This is what is happening a lot tho. We are told to read things through entirely different & politically-charged things. At university, I was told I couldn't say that colour prejudice wasn't a huge thing in 16th century England because of 21st century American race politics. https://twitter.com/TomasDeTorque/status/981615941208469505 …
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I also saw someone object to a white person referring to a young black adult as 'Charlie-boy', which is a common nickname, because of the racist connotations of the word 'boy' as historically applied to black men in the US. Context matters, people.
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One thing about discussion of racism in the US: it largely centers on the legacy of enslaving Africans with addenda from the Latino/Hispanic community, the various injustices visited on Native Americas are hardly discussed unless there's a big news item...
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...such as the Standing Rock Sioux & allies protesting the Dakota access pipeline.
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