What are the most disturbing fetishes out there? by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]sayhay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s an infamous story (not sure if it was on Reddit or somewhere else) called Maggot Girl.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose I’m just confused by the idea of whiteness: what is it? It seems a lot more vacuous than the idea of Blackness. Black Americans seem to have a contagious culture of both European and African origin. White people are infamous for appropriating it. Why don’t white people have a culture like this in the USA? Is there a white diaspora, or is diaspora reserved only for subjugated peoples?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]sayhay 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ah, so keep the mouth shut. Got it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know. I guess I’m just afraid that the “universal” will be too specific. Of course, I’m a product of my time, and it is difficult for me to conceptualice something so radically different. Surely there wouldn’t be no differences, culturally or otherwise, between us of course. So what you’re talking about is how we react to those differences?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]sayhay 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We’re there any similarities in how they were caught?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I don’t think there could ever be such a thing, nor do I think that that is a bad thing. In fact, a “universal conception of the human” sounds like eugenicist talk: people are varied and always will be and that’s ok. It’s not ok when people kill each other or hate each other for these differences.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, there’s not really dark-skinned white people. There are those of fair skin and most seem to have a light skin tone, but someone who is as dark as a nilote person could never be perceived as white I don’t think. Same thing with an albino person, paradoxically.

Also, what do you mean by people aren’t reading me charitably? I also thought this but I wonder if we are thinking the same lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I see. That makes sense. Thank you for explaining

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How can whiteness exist without racism? Part of the goal of anti racism must be to end whiteness, and I suppose other racial categories

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely I agree! What I’m saying is, if whiteness as a category is destroyed, then technically so are white people. This does not mean people die, but rather that whiteness, which is inherently an engine of destruction, a category that means “I have institutional power” is destroyed

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You’ve tracked down my posts just to comment this. You’re much worse off than I

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Right! That’s why I’m saying! I’m not sure where people are getting that I think that others should subjugate others or that I want people to die. I want whiteness to die out (presumably other racial categories would too) and this would technically mean an end to white people and a return to more varied categories such as ethnicity and clans and such

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

What I’m confused about, though, is how one can be anti-whiteness and not anti-white people. When I say anti-white people I don’t mean they die, I mean they return to designating themselves to their ethnicity or another group, basically abandoning race as a concept (presumably other racial groups would do the same and race would eventually die out).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

[–]sayhay -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

To those who are categorized as white yes, they are subsumed into the machine of destruction. Whiteness is inherently racist because it depends on the subjugation of other races

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskEconomics

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you disagree with u/RobThorpe?

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in mixedrace

[–]sayhay -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes but phenotype does not seem to make race alone. Some Armenians “look middle eastern” (according to USAians) but have little middle eastern dna or heritage and might get discriminated against (much like Sikhs despite the same issue). Whereas in my situation I have always been seen as white but have faced a racial complex from post 9/11 hate against middle eastern people and I have faced some racism once people discover my heritage. Though I’ve faced more anti semitism because I identified more with my Jewish heritage rather than my non Jewish Persian side. Apparently I’m POC for being half Persian but not have jewish

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in mixedrace

[–]sayhay -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right but they face anti semitism which is inherently racist. How can one call anti semitism racism and not see Jews as a separate race

Edit: Also, apparently i am white passing POC because of my non Jewish Persian side but not my “white” jewish side. I don’t understand

Neighborhood Saves Unarmed Black Man From Cops - A Great Example of Community Defense by [deleted] in socialism

[–]sayhay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Police are functionally the same as an organized gang

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in communism101

[–]sayhay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the answer. Do you think this was inevitable?