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minus-squarebeardown@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months ago “say you’re stranded in the woods. Would you rather encounter a random black man or a bear?” This produces radically different results
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoI mean, among racists yeah. This isn’t really analogous to race, though. Rape culture is a thing. Women have legitimate reason to be wary around men in a way that white people do not have legitimate reason to be wary around black people.
minus-squarebeardown@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoNo woman on camera would claim that she is more afraid of a black man than a bear She would claim that a (racially ambiguous) man is more dangerous than a bear. Making that man black prevents her from articulating her fear
This produces radically different results
I mean, among racists yeah. This isn’t really analogous to race, though. Rape culture is a thing. Women have legitimate reason to be wary around men in a way that white people do not have legitimate reason to be wary around black people.
No woman on camera would claim that she is more afraid of a black man than a bear
She would claim that a (racially ambiguous) man is more dangerous than a bear. Making that man black prevents her from articulating her fear