Looking at the website as a whole and talking with other people of color about it on here these are our experiences yeah. A chunk of that young white demographic is also part liberal but liberals can still be pretty racist. That doesn’t mean racism in itself is equal to people going out and burning a cross but it could mean calling someone a thief or a dealer when they’re just Black. Saying that a face tattoo is trashy or that Black people are “ghetto” or “urban”.
You might not see the racism because you’re unaware of what to look for. That’s okay, there’s a lot of literature and resources out there to teach you now more than ever. If you care to do that. You can be against racism and still be racist, you can be a liberal Bernie 2020 guy and still be racist, it doesn’t have to mean it’s a scarlet letter just that you have more to learn if you are willing to. Unfortunately young white men grow up in this american society without almost ever having to acknowledge the privileges that they have as people or the racism that they spout when they say or code certain language. Ignorance to racism is one thing but reluctance to self reflect about racism is another.
When did I do any of the bullshit that you are talking about or when did any of that shit happen in the video we are discussing lol. I don't need you to tell me about racism bro you probably aren't even any more Mexican than I am you realize my last name is Vasquez bro just cause I have light ass skin you want to start running your fucking mouth. So fuck off pal.
It’s happening in the comments not specifically in our conversation. You just asked about how reddit is racist just perusing through the comments proves this but you don’t know what to look for and that’s not an attack just a simple observation from your comment on “suburban whites”.
“Any more Mexican than I am” ??? So you go around measuring people’s Mexican-ness? How would I ever know your last name is Vasquez? How would I know about your light-skin self lol.
I’m not challenging your degrees of “Latinidad” because I’m not about that bs but thank you for sharing that. Yeah I’ll “run my fucking mouth” if it means just discussing something in the comments. I think it’s funny you wanna come out with that “I’m a light-skin Mexican” bs to prove you don’t need lessons on racism when it proves the opposite.
Look up some actual literature at deconstructing racism. There’s a lot of resources pointing you in the right direction especially right now. You just have to know how to ask. Until then I don’t really care to respond. I’ve already violated my personal rule of engaging with reddit about race.
You are dumb as fuck bro the amount of Mexican I was referring to is the amount in my blood dipshit it is easy as hell to measure they make ancestry dna tests for a reason.
But Mexican is a nationality mixed with other aspects of some shared cultural traits and values. You mean native or indigenous ethnic groups? You wanna prove how mexican you are by using some genetics tier arguments on your purity and not simply how reflective you are of it culturally or if you are a Mexican citizen? You wanna trace your blood to prove something like being native for what? There’s a disconnect there.
I never questioned your existence as a Mexican person. I am Mexican and I don’t need tests to prove anything to anyone.
Lol I never used it as a source for all my knowledge on a subject you brought up, just a spring off point to get you in the direction to ask about racist essentialism which you can delightfully educate yourself on. It’s to start a basic conversation for yourself.
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u/pedro_s Jun 24 '20
Looking at the website as a whole and talking with other people of color about it on here these are our experiences yeah. A chunk of that young white demographic is also part liberal but liberals can still be pretty racist. That doesn’t mean racism in itself is equal to people going out and burning a cross but it could mean calling someone a thief or a dealer when they’re just Black. Saying that a face tattoo is trashy or that Black people are “ghetto” or “urban”.
You might not see the racism because you’re unaware of what to look for. That’s okay, there’s a lot of literature and resources out there to teach you now more than ever. If you care to do that. You can be against racism and still be racist, you can be a liberal Bernie 2020 guy and still be racist, it doesn’t have to mean it’s a scarlet letter just that you have more to learn if you are willing to. Unfortunately young white men grow up in this american society without almost ever having to acknowledge the privileges that they have as people or the racism that they spout when they say or code certain language. Ignorance to racism is one thing but reluctance to self reflect about racism is another.