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minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month 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-down1·1 month agoIgnorance born of environment is understandable. Ignorance born of anti-intellectualism is malicious.
minus-squareexasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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