RFK Jr. denies comments on ‘ethnically targeted’ Covid-19 were anti-Semitic
RFK Jr. denies comments on ‘ethnically targeted’ Covid-19 were anti-Semitic
The longshot presidential candidate suggested that the virus could have been engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied allegations of racism and anti-Semitism Saturday after he reportedly suggested Covid-19 could have been genetically engineered to reduce risks to Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
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Why does it matter whether it's racism or bigotry? What difference does it make?
Two different terms. A bigot is a person who is generally intolerant and hateful toward people they consider different (in terms of race, religion, sexuality, or in other ways). A racist is a specific type of bigot—one who’s bigoted based on race. The word racism often also refers to a system of oppression (systemic racism) of people of color, and the word racist can refer to a person who upholds or participates in such a system.
Thus in this case Bigot would be the correct usage.
Yes, I know. I just don't know what difference it makes in this case. Does it excuse anything RFK Jr. says? Does it make it worse one way or the other? Because otherwise, I don't see how this is relevant.
I had too many college professors drill into my head that you always want to use the correct terms when speaking. To not do so allows for incorrect assumptions to be made.
What incorrect assumptions are to be made here? Is it an incorrect assumption that RFK Jr. was being antisemitic? Because that seems to be the issue here.
I think the issue is that antiracists are more popular than racists and they don't want this community to become an echo chamber, so the antiracists need to be handicapped with unnecessarily cumbersome language