no different than my grandmother who participated in the boycott of Japanese cigarette in Shanghai after Japan invaded Manchuria. a grass-root economic mean to achieve a just political end. whether such boycott is meaningful or not is a different question.
Hate to get technical, but for this action as example, let's call it this way. We have to identify why an action happens.
1. If someone does it in sense of protectionism, that means with preference to where their money goes, and with the goal of supporting local economy, then there's nothing wrong with this action.
2. If action is meant to be a punishment, sanction, deliver political message or economical message, or to stop, or not to support a war effort, then again that's legitimate and morally correct.
3. If the action is done because of racism, extreme hatred, or perhaps fictionally "I hate them so much I'd rather not spare a single cent on their items, so as it adds up, the loss of profit from the amount of business they lose from me becomes so significant, that can send one more of the people from that group, into the streets", then this is not morally correct. Racism shouldn't be justified because it's essentially the idea of hate, and while some argues yea they wronged us first, then my question is, does that still make hatred or racism, in any way, a legitimate thing?
Racism is never right, but people does it because it makes them feel better, or good, about themselves or as a way to take revenge on the other party, or because they deem the party as morally wrong. However in whichever ways anyone can try to spin that, no one can ever legitimize racism into a legitimate or a morally right platform.(reasons being me having explained above). For some it can be moral compensation, and for some, it's simply an excuse to release bad acts in the guise with something legitimate.
And again some people may argue it's justice that they are serving, but then again what is justice? And is it justice to do such a thing? Or, in another way to put it, is there justice in racism?
This also expands into the concept of justice being a dangerous thing because justice is subjective, while perhaps what we should look at is the concept of "fairness", which comes from the examination of the whole picture. And finally, if only people understand the roots of the causes as the instruments, and not the actual on-the-ground characters.
I'm not targeting anyone here as we speak, so I hope no one takes it personally. Thank You.
