racism is the default position of white people because you’re taught to be racist at birth.
12 comments
Oh yes, I remember the three Rs very well. "Reading, writing, and...racism". Yep, I was always best at the last one. I always got A's in racism class.
Just like blacks are taught to be thugs and Jews are taught to be greedy manipulators, right?
PS: And of course, Asians are taught to be spying mindless worker drones who torture endangered animals for quackery.
Wrong, racism is the default position of humanity, since humans have a natural fear/unease of "the other".
It has to be unlearned through life, and I see that the tumblrites of Reclaiming Asia still haven't progressed far in that regards.
Only correct on a very technical level - there is a systemic racism that influences how the media portrays people who don't fit the default/privileged race, which influences one on a subconscious level.
Not to mention that white people are inherently treated more favorably than a non-white person in the same situation. (A black person with great acting skills might get passed over in favor of a white person with lesser acting skills, for example)
Lack of good representation tends to lead to increased depression among children. And it doesn't just affect white people - internalized racism happens, and furthermore, PoC can be racist against other PoC. (It still counts even among the power + prejudice definition because it perpetrates the systemic racism. It's like how a woman can be misogynist and support the patriarchy.)
"Racism is the default position of white people" is a criminal oversimplification of a very real discussion about a very real problem. Only a subset of white people are consciously racist - the rest are ignorant about culture's influence on their worldview.
When i was, I dunno, ten or so, Sammy Davis Junior bragged that while White people could only have partners tinted like milk, he could have anyone from cafe au lait to dark chocolate.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.
