How often do you face racism in your life?

[Deleted]

This whole things seems to me like "How many victim points do you get daily ?"

[Sliske]

"Cops need to stop executing people in the streets you say? OMG STOP TELLING ME I SHOULD FEEL GUILTY FOR BEING WHITE."

That's pretty much the level of conversation these days.

You seriously think the SJW movements of today don't absolutely openly hate white males?

[theostrichsays]

I had two NCOs in the military who didn't attempt to hide their dislike of white people over me. Beyond that I don't think I've ever really dealt with it.

I don't care if Joe down the road hates white people, it has no impact on my life like the 2 NCOs did.

[Alvito]

I see it a few times a week. Rarely directed at me but 2nd hand it is hard to miss when you are downtown. It isn't just racism it is classism too. When extremely wealthy people and poor or down and out folks run into each other frequently some sort of hateful nonsense seems to fly one way or another.

[kail]

Towards me? Never.

In general? Rarely, but I have experienced them a few times in my life.

[Indigenously Abled]

I live in the south. The anti-minority racism that regressive conservatives like to pretend doesn't exist is actually pretty prominent here.

I'm glad that's not true for where I live in the south. Or anywhere I've lived for that matter. You don't even hear an utterance of racism outside the trailer parks and project housing. Our churches, schools, law enforcement, politicians etc. are all pretty diverse. My practice is multicultural.

Broad strokes are easy to paint.

[May90]

Don't think I've ever faced it. I faced nationalism, due to some people thinking I was a Jew (while I'm not), and Jews weren't exactly treated generously in the country I used to live... But racism - I don't remember that.

[Indigenously Abled]

There's an element of that. But there's also the element of the very common trend of complaining about racism while simultaneously generalizing a negative quality onto all white people. The problem is on both sides, not just on the side you disagree with.

There's a percentage of people that can't handle that much grey-area thinking.

[Chirri]

A lot as a small child (mostly from peers), and less as I grew older. Things changed from belligerent taunts to simple curiosity. The biggest reminder I get these days are questions about whether my hair is naturally curly (frizzy, it's fucking frizzy).

Well. And assumptions about Asians in general. That depends strongly on the subject matter of a conversation, though.

[zealo]

Against me personally, as a white guy in northern Europe, almost never.

Most racism I've experienced personally have been more of the second hand closeted nature, directed at Sami people from relatives over 80 years old over the dinner table, at christmas.

[Katie N]

A lot as a small child (mostly from peers), and less as I grew older. Things changed from belligerent taunts to simple curiosity. The biggest reminder I get these days are questions about whether my hair is naturally curly (frizzy, it's fucking frizzy).

Well. And assumptions about Asians in general. That depends strongly on the subject matter of a conversation, though.

What kind of assumptions?

[Macaquerie]

What kind of assumptions?

Nothing all that serious to be honest. If you're an Asian growing up in the US you might have to put up with some stupid jokes on the playground or whatever, but honestly nothing all that different from non-racist insults that young kids are always tossing back and forth, and nothing that's going to hold you back in life or anything like that. As an adult, the degree of racism you might encounter is virtually zero.

[Ichifails]

How often do you face racism in your life?

Every time I read an Endus post here on MMO-Champion.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Like I said, I support police body cams which would help prevent excessive force or convict police officers for excessive force used regardless of the person it's used against.

Making it a race issue does basically the same thing. It's not a race issue, it needs to stop being made one so people can have a real discussion about it and find a solution that works to better protect everyone.

And yes, there are people who blame all whites for things. Like the whole white privilege thing.

Believing that the concept of white privilege is blame in the first place is completely wrong in the first place.

[Katie N]

Believing that the concept of white privilege is blame in the first place is completely wrong in the first place.

Please don't start the whole white privilege thing please.

[Independent voter]

As a member of the white patriarchy I don't have to put up with much crap.

[Cthulhu 2020]

You seriously think the SJW movements of today don't absolutely openly hate white males?

A niche of them do. A niche that has an extremely small population, but people love to frame them on facebook, twitter, instagram, etc. with crazy things they say just so they can justify their own hatred of SJW's. They pretend it's more prominent than it really is, so they can whip out "Oh I have to feel guilty about being white" whenever the issue of racism comes up as an attempt to shut the conversation down before it even begins.

[Wyrt]

Believing that the concept of white privilege is blame in the first place is completely wrong in the first place.

Sure seems like a whole lot of blaming involved in it.

[tj119]

My wife is Brazilian, English is not her first language so we often speak Portuguese. We live in GA, you can imagine the strange looks and comments we hear about not speaking english, gotta love the deep south. Also being a white guy raised by a black family, never really aimed at me but always been exposed to it as well as my loved ones experiencing the worst of it.

[Cthulhu 2020]

Please don't start the whole white privilege thing please.

Didn't plan on it, there's nobody on these forums really capable of understanding privilege as a concept not requiring that one feel guilt, who isn't already fully aware of what it entails.