USA Election 2024

[Herdfan]

I think it is a stretch to go from people not seeing systemic racism to “they commit crimes”.

Growing up in WV, those people committing crimes weren’t Black. So I never had that particular mentality.

 

[Renzatic]

Growing up in WV, those people committing crimes weren’t Black. So I never had that particular mentality.

I've noticed on the news sites on Facebook, they can post a hundred mugshots of a hundred white guys, and no one says a thing. The moment a black guy's mug shot gets posted, and someone will say something like THUGS GOTTA THUG, RIGHT? You call them out on it, and they'll play the tried and true "I never said that, so you're the real racist trying to find racism in everything" spiel.

I'm not gonna say it's super widespread, because it's usually the same ten or so people, but they are out there.

 

[rdrr]

Yes. It’s very similar to the people who aren’t inherently racist, but who don’t believe in systemic racism (though they seem to believe in systemic eroding of white America). They get on well with anyone of any race and would give their black or brown or immigrant neighbor the shirt off their back, but seem confused or hostile to movements like BLM.

I know many people like this in my personal life. They are not racists or bad people at all - quite the opposite - they just seem unable for whatever reason to empathize with groups of people. It’s “they commit crimes” and “handouts don’t help” (even when they themselves are handouts) and have a bootstrap mentality (even if they had nothing but help with their own bootstraps).

It is just inherent biases, we all have them. Not everyone recognizes if their actions or thoughts come from those biases they have.