Do any black people realize that not everything is racist?
Why, WHY is everything a white person says suddenly racist? Or is this racist to suggest?
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Why, WHY is everything a white person says suddenly racist? Or is this racist to suggest?
Do you not see the racist shit said on here and anywhere online? Black people aren't goining around talking utter trash about white people. Anything black people say about white people is a reaction to their racism. Black people's opinions of white people are set in their head just as much as white people's opinions of black people are set in theirs. It won't change until someone changes. MLK could've easily been a Malcolm X and became someone with a black militant attitude. But MLK was pro-everyone, and just wanted everyone to be equal. But no, its one sided. Try to deny it but racism and prejudice is still alive and well. Most black leaders try to please everyone while white leaders look out for the rich and white! Obama hardly speaks on black issues because he tries to please others. Most white politicians and leaders, Trump, are always bringing up race. There's nothing you can associate black people and whites with without there being outrage from whites.
before I say anything, I should specify that i'm white, and therefore am not posting from personal experience, so some of this may be inaccurate due to my privilege and i'm sorry about that. I think it's terribly over-generalizing to suggest that black people automatically think that everything that white people say is racist; suggesting that really trivializes the day-to-day struggles they face in a society that is, in fact, stacked against them from the get-go due to their race. the thing is, if something racist is said and a black person identifies this racist claim, then there's a really good chance that they're absolutely right in this identification. as a white person, I don't experience racism, and I can identify racism subjectively but not from personal experience; the act of experiencing any form of prejudice personally makes it easier to go on and identify said prejudice (for example, a disbabled person can identify ableism better than a non-disabled person because they've lived it; jewish individuals can identify anti-semetic sentiments better than non-Jewish individuals because they've lived it; etc.). that's just the way it works. society functions in a way where white people are given such an upper-hand, they can sweep racism under the rug entirely and pretend it isn't there because it isn't part of their "visual plane", so to speak, anymore, but that doesn't mean there really isn't any racism, that just means they're ignoring it because they're in a privileged position where they CAN ignore it. if someone who can (and, unfortunately, usually DOES) experience racism on a regular basis points it out, because they've had to put up with so much of it throughout the course of their lives, there's an amazing chance that they're absolutely correct and, as people that don't experience this prejudice and can never fully understand the ins-and-outs of it due to not having that lived experience, we should listen and try to use our status of power to combat it as friends and allies.
there's also a phenomenon where people that don't experience certain prejudices incorrectly judge exactly how much these prejudices are brought up because it's so unusual and possibly annoying to them, which is unfortunate. for example, obviously most people of colour don't ONLY talk about racism; I don't want to exclude anyone here, because that's not my purpose, but i'm gonna say that the total amount of people of colour that EXCLUSIVELY TALK ABOUT RACISM AND NOTHING ELSE EVER is way less than .00001%. that means that your claim is incorrect, and black people, in this case, aren't saying EVERYTHING you say is racist; it's just that, well, maybe you're saying some really racist things and are being called out more than you'd personally like. in which case, i'd suggest not saying racist things anymore. ;)
We haven't been taught to liberate from destructive thought patterns. Society feeds the victim mentally, making it a viciously circuitous problem.
As a black women I have come to realize I have nothing to prove to white people. I am a success. I have up and downs, but ultimately will not fall victim to mind games.
The soul of America is black. The music, the railway, etc. We built it.
Now hop off the black back and see what you can do.
A limited mindset will defeat anyone.
as a white person i didnt used to be racist. i knew some black people they werent racist either. then the internet and the news got to me
and now i find it very hard to not be racist. SJWs, feminists, the black lives matter people and a few other groups work very hard to make people racist. and it works.
all we can do is try to not let the racism inherent to our culture which infects our thoughts to infect our actions as well. the news wants us to only worry about when black people are killed by police. but i will do my best to treat people the same regardless of their race.
Are you talking about will smith and his wife throwing a tantrum because he didn't win an Oscar? Because I am african amercian and it bothers me that they have both been blessed with much and could use their star power to help others, but instead they are walking around all butt hurt over something so trivial.