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How to be less racist/bigotred? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by bi_tux@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So I am a part of the LGBTQ community and work in a big city in middle europe. A lot of my coworkers are religios and have a foreign background. They are mostly very nationalist and homo-/transphobic. I hate them for their blind hate and bigotry, which wont change. I have realised, that I have become a bit bigotred towards people like them in the last few months, which is, even tho my biases often revealed to be true, just unfair to them. How could I stop that?

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I absolutely mean it like that.
It doesn't preclude acknowledging that other people do see color.

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Person is seen as (color) by racists
Person is (color)

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ignoring or dismissing someone's background, culture, identity, and experiences is a terrible way to get to know them. That's like trying to understand the Odyssey without knowing about the Iliad

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~~Ignoring or dismissing~~ Assuming based on stereotypes someone's background, culture, identity, and experiences is a terrible way to get to know them.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying to assume. But that doesn't mean ignore. You acknowledge, listen, and learn. It's part of the whole story.