This sounds an awful lot like "I don't see color" and is a pretty ignorant take. How do you prevent treating people differently while there is systemic discrimination giving people power over others and leading to a complicated web of privileges? Saying "don't treat people differently" is ignoring the systemic level of racism (and other forms of discrimination). You don't get absolved about confronting yourself with your own privileges and position of power over others just because you pretend to treat everyone equally. And I'm fact I don't think you can treat all people equally. Think of people you have a relationship with vs strangers for example.

[–] harl3k1n@feddit.org 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I didn't say treat all people equally. What I say is don't treat people differently just because of the colour of their skin.

There are nice people and there are arsehole people, that applies to every skin colour. But you must not make a pre-selection based on skin colour.

Just treat people with respect, regardless of their skin colour, and don't put up with arseholes.

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, I agree that this is important and should be standard behavior. I was criticizing you saying "there is only one way" and then only looking at the individual level. My point is that this isn't sufficient, people have to consider and dismantle discrimination on a structural level or we won't get rid of it. The article discusses discrimination on an individual and also structural level. You seemingly disagreed saying that the only way is to not treat people differently. Like I said, this won't be sufficient and is only scratching the surface.

[–] harl3k1n@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago

You have to start somewhere...

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