It’s wild how more and more brazen people are getting with the blatant racism. Were there always this many virulent racists, or is the right-wing hate machine really that effective?
So, I actually reviewed studies on racism for fun once (it was the pandemic and I was curious). Overt racism had decreased since the civil rights movement, but covert racism replaced it at similar rates iirc
It would make sense that these racists never left or changed their views, especially the older generation. But good lord did the emergence of Trump on the national stage let these goons feel free to let their bigotry fly.
To be fair if you look at the majority of news these days, everything’s blamed on white men specifically, which is both sexist and racist.
But no one complains about that yeah?
I complain about it because its both reductive and counterproductive. But I don’t think the majority of anything actually complains about that. It is usually a vocal minority of people chirping online or in safe spaces they feel they can vent and be hyperbolic.
Well my comment was with heavy hyperbole simply to point out an obvious bias, not to disprove your point.
Imo, I agree blatant racism is on the rise. I assume it has to do with people being terminally online these days, and websites like Twitter no longer censoring any flavor of racism.
Allows for the vocal minority to appear as a vocal majority, because the majority are actually busy with their lives.
I’m honestly amazed Trump hasn’t just started using the N-word at his rallies considering he can’t shut up about anything that happens to be in his conscious thoughts.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he does. But I also wouldn’t be shocked if he just doesn’t care enough to. I feel like using a slur requires a level of vitriol that Trump seems to reserve for individuals that he thinks wronged him. Come to think of it, I bet he calls a judge or prosecutor in one of his cases the n-word at some point.
What could this guy have done as mayor? Use his magic mayor powers to hold up the bridge and will it back into place like Magneto? I don’t think private boat maintenance is part of his job.
