CMV: You cannot condemn an action for being racist if you allow the same action to be taken by minority groups, otherwise you are racist.

Pretty much the title. I got into a bit of a spat with someone here on reddit a bit ago, they were discussing how white people need to chill over black people drawing white characters as black or cosplaying as white characters, which I agree with. In the same breath, however, they claim that whitewashing is wrong, indisputably. I posed the question though, in the *exact same circumstances, but races are reversed,* why is that wrong? Their response was more or less to add context that wasn’t there, like saying how when white people do it, it is explicitly with malicious intent and cannot be good under any context. This, as we can all agree, is racism. Making stereotypes based on the color of one’s skin, not on any merit of their own or lack thereof. It’s racism against a different class, but it’s still racism.

I guess my view boils down to this, you cannot argue for equality if you do not embrace *equality.* What you are truly arguing for is equity under the banner of equality. I’ll make it easy and say that I would apply this to any two similar circumstances as long as the context is the same. Not that I think equity is bad, but say what you mean and don’t play the victim when you’re called out for your hypocrisy.