Always fun to scroll through TikTok comments

idk but all I can say is people who feel the need to put those emojis in their name and to brag about having not a PhD, not a master’s, but a BACHELOR’S degree are probably not all that smart and they know it

Black people cannot be racist.

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The idea that Black people cannot be racist is rooted in how scholars and activists define racism as a system of power rather than just individual prejudice. From this perspective, racism = prejudice + power—meaning only those who hold institutional and systemic power can effectively be "racist" in a way that upholds and reinforces a racial hierarchy.

Black people, in many societies like the U.S., lack the systemic power to oppress other racial groups on a broad scale. So while a Black person can hold prejudices or be discriminatory (which is harmful), they typically do not control the laws, media, education, housing, or policing in ways that would make their bias materially oppressive to other groups.

The push to say "Black people can be racist too" often comes from an effort to flatten conversations around race and power. It can be a form of false equivalency that undermines the unique structural position Black people occupy in society. This framing shifts focus away from systems of oppression and toward individual behavior, which can silence or redirect conversations about anti-Blackness, reparations, or historical injustices.