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moondust

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9. Is "racism" the same as "ethnic cleansing"?

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Feb 2, 2022, 06:52 PM

Feb 2022

Last edited Wed Feb 2, 2022, 07:23 PM - Edit history (1)

I think many people--and particularly blacks and white supremacists--would tend to think of the holocaust as "ethnic cleansing" through genocide rather than "racism." I doubt the KKK and lynch mobs in the Old South put much thought into the "ethnicity" of their victims even if they knew the meaning of the word.

In that rather esoteric context Whoopi probably didn't deserve suspension.

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Whoopi Goldberg suspended for 2 weeks over Holocaust remarks [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #1

Well Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Feb 2022 #3

Not going to pillory Sympthsical Feb 2022 #5

Yet all the offensive remarks by Megan McCain & Elizabeth Hasselbeck went on unchallenged Budi Feb 2022 #4

Did either or them minimize the Holocaust? Sympthsical Feb 2022 #6

And how much white is white and how much black is black? Srkdqltr Feb 2022 #7

Just as an example Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #8

Is "racism" the same as "ethnic cleansing"? moondust Feb 2022 #9