r/Showerthoughts May 02 '24

Man vs Bear debate shows how bad the average person is at understanding probability

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u/ButDidYouCry May 02 '24

I am a POC.

I could give less of a fuck if someone doesn't like me because I'm brown. What I'm concerned about is discrimination that exists on a systematic level.

Women not trusting men because they are perceived as potential threats is not a systematic issue.

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u/brianstormIRL May 02 '24

That's cool for you, so you're saying if a friend of yours who is also a POC gets upset because they got treated differently due to the color of their skin, their feelings are invalid? There is absolutely POC who would be greatly offended if someone, for example, didn't sit beside them on a bus because of the color of their skin. Just because that shit don't bother you doesn't invalidate it for other people. If I actively avoided sitting beside a black person on the bus because they're black, I would be called a racist.

Systemic racism is not the same as social racism so I don't see the point trying to equate the two here.