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Satron_Paint_ t1_islhtud wrote

Reply to comment by Sandgroper1829 in Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu cries after a game with the national team, saying that she is tired of being asked if she is truly Italian and that that will be her last game with the national team by SAinzv

How are you going to be racist in the process of “calling out racism”?

No way you’re that simple.

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professeurwenger t1_isnvavv wrote

Their new PM is going to be a Mussolini fangirl, but yeah, calling out the rampant racism in Italy is itself racist.

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Satron_Paint_ t1_ispah0n wrote

I didn’t say calling out rampant racism was racist. That wouldn’t make any sense. I said generalizing a group of people as “ some of the most racist mfs on the planet” is a pretty backwards and racist statement. You can easily say “Italy has a racism issue”. I’m sure anyone looking into the issue wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that. But calling an entire race of people racist seems like a prejudiced generalization. and if we’re judging an entire population of people based on the actions of political leaders….well let’s say we have a long list to write. A list that also extends far beyond Europe. Also, if Italians indeed are “some of the most racist mfs on the planet”, does that include the athlete in this article? I don’t think so, but if I’m following the logic, there seems to be s conflict.

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quartzguy t1_iszs327 wrote

Calling out rampant racism as racism is racist itself, and anyone agreeing or disagreeing with that is also racist.

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