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Originally Posted by JinnKai
When I think of prejudice, racism and sexism I think of things that cause actual harm to the effected individual. I guess I don't see how someone is harmed by being asked to leave a courtroom so that the judge can address a defendant or defendants personally. Courtrooms regularly ask the media to leave for certain parts, and I don't think they're being discriminated against.
It's not like he was giving something of tangible value that the excused parties were missing out on. I don't think I'm discriminating when I decide who I will and will not give advice to?
What is the tangible harm to those who left? How were they hurt?
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See to me, prejudice/racism/sexism etc.... aren't just physical harm but mental and in cases like the OP, are treated differently.
What was the harm it making someone sit in the back of the bus or drink from a different fountain etc? but it was WRONG and we made laws, rightfully so, to make sure that doesn't happen anymore.
No physical harm at all, but it comes down to the mental harm and the harm that you are being treated differently.
Now in this case, where the judge is basically saying the whites and everyone except blacks won't get anything out of what he is saying.... is to me no different than asking someone to sit in the back of the bus or drink from a different fountain.
He prejudged that only a certain group would benefit. Plain and simple. Again to me that is WRONG, in the courtroom and in that position.
Again, if he wants to do that outside of his courtroom and position and as a private citizen in a townhall somewhere.... that is his freedom to do so.
But people here want to make it something more and try to pwn me and try to make me something, or read into this as something that it is not. This is superficial argument
If I say I hate all pink polka dotted people, but I have never hurt one physically.... it doesn't make me less prejudiced or racist does it?
The media is different.... people have the right to privacy, rape victims have the right to anonymity, and so on.