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Originally Posted by Fruitbat
This is what you wrote. The Mexican tried to kiss her, is kissing RRApe? I'd have to say no... It makes him a poor judge of timing but not a rapist.
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“No José, stop – no.” I push him, but he’s a wall of hard muscle, and I cannot shift him. His hand has slipped into my hair, and he’s holding my head in place.
“Please, Ana, cariña,” he whispers against my lips. His breath is soft and smells too sweet – of margarita and beer. He gently trails kisses along my jaw up to the side of my mouth. I feel panicky, drunk, and out of control. The feeling is suffocating.
“José, no,” I plead. I don’t want this. You are my friend, and I think I’m going to throw up.
A direct quote from the book.
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There was no description of whether the cowboy was white or aboriginal.
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She mentions it because of when you said "Australian" in the place of an
actual race. Inferring that the average person is white is a common thing that white people do.
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Why can't white people be victims of racism? What is it called then if a white person receives treatment that woudl be classed as racism if it were happening to a person of a non-white background?
(just asking the question because I've seen it working both ways - white people treating other nationalities with racism and I've also seen other nationalities treat white people with what would be considered racism)
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Because people of color suffer systemic racism and white people do not. As Saya already said, white people can suffer from individual instances of prejudice, not racism. There is a world of difference between the two.