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Originally posted by ontherocks
Well, to me it's just funny that I see mostly the same people on here complaining about racism towards white ppl!!111! who are constatly in threads about actual and real racism against blacks and / or asians where their message of hope to the victims is to simply "get over it".
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I only say to "get over it" when no actual racism is occurring ("AVRIL LAVIGNE USED INSPIRATION FROM JAPANESE CULTURE FROM HELLO KITTY WHICH ISN'T HER CULTURE SO RACISM SHE NEEDS TO STOP STEALING FROM OTHER CULTURES THEY'RE NOT HERS") Besides the fact there is absolutely nothing wrong with embracing cultures in the way Avril did, it's such a frivilous thing to be upset by when there's real racism with real implications occurring in the real world. So, basically, the only times I've said to get over it are too Social Justice Warriors complaining about cultural appropriation in regards to literally everything, and the people saying the Oscars didn't have enough black candidates this year (which is actually racism on their part, implying that the Oscars should have a racial quota to fill rather than the point being that the most talented people get the awards, regardless of race. There were a grand total of two black people who were arguably snubbed, both were involved in Selma, and considering there HAVE been negative reviews, there are cases to be made for why they weren't nominated beyond race. For example, the film wasn't that good)
I'm adamantly opposed to instances of real racism and not made up SJW stuff, regardless of who it's towards (for example, the woman being called an n-word on her receipt was inexcusable and the employee deserved to be fired, or the black girl who got death threats for getting an A in class, both of which are recent(ish) lounge threads about ACTUAL race issues that ACTUALLY matter, rather than SJWers throwing temper tantrums about what costume Avril was wearing in a music video) I've also never tried to argue that racism against whites (racism is racism, period. And I'm using the real definition, not the one made up by SJWers. The reverse of racism is equality of races, which would be a wonderful thing) is more prevalent or common than racism against other races, because it's obviously not. That doesn't mean it's a myth.