Posted: Jul 24, 2015 1:55 pm
Blackadder wrote:
I compare this to racism. The equivalent would be to say that in a predominantly white society "a non-white racial minority cannot be racist". As a person who grew up among two different racial groups, i know that is complete bollocks.
I went to infant school in Harrow, North London - it was about 40% jamaican British, 40% white British, and a random smattering of other. The first day of school, at the age of 4, I was pushed into the classroom and the first other kids I met were 2 black kids. They made me friction burn myself with my tie, and we were then best pals. Hanging out with a predominantly black crowd, I was frequently subject to racism from other members of the group - of course, I didn't see it that way then, it was just people being mean. There is a 'power' element there, though, because I was the minority in the group. Either which way, it's assuredly possible for anyone and everyone to be any kind of prejudist.
Of course, though, the more important types of prejudism are those in which the minority are oppressed by the majority. Prejudism alone isn't necessarily morally charged, but enacting prejudist structures and relationships always is.