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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
They cannot be racist because racism is institutional. And they rarely are prejudiced too, for anyone wishing to start a 'once a black woman was mean to me cuz i'm white ' story.
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This is an outright falsehood.
Black men and women are some of the most openly prejudice individuals because of the mantra: I can't be racist because I'm black.
I'm of the idea that racism and prejudice are both horrible but more people do harm with prejudice than racism.
To say that the black community rarely has prejudice is a mess.
I've seen black people be the most open an public about comments about someone's religion, someone (a foreigner) not speaking proper english, someone's color (i.e. comments about asians/latinos/whites) etc.
It's unfortunate but it's reality that racism and prejudice exist.
you just have to be a better person individually and not contribute to the negativity