racism thoughts
So a while back @chimerror brought up TERFy bio essentialism compared to racism. I hadn’t previously thought about how much Black people are stereotyped as physical as a holdover of slavery. A bias towards mentioning Black athletes, musicians (especially if they double as a dancer or pretty face as in pop music), comedians (it’s very physical), despite that if something’s out there, someone Black is doing it, from classical music to white collar crime. Okay, that’s vile, AND…
racism thoughts
I can see the stereotypes of Asians flip this but not exactly; some physicality is acknowledged as basically exoticism, and I guess part of the intellectual only bias is helped along by how large academics loom in East Asian cultures. The closest Jews come are stereotypes of doctors, lawyers, accountants but other than we’re supposedly ugly there’s no physical aspect to the bias… which sure feels like a similar “where is this minority valued by capitalism?”
racism thoughts
Thinking about this, it maps to the conditionally white/invisible/villainous place Jews occupy in the USA (and probably beyond); villains, but never straightforward ones, discardably convenient (shut up, sit down, don’t do anything weird and Heeby, please serve our business and political ends), or nonexistent. All the athletes, scientists, musicians and artists couldn’t change that bias.
