> Are Asian Americans oppressed? Are women in Sweden oppressed? For example in the example of women in Sweden sure they are under-represented in some areas like board of directors and pay but they also don't work as much, they don't die as much at work or otherwise, they don't kill themselves as much, they do better in school, they are not as many homeless women etc.
The fact is, most people are oppressed, and most in different ways. I'm against all systems of oppression. I think it's mostly pointless to compare individuals and how oppressed one person is to another. I do think it's good to attack systems of oppression, and criticize (and maybe even attack) the people that support those systems. To criticize the idea of "whiteness" is to attack racism. To criticize how a lot of men treat women is to criticize sexism, etc. I see nothing wrong with challenging power like that.
>To criticize the idea of "whiteness" is to attack racism.
Sure, if you at the same time criticize the idea of people identifying themselves as black.
>To criticize how a lot of men treat women is to criticize sexism, etc. I see nothing wrong with challenging power like that.
But how do you know that you are challenging power. Just like it is racism when people generalize about a single black man based on their perceived idea on how all black men act the same is true for a white man. If you think it is ok to give attributes to large groups of people based on skin color or sex you cannot say it is bigoted when others do it as well.
If you think it ok for you to generalize about men because you perceive that they hold a position of power then it must be equally correct for the incel community to generalize about women because they see women in a position of power. You just value different things but nothing is objectively correct.
Nazis believe the Jews contribute to a system of oppression. Does that make it ok for them to say prejudiced things about Jews?
The fact is, most people are oppressed, and most in different ways. I'm against all systems of oppression. I think it's mostly pointless to compare individuals and how oppressed one person is to another. I do think it's good to attack systems of oppression, and criticize (and maybe even attack) the people that support those systems. To criticize the idea of "whiteness" is to attack racism. To criticize how a lot of men treat women is to criticize sexism, etc. I see nothing wrong with challenging power like that.