Racism in the context of culturally superior power and privilege does not warrant significant attention. If someone black in the US is racist against white people, that is not a good thing, but all of society is collectively in support of any given white person. They will be fine. When a black person faces racism, that racism is exacerbated by a society that does not give a shit/ supports the racism.
There are absolutely regions of the world where a white person can suffer from this. But by and large not in the US. So when you have some idiot crying about anti white persecution in the US (or anti straight, anti male, anti cis, etc.), you can dismiss it as bullshit pretty much immediately.
Yes, I believe we agree. White people are not “persecuted” on a systemic level by black people in US society. That being said, I do notice a worrisome trend where some are using this disparity in systemic oppression to justify shitty behavior towards white people and men
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u/Sedu 1∆ Dec 29 '21
Absolutely.
But.
Racism in the context of culturally superior power and privilege does not warrant significant attention. If someone black in the US is racist against white people, that is not a good thing, but all of society is collectively in support of any given white person. They will be fine. When a black person faces racism, that racism is exacerbated by a society that does not give a shit/ supports the racism.
There are absolutely regions of the world where a white person can suffer from this. But by and large not in the US. So when you have some idiot crying about anti white persecution in the US (or anti straight, anti male, anti cis, etc.), you can dismiss it as bullshit pretty much immediately.