Post by gameboy on Jun 27, 2021 7:28:54 GMT
I doubt it.
Most people aren't. There are a handful of boxes that need to be checked off in order for someone to fit in that extreme category.
Do you think the white race is superior to other races?
Do you think other races should have less rights?
Do you want all other races forced out of the U.S. or worse?
If none of those fit you than you are not a white supremacist imo.
There are levels of racial bias that do not fit in with the white supremacist definition. Most people have a bias towards their own race whether they admit it or not.
Still, race is a social construct. The human race all started the same in the beginning. Likely a shade of brown, then we branched off and started to look different from each other, and from there all sorts of biases and preferences began.
I think there is a lot of nuance that is ignored in these kinds of conversations, such as cognitive dissonance. You have to try and find your way out of those traps, but sometimes it is impossible. We as a human race are flawed thinkers, overly emotional and weak in too many ways.
Humans are a species, not a race.
And race is a social construct only because most everything described by language is a social construct. But race is very real. Compare a Swede to a Zulu and it's quite obvious they have very different genetic makeups. So while it may be difficult to pinpoint where on an ethnological map whites stop and blacks begin, it's evident when you look at a Swede and a Zulu you're looking at two different races.
It's also possible to be a white supremacist who believes whites are superior and believe in the legal concept of "separate but equal".
And white supremacists believe there are concrete reasons to believe people with European ancestry are superior to people with African ancestry or East Asian ancestry. The technological advances in "white" cultures compared to the rest of world can be used as proof of superiority, if one is so inclined.
Can a white colonialist who brought the cure for malaria to the Congo not possess a smug sense of superiority? He saved lives, didn't he? We could also talk about electricity and automobiles and a thousand other inventions. Would the Congolese have them without white colonialism?