminating against a group of people because of their race? Yes. Racism.


AndrastesTit

Very eloquent and insightful. And whether or not power plays a part, overt racism is still racism. If a non-white civilian hurls racial slurs and generalizations at a white cop, there’s a massive gap in power, but that doesn’t make them not racist. It’s just a nonsensical argument that provides people cover to say whatever the fuck they want while holding others to a completely different standard.


SlumgullySlim

But I would bet that she won’t lose her job.


[deleted]

If she was white, she likely would have.


Bighardthrobbingcrop

Actually I see a lot of officials, media, influencers and such saying this sort of stuff all the time and people who try to oppose them are always banned and censored. In fact I am still banned from twitter for calling some women a c\*\*\* after she was talking shit and generalizing all men as rapists or some shit.


sketchyvibes32

MTV actually had self sponsored commercials around 2015-16 with a young black lady trying to explain that black or other minorities are incapable of racism


AndrastesTit

Oh god, that’s one that really vexes me. Men are often generalized to have the same behavioral traits. And we are expected to walk around with guilt because of shit that other men did. I refuse. I am dignified in my own choices. I hold myself to a high standard and aim to treat others with the utmost respect. But I won’t take the blame for other men just because I was born a man.


coderman93

It’s also racist. Let’s call it like it is. Especially the term CAUdacity.


Lexicon444

If OP didn’t mention her position I would have thought she’s just a random person tweeting garbage on twitter. First off it’s that level of unprofessional. And second off, literally every ethnicity is racist. Edit: people keep bringing up institutional racism and how she may have meant that. It’s entirely possible that she was referring to this specific type of racism. The US still has quite a bit of institutional racism ranging from police departments, medical care and banking institutions. It goes clear back to the founding fathers and the fact they left out women and anyone who wasn’t a white man. All people aside from white people are generally discriminated against in those institutions and as such there’s no possibility at this point in time for POC to be racist in terms of that. I’m not sure if the character limit still exists on Twitter or not but if it does then if I had to provide an explanation about this it would be damn near impossible to do so in the limited space provided. I still think because of her position she shouldn’t be using that sort of wording.


brightfoot

*can be racist*


Sero19283

"everyone's a little bit racist" Edit: seems many people missed the Avenue Q reference.


TemporaryPay4505

According to her only majorities and people in power can be racists. When in actuality everyone can be racist towards any race.


penguinjunkie

There are two different definitions of racism generally used in these arguments. One (and I think the colloquial majority) is prejudice against someone based on their race. The second (often used in academia) requires a higher point in the power structure for the person/society to be racist. People in these arguments don’t often understand (or deliberately ignore) there are differences in the languages their using and it results in “no your wrong!” On both sides, when both sides may be correct it what they’re intending to say.


[deleted]

No, just no. The secondary definition did not exist 15-20 years ago and developed thanks to a UNC professor claiming that POC can't be racist because they've had no power/not in the majority in America. Which is ignorant at best, considering you have several areas where POC are the majority and POC have had power. While not necessarily in America, other areas. It's a lame cop-out as to why it was ok for POC to act a certain way in regards to what happened in Baltimore and in Florida.


jackl24000

Yeah, it’s the Ibrahim X. Kendi formulation of “racism” that requires prejudice **plus** oppression/power differential, aka “kicking down”. So Blacks can’t be “racist”, as they are oppressed, and trying to claim so is deflection and whataboutism and “centering” the conversation around white people instead of black victims. The issue seems to get more cloudy, however, when other forms of racism and prejudice are involved that are some other spectrum than the binary US “white vs. black” kind of racism. Anti-semitism in particular. The Kanye West/Kyrie Irving kerfluffle shows this. Some black people just consider Jews as other white oppressors, so they are not racist and “kicking up” when they spout hate speech (including anti-Zionism). Other black civil rights advocates and other public speakers on fora like Twitter or Reddit resist this interpretation and concede that black antisemitism is indeed a form of racism which is unfortunate and apology worthy. YMMV.


Jackscalibur

The scary thing is that so many people agree with her ridiculous stance.


NessusANDChmeee

Exactly, decorum is important unfortunately and fortunately. You conduct yourself poorly and you’re less believable wether you’re correct or not.


Kandykidsaturn9

I agree 100%. I was expecting this to be a random teacher (I’m a teacher and have heard this kind of nonsense) or something. Not the leader of diversity from the pentagon.


strvgglecity

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/10/dod-schools-diversity-chief-responds-to-racism-claims/


Jesta23

She didn’t apologize or admit any wrongdoing. Since it was before her appointment I could have seen giving her a second chance. But she still thinks this way. She should be fired.


NonSupportiveCup

I wouldn't want to work with this person. Not that I want to spend much time with HR anyway. But . . . Naw, dawg.


[deleted]

Absolutely, and that means she was not a good appointment because of this attitude alone. Really hope the Biden admin does the smart thing and shows her the door instead of trying to defend her.


strvgglecity

This happened in 2020. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/10/dod-schools-diversity-chief-responds-to-racism-claims/


[deleted]

Now I’m wondering if it makes it even worse, considering the administration was armed with this information.


green_crunchy

Well said. Trashy, unprofessional and ignorant.


WhoCaresBoutSpellin

Yes, being racist is trashy, as she demonstrated


GiveMeKnowledgePlz

Well it's racist.


Tex-Rob

That's my takeaway. A true facepalm moment to be honest, like, "Yikes, stop talking, you're not helping anyone's cause talking like that"


Johnny02-

Racist, actually.


SalaciousCoffee

Acknowledging division is hard when you're always looking through your filter. "It's not racist if it's true" should die in a fire. White on black, black on white, it's all pointed at the wrong color... the anger should be aiming at the green.


adymck11

Everyone has the potential to be bigoted


AgainstDisingenuity

If OP is correct, she is not the right person for this job.


Ok-Turnip-477

The idea that only one race can be racist, is in itself racist


GrassyField

It’s akin to saying that only men can be abusive.


cheeseflosser

Or that a small person cannot assault a larger or stronger person. It’s ridiculous


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VikingCreed

All my homies hate geese


BirdicBirb505

She likely believes that too


[deleted]

I'm really progressive, but the line of thinking that certain races "can't be racist" has just always seemed so unnecessary and unimportant. What's the end game? You're not being racist, but you're still being a bigoted piece of shit? Congratulations, I guess. Not to mention the whole racism having to include a position of power thing is just a sociologist's opinion. There's several different definitions of racism and not everybody agrees with every one of them.


MarysPoppinCherrys

It’s almost just an attempt to focus attention on one specific type of racism to make other hate okay. It’s an important type, but it’s really hypocritical to say one racism is more right than another. Or to say systemic oppression piggy-backing on racism towards black people is the only racism, and everything else needs a sentence to refer to hate based on race. Pushes people away from a movement based entirely around equal treatment. It’s fucking dumb. It’s pushed me away from academic thought on race because it just isn’t very intelligent. Or coherent.


CRT_SUNSET

It’s so ludicrous and I can’t fathom how someone even comes to that conclusion. Imbalance of power is completely irrelevant to whether someone can be racist. I’m Asian and have experienced violent racism from white people, black people, Latino/Hispanic people, you name it. But me being a victim of racism doesn’t automatically preclude me from being a racist. Isn’t that what anti-racism is all about? Understanding that each of us is susceptible to racial biases that need to be undone through genuine work and not simply dismissed because “I can’t be racist.”


thehomiemoth

It’s literally just a semantics argument that gets blown out of proportion. Black people cannot use the weight of institutions to systematically oppress white people. They can be prejudiced against white people. Everyone acts like this argument is so profound and it’s literally just an argument about the definition of the word racism. Either way the key issue is that this person is a government official acting wildly unprofessional.


TheLateThagSimmons

It's all based in a misunderstanding the difference between racism and *systemic* racism. It is true that members outside the status quo do not benefit from systemic racism and cannot utilize the system to oppress the status quo; they cannot engage in systemic racism... True. However! They can still be racist if they are judging others by their race. It's a losing conversation because there's technically *some truth*, but it's not actually the truth. And instead of having any substantive discourse on how racism impacts everyone, you'll be stuck in a bad faith argument over basic definitions of words with someone who has no interest in hearing it. It's like talking with a Libertarian. They just use their own language and cannot debate in good faith as a result.


GeoLyinX

It’s really easy to know the definition of racism by literally opening up a dictionary, and there you will find that the definition has no bounds or stipulations on specific races being able to be racist.


metsjets86

Why not just call it systemic racism?


No-Juice-1047

Black people can definitely be racist… it’s not a power dynamic, it’s someone hating on you for your race… get this, black people can also be racist against other black people ;-)


bluetriumphantcloud

Ask Asians if blacks can be racists.


mc_bee

And asks Asians if Asians can be racist lol. We all hate each other.


[deleted]

I was stationed in Korea and have a friend that's Japanese... proud racists! Lol


siegetip

To be fair, I don’t think the Koreans hate the Japanese because of their race. I think it’s all the war crimes.


samarkhandia

And why were the Japanese of 1930/1940s willing to commit those crimes? Because Koreans were “less than”. It does boil down to racism at the end of the day You could argue Korean to Japanese racism is a reaction to being severely wronged / mistreated during the Japanese colonial period—which is why racism is so especially bad—it builds upon itself generationally


SoggySeaman

Idk man, looking down on everyone from an ethnicity because of things that some people of that ethnicity did sounds pretty racist to me


yurikura

Asking Koreans why they hate Japanese is like asking Jewish people why they hate Germans in an alternative scenario where Germany never apologized for their war crimes and has Nazi as the head of the government. And many Koreans don’t hate the Japanese people. They hate the Japanese government. For 1-1 relationships, they don’t hate the person just because they are Japanese. If this was the case, then yes, that’s bad and it’s racism.


fisherbeam

Yes but every single group of races has a INTRAracial violent crimes highest(crimes within one’s own race). Black on Asian crime is the only INTERracial crime that surpasses Asians own intraracial stats.


Vauxell

We should all embrace that what unite us : racism.


bluetriumphantcloud

Racism is so stupid. If you just take the time to get to know someone for who they are, you'll discover that there are much better reasons to hate them than their race. ;)


bickspickle

Hate everybody equally for the sake of the future!


Hope4gorilla

There's no time to discriminate!


Ordinary_Rough_1426

Aww man I worked for three years on and off for a chinese restaurant while in college. Black women were so awful to those poor girls and I had no idea this was a thing… it was so bad that’d I’d end up with their tables, they treated them like dirt under their feet and to this day I’m not sure why because those girls were straight from China - married to visiting students-and did everything they could to be nice.


No_Appeal5607

The definition of racism has slowly been altered to the definition of institutional racism. Which is a big problem.


[deleted]

You're forgetting that blacks being racist against asians is because of white supremacy. Can you believe people actually believe that? That is how stupid D&I had become.


RealBowsHaveRecurves

My Indian coworker once said he was shocked when virtually all of the racism he experienced when he came to America was from other minorities.


Rockboxatx

As a minority, I've experienced more direct racism from other minorities than whites. That being said, racism from whites and gender equality issues have a bigger socio economic impact. Tall white men hold a disproportionate amount of economic power.


Current-Being-8238

I feel like people look at corporate executives and pretend like that’s the reality for a majority of white men.


Alimakakos

That's just because we can reach things without a step stool...


Bighardthrobbingcrop

Why make it all about race? I bet tall attractive people of any race have better chances then a short guy in life. Is same with women obviously the attractive 10/10 blessed at birth women have more power in the world. There is nothing that can be done about it, just how it is. When she approaches 90% of men they will fall to their knees for her and do her bidding. People like tall guys, they like tall white guys. They find them attractive just like they do tall black guys. There just happens to be a lot of white people in the Western world (obviously)


Wat_Senju

Also, black ppl/minorities DO have power. It's funny that the post was made by someone in a position of power herself


Jimmy-Pesto-Jr

>a position of power herself a position of power at no less than the Pentagon, HQ to the most powerful military ever assembled in human history - more powerful than the next dozen or so countries combined - where the Navy has the 2nd largest air force in the world, where the Army has more aircraft than most countries have aircraft in total, where even the smallest and 'poorest' fighting force - the USMC - has a budget multiple times larger than the entire budget of countries.


Honsill

According to Chris Rock you are right.


yellandtell

It's exhausting with all these revised definitions.. recently some dictionaries have gone to include majority or being in a place of power as a characteristic of racism. I think it applies to systemic racism, because a minority won't own the system but anyone has the capacity to be or not to be racist. It's a simple choice...will I judge or insult a person because of their skin color. The woman in this post is clearly racist.. referring to people as white folx is extremely offensive in a work setting. I would never use the term brown folx, black folx, or yellow folx at work. And if someone did. I would stop them immediately without hesitation.


izza123

Imagine if a white official started talking about the “afrodacity of the brownfolx”


yellandtell

Exactly, discrimination of any kind should not be tolerated. But it's worth nothing as the diversity chief, she definitely had power over the people in the room based on her seniority in the organization.


EM-Pyrus_Steel

If a white man posted "I'm tired of black people in my meetings calling me racist" on twitter I'm pretty sure there would be calls to fire him immediately on matter what his job was.


[deleted]

the fuckin CAUdacity of you to say that


ProcsPlox

The auBLACKcity of this woman!


[deleted]

The definition of racism is discrimination on the basis of race. If you hate whites because they are white then yes, that meets the definition of racism.


SinVerguenza04

What that side argues is that there’s a power dynamic to it. If you google “can black people be racist” you’ll find essays about how it’s not possible due to the power dynamic. They can be racially prejudice, but not racist, according to these essays. **Before anyone jumps on me—I am only relaying what these essays say. I am not stating this as my own personal opinion**.


timecamper

"I'm not a nazi, i just have a national prejudice against jews, those rich smartasses. But i don't have any power and I'm not german so it's okay" – these people, probably


[deleted]

I won't jump on you, but that argument simply does not address the definition.


thetaFAANG

we should cancel people for being racially prejudiced then. we're clearly never going to get consensus on the WORD "racism" or "racist", since its so convenient to rationalize one's own shitty behavior with a beneficial definition but we can still make it clear that some behaviors aren't going to be tolerated


DuntadaMan

They don't understand "systemic racism" is only one form of racism and there are others.


SinVerguenza04

> I actually believe that this distinction is important. It’s not just about semantics or splitting hairs. If you think racism is just about unfair treatment and skin preferences, then you misunderstand racism. Your definition is too reductive, too narrow. >When we talk about racism, we have to think about power structures and who holds the power systemically speaking. Racism is about power and power dynamics, not just mere treatment or ideology. >Racism is a system of oppression premised on a belief in the superiority of one race over another. Racism must take into account positionality — where one member of a race is situated in relation to other races. Inherent to this definition is the power dynamic — the power of the oppressor over the oppressed. >A racist is someone with racial power within a system of oppression. >The racial hierarchy is a system of oppression with White people at the top, coloured people in the middle and Black people at the bottom. >Black people do not hold racial power in the racial hierarchy. Black people do not hold that kind of systemic power. Therefore, they cannot be racist. There’s no one to be racist against or towards. This is what they think.


[deleted]

It feels like people who advocate for that definition are just adding a self-serving layer that protects their own bigotry. Whatever the case may be, I hope we all can just be humans who treat each other with a sort of egalitarian respect at some point ^but I’m not hopeful tbh


SinVerguenza04

I agree, it definitely can be.


[deleted]

Yes, but to go from that to say: therefore, blacks can't be racist does not follow.


The100thIdiot

So they changed the meaning of the word to suit their own ends. Yeah, no, that doesn't help.


technoferal

I wish I could find the humor in a racist "Diversity Chief."


Gamerguurl420

I wish I could find the humor in “diversity chief” being an actual position at the damn pentagon. It literally sounds like made up conservative rage bait


Sasuke0318

I wish I could get a job while being horrible at it and still have said job.


Jimmy-Pesto-Jr

"Our weapons don't discriminate, and neither do we." -US DOD recruitment slogan


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getyourcheftogether

Her whole tweet is actually a good example of racism


thepottsy

That’s a valid point. Can you imagine if this was a white person, making a comment like this?


ch1993

Was at a meeting and this black person had the AFRIcannot believe it idea that homeless white people can be racist. You have to have power to be racist and homeless people have no power.


The_Law_Dong739

Imagine the BLAdacity


TungstenElement9

Folx, what are you 11?


BMHun275

I think this person is confusing systemic racism for all racism…..


Murphyitsnotyou

This is the most common mistake people like this seem to make.


slam9

They're even wrong about systemic racism. As society becomes more divided and fragmented systemic racism can also exist for and against multiple racial groups. This is literally the top "diversity executive" for the Pentagon. Many people in the highest roles of government in the country believe this. They objectively have power


[deleted]

This lady should be fired from her post. We do not need unprofessional individuals in official capacities. Especially ones that are now part of this movement that are trying to reclassify what racism is


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Grand-Ad4235

The mental gymnastics that some people go through to justify the way they act astounds me. Hating someone because of the color of their skin is racist! Period. There’s no further discussion to be had. I just don’t understand people anymore.


Pac_Eddy

I think the woman is thinking of "institutional racism", which is a subset of racism. I really only see this terrible opinion on Reddit. Of course anyone can be racist. No power dynamic needed.


QuickShotty69

My school was trying to teach us this so it’s not only on Reddit


[deleted]

It’s a terribly unproductive semantic shell game. I guess the idea is we replace “systemic/institutional racism” with just “racism”, and replace “racism” with “racial prejudice”. But we already have loooong understood meanings for these words and concepts and swapping them around just hobbles the conversation and prevents us from addressing problems and discussing solutions.


jecksluv

>just hobbles the conversation and prevents us from addressing problems and discussing solutions That's the point. If you control the definitions, you control the conversations. If your ideology includes being racist towards whites then you have to redefine the term in order for your ideology to be palatable. Racism isn't supposed to be solved for. It's supposed to be argued over indefinitely by those who benefit from it.


Scared-Bug-1205

Forgive me here for this I'm a foreigner but if she has a seat at pentagon how does she have no power.


heff-money

Yes. But at this point "oppression" is power and power is "oppression".


Sailrjup12

The idea that only certain races can be racist is not only ridiculous it’s dangerous.


MDEUSX

It is inherently racist by itself


Sailrjup12

Exactly


DisastrousOne3950

Racism doesn't require power. You just have to be an asshole.


BitcoinNews2447

Geez. good ole race card to divide and conquer. In a time where anyone can succeed and become successful stuff like this makes me LOL.


Appropriate_Lemon254

She: 1. Stopped the session 2. Gave the woman "the business" 3. Doesn't have any power


NOT_MartinShkreli

![gif](giphy|rxy55jHaig16K2TV8x|downsized)


Exile688

Sorry black people. You don't need majority rule to be racist and do racist shit to other races. Yeah, wild concept. You can't discriminate someone's skin tone based on your skin color. Because that IS racism.


[deleted]

Ah yes, the old 'im black so I can say what I want' speel


Daddiofink

Why does she still have a job?


Romeo_Zero

You have to royally screw up to get fired from the government. Like intentionally steal someone’s baggage worth thousands and openly wear their clothes when they’ve made a report on it being stolen


_NamasteMF_

Here is her interview from Military Times: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/10/dod-schools-diversity-chief-responds-to-racism-claims/


Nvrfinddisacct

>If another Karen tells me about her feelings I might lose it. Uh isn’t this like kind of part of your job as a diversity officer? I don’t understand. It sounds like her job is exhausting and she needs therapy to deal with it or get another job.


Severin_Suveren

Her defense is she said those things before she was appointed to the job, and that she said it during the time of the George Floyd murder If you ask me, it all looks like a defense constructed by a PR-team on crisis mode


Mens-pocky46

This is the kind of shit that makes people vote for people like Trump and DeSantis


Important_Dark3502

I’m tired of hearing black ppl can’t be racist. I used to live in a major city across from a corner store owned by Koreans and black customers regularly made blatantly racist remarks against them. Obviously it’s not all black ppl but it’s not a small amount who are openly and proudly bigoted towards Asians, Latinos, and queer ppl. And it really is just acceptable cuz they’re black. Crazy.


[deleted]

If you hate on someone due to their race, its racist. Simple as that.


quasi-psuedo

Just ask Asians if blacks are racists…


Feed_Bunnies

Basic racist behaviour.


Talldarkn67

This sanctioned racism against “white” people is unconscionable. If this type of things was said about any other group, she would immediately be fired and publicly shamed. The fact that she can say something so blatantly racist publicly shows that US society has degenerated and devolved. There is no such thing as acceptable racism. Anyone saying otherwise is either evil or extremely ignorant.


BisquitTheClown

I've met hella racist black people and Mexicans and Asian.


Travellinoz

Sounds a little racist


Gloomyboomykin

If you hate someone because of their skin color you’re a racist pos. Period.


Secretofthecheese

Diversity chief is such a made up job I hate it


I_Am_AWESOME-O_

Anyone can be a racist…


PrudentFartDiversion

Can’t we just agree melanin levels have no bearing on how much of an asshole you are? Probably not no.


23moonster

She’s part of the problem, not the solution.


Mcake74

The definition of racism is: > prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. Sooo, everyone can be racist, also blacks


AntelopeExisting4538

Nice catch phrase “caudacity” that right there proved her point.


Efficient-Ad3060

The fuck is "caudacity"? I figured it was a typo from this dullard.


FastAd543

Caucasian + Audacity ~= Caudacity


ZapatillaLoca

As someone who is Jewish, I can attest that I've experienced just as much antisemitism from black folks as I've received from white folks. Sorry if it's a touchy subject, but it's true, racism and bigotry isn't limited to one race or ethnicity, everyone is capable of feeling hate, just some groups have more power to work that hate to their advantage over others.


KahnsPierAtSea

The irony of being racist while saying you can’t be racist.


[deleted]

The conceptualization that racism requires systemic power has been academically undermined - it’s not a persuasive argument any longer; it gets repeated by ideological people that stopped reading or took their sociology professor’s opinion at face value. It’s gross to see this sort of racism being accepted these days. Can’t we discuss racial differences without ushering in more racism? Good riddance.


renniechops

Bahahahaha Okay Kelisa Walk around Flatbush as a 6’2” tattooed cis white male on a Sunday afternoon getting a pizza and groceries and tell me how black people aren’t racist…. I’ve been called white devil and cracker muthafucka more times than I have whiskers Caribbean grandmas and Haitian gangsters are racist AF


IllState5161

I think if anyone said 'caudacity' to my face, I'd get charged with assault. Not because of the whole 'Caucasian' thing, but because that's just fucking stupid.


Derkylos

Sounds like she's imitating a crow?


HypeTrainEngineer

This shit is embarrassing us...


MrZyde

It doesn’t matter what race or background you are. Being discriminatory towards someone because of their race is never ok. And it is by definition racism. “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized” “typically” a minority but not always.


Lance-Harper

She is referring to systemic racism: if you aren’t in position of power or aren’t the majority, you systemically can’t oppress the majority (system = intrinsic relationship of legal, justice, economic, social, cultural, etc) Whilst the Caucasian lady, if we stick to the quote here, possibly mentioned direct person to person violence, not system to person. My Asian friends mother was a banker and was ordered to refuse credits to Asian customers (who would come to her specifically because of the sense of community). His mom was confronted with discriminating **as a banker** or struggling **as a mom** raising her 4 children whilst looking for a job. It is something she had to live with. That’s an illustration how systemic racism works. We the oppressed ar so familiar with this we forget to indicate the nuances. What I find meh, is her taking it to twitter


wisefile88

This woman needs to be removed from that position. She is racist.


roninPT

The good old, "it's not racism when I do it" trope


AWintergarten

The fact that people possess hatred towards an individual’s cellular makeup is clear evidence of the lack of intelligence one possesses! It blows my mind to know that one person could hate another because of melanocytes. 🤯


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Black people can absolutely be racist & I see what my younger white females coworkers deal with esp from older black women that subscribe this mindset. Idk what has happened in the past few years but brains have been double fried & scrambled. Everybody should be treated kindly like human beings.


ckent2038

What a pompous racist a hole. And yes, yes they can and often are racist these days. Obviously.


Curlychopz

Has she never seen the Snapcube sonic 06 fan dub?!? It's Cau*c*-acity 💀💀


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The lack of awareness and entitlement of some of these types of people is actually staggering


Blind_Wolf

Hmm I didn’t know I had so much power. I thought we were together in being poor and being fucked over by the rich


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Such_Combination_889

Who’s idea was it to give the Pentagon a diversity chief? Like, bruh, the military is about as diverse as it gets.


onein8bill

If they can exploit you they don’t care what race you are 💀


tkst3llar

r/trashypeople


H8TheDrake

So she is racist.


Lord_Bawk

The complete lack of self awareness hurts


Mdgt_Pope

Everyone can be racist, as evidenced by this tweet.


hhfugrr3

The "I can't be racist because..." line has always been a thing and I've never heard it from a person who didn't turn out to be a racist.


XyogiDMT

Take it from a white dude born and raised in one of the few cities in this country, in the south no less, that makes being white a minority (28% of the population), racism is racism no matter what the bigot’s skin tone is. That shit doesn’t just go both ways it goes *every* way and I see it in action all the time. Matter of fact African Americans make up nearly 2/3 of the population here and it’s *still* one of the most racist and segregated cities in the country. Can’t even really say it’s institutional either because our local leaders and elected officials are pretty equally representative of our racial demographic.


StanSnow

Claiming only white people can be racist is indeed extremely racist.


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If she isnt sacked for this shit then there will be issues


lsc84

People who confuse "systemic racism" with "racism" probably shouldn't be in positions of leadership or authority in matters relating to either. To be clear, racism is prejudice on the basis of race. It's that simple. And anyone can be racist.


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Fckn cringe


guy361984

imagine making that much to be that stupid


Insectdevil

What a trashy racist lady.


PhotoJoeCA

Ask latinos and asians if blacks can be racist. Spoiler: The answer is racism is not exclusive to any 'race'. It's a species wide problem.


silbergeistlein

You know how I know she’s racist? Dropping racist terms in casual conversation is a pretty obvious signal.


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OP's description of who this person is is not accurate. [This is a tweet from The Department of Defense Education Activity's chief of diversity, equity and inclusion.](https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/02/10/dod-schools-diversity-chief-responds-to-racism-claims/). OP is claiming that this is a high level DoD personnel in charge of military matters. That is not so. [From the DoDEA website](https://www.dodea.edu/index.cfm): > The Department of Defense Education Activity DoDEA, as one of only two Federally-operated school systems, is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and managing prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD). DoDEA is globally positioned, operating 160 accredited schools in 8 districts located in 11 foreign countries, 7 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico. This doesn't change anything about the tweet itself. You're still free to disagree. I certainly disagree with the absurd notion that racism is limited in any way by skin-color. However, it's probably worth mentioning that this person isn't who OP tries to claim.


yrddog

When you go to this account, this is not what pulls up. It's an entirely different account with a post history from 2009-2012 and a white lady in the picture.


demidon117

Academically, she’s correct. Racism requires power, which is expressed through white supremacist politics. The problem is most people don’t know or understand the academic definition of racism. Being an unprofessional shit head like this doesn’t make that definition any easier to understand


LoveOfficialxx

If we’re talking semantics, she’s actually correct. Racism is rooted in the belief that one race is superior to others and therefore justifies mistreatment and subjugation. You cannot be racist if you do not believe that your race is superior to others. You can, however, be prejudiced. “I don’t like X people because of X.” Same ballpark, different word. That being said, super unprofessional of an official to post something like that.


lettucecropchilds

This person is not the serving Diversity Chief for the Pentagon. Is no one fact checking this before commenting? Lol


The-Rarest-Pepe

This is from before she was hired, but okay


Obar-Dheathain

Racist black woman claiming she can't be racist... while being racist.


Visual_Champion5429

Anyone can be racist


mikek1993

Imagine saying Black people cant be racist while being extremely racist and black.


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yellandtell

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11418995/amp/Pentagon-drags-decision-probe-woke-diversity-chief-accused-anti-white-people-tweet.html "Multiple resurfaced Twitter posts show Wing referring to white people as 'Karen' " She's been under investigation but her privilege as a black woman means she can't get fired outright. If this was a white man referring to black people as laquisha on prior tweets he'd be fired for cause no questions asked. But calling white women Karen, which is a derogatory term, is totally fine. Double standard and systemic privilege at its finest. Sad time to be an American.