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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
I'm sorry, this is all I read and that's all I will read. This is the most common comment made by men and women who have privilege in whichever society they live in, and simply do not want to see the oppression created by human society to keep groups of people down economically and emotionally. I've also experienced too many people who simply will not see racism, because that makes them personally feel uncomfortable, and will defend racism to no end - even people who have been oppressed.
I'm sorry if it's offensive that I haven't read or responded to your entire post, but you suggested a few days ago that I pick and choose my battles. I'm definitely not choosing this one. I'm done.
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You fail then because MMM's points trump yours.
I'll just add that you can only say Internalized racism is a factor when dealing with race directly. Any connection you make between mainstream Japanese perceptions of beauty
amongst themselves and portrayals of Black people by the media are not very credible because you can do little more than suggest them. Also that this tradition has been long established before black people even existed in the consciousness of Japanese society is a much better, more rational explanation.