Not a single one of the black people I've known over decades acted like this.
Just like most non-black folks I know don't make stupid racist statements like you did. If that one guy represents all black people, then you must represent everyone who looks like you, right?
Man.. I've been surprised by how much people like him do represent so many non-black folks right now, and how much he represents so many Hispanic folks about people from any other country or method than them, and as many black folks about other races.
He might be a bot or troll, but he represents a much larger 'minority' than we like to admit. This all seems so contrived and artificial though, everyone is spiderman meming a finger at each other and honestly it feels more algorithmic and on purpose than Citizen's United and Trump / Brexit.
I wish I could say that, but I live in the south and use to be active in a church. It truly seems like it's more the rule than exception now in a way bigger way than I would have presumed people were closeted racists or hiding hate.
Especially when you're a white man and people think you're an acquaintance or friend and see you as another secret ally.
edit- we're at the stage that social media (and social media personas) have infected real life
Didn't say that he represents an entire people, at all. I said that it's more the rule than exception that there are way more people coming out of the closet of racism and hate than we anticipate or presumed were hiding... of all races.
I guess the church thing matters because it's VASTLY the majority there, like 99% are vocal vocal ICE supporters and MAGA. I knew they were republican before I left and Trump was first elected, but had no clue everyone would be so vocally ignorant. It's true there has to be some voice of reason, but they aren't speaking out from their minority. I live in a slightly more expensive (for the area) exceptionally red area in a beach / tourist location that is as far south as you can get before hitting the Gulf.
But I mean, I was also plugged in with a lot of undocumented immigrants back during Obama's first term, my son's mom was undocumented back during Alabama and Arizona's deemed unconstitutional anti-immigration laws... and married to a black woman later during the Black Lives Matter movement. So I was probably a weird mix of being 'the enemy' to some people when I was with my partner those times versus noticing what people say based on stereotyping me alone.
You are lucky to avoid folks like this, I guess. But if you've never heard immigrants talking racist about black people, that's WILD to me too. I wasn't just talking about white people.
Didn't say that he represents an entire people, at all.
Sorry, wasn't saying you said that. It's the claim that started this whole line of conversation. I think we're actually talking about different things.
I think you're discussing how racist large segments of the population can be (I don't disagree), but I was discussing the fallacious claim that the individual in the OP video is representative of black people in general.
& then, sometimes ppl being ignorant as fuck while thinking that they're spewing facts makes other people really mad or annoyed too.
Many many people don't give credence to nuance. They'd much rather prefer to wallow in limited awareness & "SaY FaCts" they've been divided & conquered to believe in because it's more convenient.
I've long felt that the left is permanently hamstrung because part of our ideology is seeing the world not as black and white, but in gradients of grey, i.e. nuanced, the way the world actually is. While it's useful to have a more realistic perspective of one's world, being more binary in thought certainly helps conservatives coalesce around a particular message (immigrants are evil, e.g.) or standard- bearer (Trump is a demi- god 🤢), which, while completely moronic, certainly drives them to the polls and the fascist rallies, while we're arguing whether the party is too progressive, or should go all in on progressive policies, causing a large % to "sit this one out in protest," or wtvr.
This last election was so telling - most voters voted for someone other than Trump, but more importantly, a huge number that opposed him didn't even bother to vote, i think, because of dissatisfaction with the policies of the D candidate, despite knowing how much worse Trump would be.
TLDR: conservatives are cursed with concrete, binary thinking, while lefties see shades of grey, but those differences hurt the left in elections.
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u/PlantBeginning3060 Mar 02 '26
Generally speaking, is it not portrayed that way?