It’s wild how more and more brazen people are getting with the blatant racism. Were there always this many virulent racists, or is the right-wing hate machine really that effective?
So, I actually reviewed studies on racism for fun once (it was the pandemic and I was curious). Overt racism had decreased since the civil rights movement, but covert racism replaced it at similar rates iirc
It would make sense that these racists never left or changed their views, especially the older generation. But good lord did the emergence of Trump on the national stage let these goons feel free to let their bigotry fly.
I can’t decide if its better for it to at least be out in the open so we can denounce it, or if it was better when kept private and not openly practiced. One affects the hated group directly, but the other lets ideas fester and go unchallenged.
I complain about it because its both reductive and counterproductive. But I don’t think the majority of anything actually complains about that. It is usually a vocal minority of people chirping online or in safe spaces they feel they can vent and be hyperbolic.
Well my comment was with heavy hyperbole simply to point out an obvious bias, not to disprove your point.
Imo, I agree blatant racism is on the rise.
I assume it has to do with people being terminally online these days, and websites like Twitter no longer censoring any flavor of racism.
Allows for the vocal minority to appear as a vocal majority, because the majority are actually busy with their lives.
It’s wild how more and more brazen people are getting with the blatant racism. Were there always this many virulent racists, or is the right-wing hate machine really that effective?
So, I actually reviewed studies on racism for fun once (it was the pandemic and I was curious). Overt racism had decreased since the civil rights movement, but covert racism replaced it at similar rates iirc
It would make sense that these racists never left or changed their views, especially the older generation. But good lord did the emergence of Trump on the national stage let these goons feel free to let their bigotry fly.
it could also be that as some of them aged they lost the ability to keep their mouths shut.
I can’t decide if its better for it to at least be out in the open so we can denounce it, or if it was better when kept private and not openly practiced. One affects the hated group directly, but the other lets ideas fester and go unchallenged.
To be fair if you look at the majority of news these days, everything’s blamed on white men specifically, which is both sexist and racist.
But no one complains about that yeah?
I complain about it because its both reductive and counterproductive. But I don’t think the majority of anything actually complains about that. It is usually a vocal minority of people chirping online or in safe spaces they feel they can vent and be hyperbolic.
Well my comment was with heavy hyperbole simply to point out an obvious bias, not to disprove your point.
Imo, I agree blatant racism is on the rise. I assume it has to do with people being terminally online these days, and websites like Twitter no longer censoring any flavor of racism.
Allows for the vocal minority to appear as a vocal majority, because the majority are actually busy with their lives.
if they’re all specific instances then it’s not racist or sexist b/c those require sweeping generalizations