New Racism is Still Racism

Regardless of direction, racism is unjust because it targets an irrelevant intrinsic feature of fellow citizens.

Here is a recent racist remark: ""[INSERT COLOR] People: You do not get to absolve people of racism. You do not get to point out their “Growth” when they say [LATEST SLOGAN] after treating us as if we don’t [matter]. You don’t get to accept apologies on our behalf.""

Definition: "Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to physical appearance and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against other people because they are of a different race or ethnicity. Modern variants of racism are often based in social perceptions of biological differences between peoples. These views can take the form of social actions, practices or beliefs, or political systems in which different races are ranked as inherently superior or inferior to each other, based on presumed shared inheritable traits, abilities, or qualities."

Any statement that blames ALL those of a particular color of on the basis of the actions of a subset of individuals is RACIST. Any statement that attempts to rob all individuals of a particular color of protected rights (in the above case, freedom of expression) is RACIST. Any statement that attempts to prevent all individuals of a particular color of lawful actions is RACIST. Any movement that attempts to burden ALL individuals of a particular color with the guilty actions of a subset is illogical, unjust, and doomed to eventual repercussions.

Not only are such blatant displays of color-based prejudice inherently RACIST, they are politically unwise. Some might kowtow to unjust accusations, but unjust accusations will not win the support and respect of the majority. Where the support of the majority is the pragmatic aim, such infantility is unjust and unwise.

"Star Wars supports High Republic host after racist" [REMARKS]: Here's the intrinsic problem. If, in the current hysterical cancel-culture, victimization-whining climate, exactly the same sentiments had been directed against blacks, the host would probably have been dismissed, certainly not supported by the employer. It is not that dismissal would be justified, it is that the two instances of racism ought to be treated equally.

Justice lies somewhere between the disparate responses.