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minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days agoIgnorance and racism are not the same thing. There’s overlap, but even if it can be hurtful, ignorance is not malicious.
minus-squareHalfSalesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·25 days agoIgnorance born of environment is understandable. Ignorance born of anti-intellectualism is malicious.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoWhat does “malicious” mean here? Structural racism often doesn’t have ill intent from any individual people, and nevertheless still affects people’s daily lives.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoThere’s a kind of stubborn ignorance which is very malicious. It’s how we got trump, in part.
Ignorance and racism are not the same thing. There’s overlap, but even if it can be hurtful, ignorance is not malicious.
Ignorance born of environment is understandable.
Ignorance born of anti-intellectualism is malicious.
What does “malicious” mean here? Structural racism often doesn’t have ill intent from any individual people, and nevertheless still affects people’s daily lives.
There’s a kind of stubborn ignorance which is very malicious. It’s how we got trump, in part.
Yeah that’s called hate