[Jicky]

Americans are obsessed with this topic...

[Inverted]

Originally posted by VPM

The expose Not Mekitor implying black people were the only ones with blood on their hands. Ever hear of the Vikings? The Aryans? The conquistadors? The Nazis? The utter hypocrisy.

The Aryans? "Aryan" is a Sanskrit meaning noble and refers to people who from Central Asia who settled in the northwestern part of South Asia. It has nothing to do with racism, blonde hair or blue eyes contrary to Nazi propaganda.

[classiccity98]

Wow that one mekitor person is obsessed with white men those posts made my body do a confulsion that was some sad ****.

[TrashyNavy]

not more of these ridiculous threads and clickbait articles
Yes I get it, I'm told how racist I am on a daily basis by people I've never met or spoken to.
That's not prejudice and discrimination tho right?

[TrashyNavy]

Also I love how the definition of racism changes every few posts. Really embarrassing and y'all are only digging yourselves deeper. People are waking up now and not buying into this media driven ******** to divide the country. Its all just absolutely ridiculous

[TheLuckyOnes]

Originally posted by Jicky

Americans are obsessed with this topic...

Ik, trust me it becomes really exhausting. Its trendy in America for people to insert race into everything

[Can't_M!ss_This]

I think a lot of white people are apathetic or desensitized to racism. They don't get that you don't have to form a lynch mob to be racist. It's throwing the N word around like it's a Koosh ball. It's a lot of things.

I think about this a lot and I wish I had the skills to put my thoughts into words. It all sounds easy to say in my head but it comes out sounding horrible.

I think every white person needs to realize that black people (poc in general) have it rough because of what they've been given by white people. And I think that every black person (poc) needs to realize that not every white person is judging them based on their race.

I also think that many people need a lesson in culture. Like that successful black guy meme. It starts off like something stereotypical then it ends with something positive. Black people have a culture and a way of doing things that white people aren't educated on. Like if you don't know any better, you'll look at a black man in a do rag and think he's a gangster or a thug. When in actuality the person is using them to maintain their hairstyle, not to look like a criminal. A lot of white people I've talked to don't know they serve a purpose.

[Buyonce1814]

ATRL mentality is testament to this tbh

[BadHabits]

Originally posted by Glamorous

Black people, or people of colour, can't be racist because racism is the systematic oppression of people who did not set up the system (white people versus every other POC), which is not just institutionalised but embedded into every fabric of society, from the education system, justice system, media, etc. For that reason, people of colour can't be racist because we do not have a system that can oppress one another, neither do we benefit from racism like white people have been since the beginning of time. The word you're looking for is prejudice.

White people created racism to dehumanise and degrade non-whites. Even if you think you're not a reflection of your ancestors, you’re a white person and that word carries weight.

Black people can be racist and have a reason to be racist towards white people because of how white people treated them throughout the ages.

As a partially-Asian man, I've grown up with black people calling me a Chink and that is racism, so no...

[Mekitor]

Originally posted by classiccity98

Wow that one mekitor person is obsessed with white men those posts made my body do a confulsion that was some sad ****.

I know. How Racist of me. I offended so many.

[Mekitor]

Originally posted by Can't_M!ss_This

I think a lot of white people are apathetic or desensitized to racism. They don't get that you don't have to form a lynch mob to be racist. It's throwing the N word around like it's a Koosh ball. It's a lot of things.

I think about this a lot and I wish I had the skills to put my thoughts into words. It all sounds easy to say in my head but it comes out sounding horrible.

I think every white person needs to realize that black people (poc in general) have it rough because of what they've been given by white people. And I think that every black person (poc) needs to realize that not every white person is judging them based on their race.

I also think that many people need a lesson in culture. Like that successful black guy meme. It starts off like something stereotypical then it ends with something positive. Black people have a culture and a way of doing things that white people aren't educated on. Like if you don't know any better, you'll look at a black man in a do rag and think he's a gangster or a thug. When in actuality the person is using them to maintain their hairstyle, not to look like a criminal. A lot of white people I've talked to don't know they serve a purpose.

Another great post! Great points.

[BadHabits]

Originally posted by Glamorous

That's not prejudice that's a stereotype. You don't know what you're talking about.

Prejudice involves having negative attitudes and stereotyped beliefs about members of a group. So examples of prejudice include that:

1. All black people love KFC, watermelons, hip-hop and are drug dealers, pimps, thieves
2. AIDS is only a gay-disease and straight/hetereos can't get it
3. All Asian people eat cats and dogs

[MP2K]

Originally posted by Jicky

Americans are obsessed with this topic...

Originally posted by TheLuckyOnes

Ik, trust me it becomes really exhausting. Its trendy in America for people to insert race into everything

Well luv, a video just went viral of some frats shouting a racist chant like they were at a Johnny Rebel concert, of course it's going to be a topic...

[cloudinthesky]

Originally posted by TrashyNavy

not more of these ridiculous threads and clickbait articles
Yes I get it, I'm told how racist I am on a daily basis by people I've never met or spoken to.
That's not prejudice and discrimination tho right?

I don't recall anyone saying TrashyNavy was racist though. Nobody said all white people or all millennials are racist so I'm not sure where you're drawing this conclusion from.

Originally posted by Jicky

Americans are obsessed with this topic...

Because it's a big issue in America. Have you not seen the headlines/videos/protests over the past year or so? Do you even live in America? If not, I don't think you're really in any position to tell American minorities how to feel.

Originally posted by Can't_M!ss_This

I think a lot of white people are apathetic or desensitized to racism. They don't get that you don't have to form a lynch mob to be racist. It's throwing the N word around like it's a Koosh ball. It's a lot of things.

I think about this a lot and I wish I had the skills to put my thoughts into words. It all sounds easy to say in my head but it comes out sounding horrible.

I think every white person needs to realize that black people (poc in general) have it rough because of what they've been given by white people. And I think that every black person (poc) needs to realize that not every white person is judging them based on their race.

I also think that many people need a lesson in culture. Like that successful black guy meme. It starts off like something stereotypical then it ends with something positive. Black people have a culture and a way of doing things that white people aren't educated on. Like if you don't know any better, you'll look at a black man in a do rag and think he's a gangster or a thug. When in actuality the person is using them to maintain their hairstyle, not to look like a criminal. A lot of white people I've talked to don't know they serve a purpose.

Nothing but truth.

When white people try to brush the issue off as "minorities being oversensitive, pulling the race card" or "Americans always have to talk about race, they should just shut up" or "I've never owned slaves and I have black friends so leave me out of this race thing, I'm colorblind", all you're doing is making the problem worse by pretending it doesn't exist and refusing to acknowledge the pain of an entire subsection of the population.

Stop trying to deflect blame when nobody even blamed you for anything. No decent-minded person in the history of forever has ever blamed the entire white race for being racist, so stop trying to pull that argument out of the air.

I find it ironic how some white people get SO offended when they feel like people are stereotyping them as racist, saying "Don't paint all white people with the same brush. Just bc other whites are like that doesn't mean I am!", when that's exactly what so many white people do to poc every. single. day. Doesn't feel so good does it? Stereotypes are a bitch aren't they? Suck it up and realize that your race consists of some extremely ****** human beings (just like every other race). Minorities have to do that every day, the only difference is we don't get to go home at the end of it all and reap the nonexistent societal benefits of being "colored".

PSA: At the end of the day if you're white, you're still in a really good position, regardless of how "oppressed" you feel, and you should be happy about that.

[TheLuckyOnes]

Originally posted by MP2K

Well luv, a video just went viral of some frats shouting a racist chant like they were at a Johnny Rebel concert, of course it's going to be a topic...

My apologies. My comment was stated due to the large number of race threads appearing on ATRL from American members. I was not aware that there was a trigger

[Vertigo Stick]

Originally posted by KingOfTheCastle

Black people can be racist and have a reason to be racist towards white people because of how white people treated them throughout the ages.

As a partially-Asian man, I've grown up with black people calling me a Chink and that is racism, so no...

When someone says 'black people cannot be racist,' they don't mean that a black person can call an Asian person a 'chink' and said black person has immunity to being a prejudice prick. When someone says 'black people cannot be racist,' they mean that black people (the minority) do not have the power to oppress the majority (white people). Your example is a common go to defense, where a white person usually reveals how he or she has been called a cracker by a black person, and therefore experienced racism. What that person cannot grasp, however, is that he or she experienced racial prejudice and cannot equate that experience to the level of institutionalized racism that black face, well all the time. It is a hard concept to grasp for those who have a hard time acknowledging their majority privilege.

I personally am not on board with people hating on all white straight men, but I find it is silly to compare people on the Internet making fun of white people to the systemic racism minorities face all the time, everywhere.