Cultural racism frames protecting one’s own culture as a right

Evidence

It is sometimes argued that current forms of racism are more ‘cultural’ than previous forms of racism based more on skin colour. It is understandable why farright groups might want to assert such a defence, especially where public understandings of racism still focus on ‘colour’: they claim only to object to the culturally illiberal or otherwise undesirable practices of certain groups, but assert that they are not otherwise ‘racist’. Yet all forms of racism have contained a cultural element, symptomatically by attributing pathological, dangerous or aberrant behaviours to groups ranging from black to Chinese to Jewish people. Nonetheless, the focus on culture as a key component of current forms of racism is useful for understanding why racism and its effects persist even as essentialist biological claims about race have become unfashionable. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 108 (#complicates, via linked claim)

It is not enough for people or organizations to challenge only the form of discrimination that directly affects them; antidiscrimination and equality are universal principles that must be defended even when doing so doesn’t have a direct effect on us personally. It is important to understand that different forms of racism have different attributes, whether anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim or anti-black, and that it is therefore reasonable and justifiable to understand and respond to specific forms of racism. But challenging racism requires challenging it in all its forms, and understanding antiracism as a wider human rights and equality position entails defending other groups that experience discrimination too. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 59 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: New right racism operates through cultural uniformity, not racial supremacy; Prejudice is a cultural mechanism protecting dominant groups’ privileges — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 653; Cultural-racism defenses are fallacious since all racism includes cultural components — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 108 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Cultural-racism defenses are fallacious since all racism includes cultural components #complicates (0.80) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 108
• Anti-racism requires defending all discriminated groups, not only one’s own #complicates (0.78) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 59