Future of Republican Party

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Originally Posted by Ibby

What experiences can possibly lead white people to any understanding that would allow them to define racism, other than listening to the experiences of PoC or consulting bare statistics?

Observation. My views have been greatly influenced by people of color but it has also largely been influenced by attempting to improve/revise my explanations of the world with different scenarios I encounter. As I said, racism in the US is extremely complex and cannot be explained by a single perspective. Keep in mind that racism from colonialism is only a single form of racism that exists (it is just the most influential). Other forms of racism due exist so basing a definition from the colonialism perspective has limited use.


Just to be clear, there is a difference from being able to form a generalized theory of racism (which I attempt to do) and trying to explain all the effects of a specific form of racism (which I do not try to do). To explain the effects of our specific form of racism, we would need perspectives from a very large pool of people from all ethic backgrounds. Even then it is difficult since many people can look at the same thing and come to much different conclusions.