Talk:Discrimination based on skin tone/Archive 2

Colourism
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Wiki Education assignment: Intro to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies-17
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Absurd paragraph
There is an utterly absurd paragraph under the 'Worldwide' heading which seems like vandalism. I removed it, but my edit was inexplicably undone. Can anyone please explain why?

The paragraph opens with the claim that racism "affects almost every aspect of people's daily lives". This ridiculous claim is saying that in most counties around the world, the MAJORITY race is at a great disadvantage to its minorities. In monoethnic countries like Japan where maybe 0.1% of the population is white, the article claims that those 0.1% of white people are at a huge advantage over the 98% majority of Japanese race.

The only reference given to back up this claim is a WESTERN paper written in the UK which, by its own description is explicitly NOT about worldwide race, but about its own society (the UK is 75% white).

The paragraph goes on to claim that 'people of color' are at a worldwide disadvantage, yet the sole reference given has nothing at all to do with worldwide perceptions of 'people of color'. The article is about, quote "ETHNIC MINORITIES". Read the paper and it states this clearly. People of color are NOT ethnic minorities in most of the world, only in countries such as the UK, which this paper is about.

This paragraph is therefore both illogical, and promoting original research which is not based on any actual data, studies or published papers. It is nonsense. Explain to me why it is allowed in this article? Or is this an encyclopedia for people who reject logic and facts, and instead prefer to promote some kind of shared ideological fantasy? Grand Dizzy (talk) 13:53, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * The above comment seems to be correct in substance, if unnecessarily hyperbolic. The source cited cannot legitimately be cited for statements about racism 'worldwide'. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:57, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: African American Studies
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