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The attempt to redefine racism away from the dictionary definition into the "systemic privilege" one is, imo, an attempt to remove the intensely horrible associations with actual racism, to minimize its harms, and to provide a socially acceptable avenue for its practice.

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@L4dy70v3

Jun 23, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Slavery at its core really hasn't much to do with looks throughout almost all of human history.

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@L4dy70v3

"Outgroup" is really the more generalizeable principle; different culture, caste, status, etc - is enslaveable. In the US though, which is the context of my original tweet, the proxy was skin color.

1:45 AM · Jun 23, 2020

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@L4dy70v3

Jun 23, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Agreed. Second point, yes but also no. It's not the color of the skin so much as the evolutionary adaptations of people born with that skin. People of so many "races", religions, tribes, etc. have been slaves, but dark skinned slaves might be particularly valuable.

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@L4dy70v3

Jun 23, 2020

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@Aella_Girl

Like, I'm willing to bet if we had a history showdown, we would find that black "slaves" (if we must, since even the concept is so much more nuanced than the emotional reaction to that word allows) were often more valuable than other classifications of indentured servants.

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