Do you think that it is possible for a member of a minority to be racist?

One of the biggest newspapers in Finland just published an article saying that racism requires privilege, and therefore a person who belongs to a minority can never be racist.

I know you like to look to Sweden and copy what they do, but you're only supposed to copy the good stuff, not all of it.

That being said, I can see how power dynamics might enhance racism. Imagine if you're in a room with a bunch of Finns and one Japanese dude and all of a sudden the Japanese dude starts lashing out with slurs like "Go back to the steppes where you belong fucking Finngolians, the Khanate is waiting for you" or something of the likes, you'll laugh it off, but it's still racism. Now imagine being the only Finn in a room of Japanese people and they start talking bad about you and your country because you're white or something, It's also racism, but it'll probably feel worse since you're the only Finn there.

However, the crazy SJW hyper-egalitarian solution to this "problem" is, excuse my language, fucking retarded. Just because a person in a minority group might encounter more racism, it does not in any way justify treating white people like shit to somehow "equalize" the discrimination.

The easiest solution would be just to treat as individuals and with respect, but I guess the SJ people enjoy the schadenfreude when they treat "the oppressors" like shit.

/r/AskEurope Thread