The problem of White Supremacy - Spinoff from Buffalo Shooting thread

[Sun Wukong]

Racists puzzle me. You just have to marvel at the perverse mental gymnastics they pull off.
It’s almost hilarious that believers in white supremacy are the first to deny white privilege
Bonkers

People will engage in tribalism over the wildest, most petty sheet. Race just provides the easiest visual short hand.

 

[Geldo]

People will engage in tribalism over the wildest, most petty sheet. Race just provides the easiest visual short hand.

You’re absolutely right. They carried out an experiment in the UK to see whether a football fan would help someone wearing the shirt of a rival club if they fell over and appeared hurt. The majority walked past and didn’t.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

People will engage in tribalism over the wildest, most petty sheet. Race just provides the easiest visual short hand.

crazy thing is, My wifes uncle (now passed away) was one of the most racists people i knew, he truly thought white people were superior, (which honestly is a little different than just being plain racist) but he would give the shirt off his back to help anyone regardless of color.

 

[saintmdterps]

You’re absolutely right. They carried out an experiment in the UK to see whether a football fan would help someone wearing the shirt of a rival club if they fell over and appeared hurt. The majority walked past and didn’t.

What football team was it? Their indifference may be understandable

 

[saintmdterps]

crazy thing is, My wifes uncle (now passed away) was one of the most racists people i knew, he truly thought white people were superior, (which honestly is a little different than just being plain racist) but he would give the shirt off his back to help anyone regardless of color.

Helping someone of color makes him feel superior?

 

[Geldo]

What football team was it? Their indifference may be understandable

Liverpool (my team) and Man Utd. No surprise at the bad vibes lol

 

[Geldo]

Helping someone of color makes him feel superior?

I’ve seen this phenomena a lot. I honestly think it’s the contrast between personal racism which is the most vicious and violent and institutional racism where people are indoctrinated by friends., the media., prevailing attitudes.
Institutional racism is horrible but it can be overcome, often by friendship, personal experience and community spirit Personal racism is the motivator of the lynchmob

I was lucky I grew up on a small island just off Africa where we shared a house with a West Indian family for the first 6 months. Lived for years in the Caribbean. Race seemed so unimportant to us it was all about the content of someone’s character and their kindness. Many people are not so lucky

 

[St. Widge]

Helping someone of color makes him feel superior?

I suspect it could be the whole "White Man's Burden" thing. He felt a moral obligation to help those that he saw as lesser.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

Helping someone of color makes him feel superior?

no . he truly believed he was better than other races solely on the fact that he was white.
trying to explain this correctly, let's see....
he'd help you if you were in need, but you wouldn't be allowed at the dinner table..

a couple years after were married, we were at his house to watch an LSU game. he was telling a story (forget what it was about) and he said "what did they think i was, one of those f'n Puerto Rican"?.. (my mom is from PR) I just bit down on my tounge, deciding if i was gonna say something, but my MIL stepped in and said, you know he's half PR, the look in his eyes was priceless. he apologized and i never heard him say anything like that again, although he still constantly used the "because they are black" when describing why someone did whatever..
but he was a salesman and he knew how to keep it tucked away when he needed to..