5:25 pm - 04/26/2012
There's been a lot of talk these last couple of weeks about "hipster racism" or "ironic racism"—or, as I like to call it, racism. It's, you know, introducing your black friend as "my black friend"—as a joke!!!—to show everybody how totally not preoccupied you are with your black friend's blackness.
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A Complete Guide to 'Hipster Racism'
There's been a lot of talk these last couple of weeks about "hipster racism" or "ironic racism"—or, as I like to call it, racism. It's, you know, introducing your black friend as "my black friend"—as a joke!!!—to show everybody how totally not preoccupied you are with your black friend's blackness.
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also, if im walking down a street at night im more likely to be scared of a white man than a black man surprisingly #howdoyoulikthemapples
A prominent white person in my town will never go to jail for killing a homeless person because he's white and has a lot of money.
If it were anyone else, they would be in prison.
It is classism and racism.
LBR white men get away with everything. my whole uni experience is a testament to this. but even in hollywood or the media -- anytime a black or latino man is accused of something, he's never given a doubt. meanwhile white men are easily forgiven for their shit, or conveniently most people ~forget.
She honestly thinks because she lived in a black neighborhood for a few years she is an authority~ of sorts. Drives me crazy.
my mom is the worst for this kind of shit without even realizing. you do not get a free pass because your kids are black, saying stupid shit about black people having "ghetto names" and "bad hair" is never okay
the advice? that all black men (especially the "dark ones") beat their women and have anger problems. except the "light" ones who have a little bit of "white" in them.
HMMMMM
I swear the ignorant white folk in this post are killing me
"Since when was thug associated with black culture?!"
oh
IA that the writer worded herself poorly on parts but jfc, don't play dumb white friend of a friend
It may feel horrible but try being the oppressed person so...
I'm scared to read through the rest of this post ..
oh and i'm biracial and i swear every time someone mentions "stuff white people like" there's always someone who thinks it's clever to crack a joke about ~how i must feel about it, y'know, since i'm half black
ughughughguaghuds
I swear, 3 times in the past month people have told me that they would NEVER EVER consider going out with someone non-white, and then got all offended when I called them out on it.
And I def think it's a little off when someone won't even consider going out with a POC, it doesn't sit well with me
It's usually not about preference. It's about not wanting to date a specific race because what they usually mean is "I don't find ____ people attracitve
Edited at 2012-04-27 02:12 am (UTC)
And when they say "i just dont find black women attractive" or w/e... Umm there are plenty of gorgeous black women wtf
It's also usually the people who also date the most busted white people sooo
the only thing i will say is that sometimes i am wary of white men because i am not down to fulfill someone's yellow fever fixations, although this could be said for all men
Edited at 2012-04-27 02:18 am (UTC)
I mean, I know people have physical preferences. I'm black. I go weak in the fucking knees for the dark hair/light eyes combo. Since this is more commonly found in whites, I assume that one could say it's racist. People have told me I'm racist for that.
But I can find people of all races attractive, because lbr, hotness knows no race.
I just don't understand HOW someone could say they'd NEVER go out with someone of a different race or find someone of a different race attractive. How is that possible? Deliciousness can be found in all races.
i have a low pref for a spec type of guys, however that doesn't mean i would never date them or even marry them if the right one came around .
its one thing if you can't help who you are attracted to, but if you are singling people out because of skin color yes it is racist.
Edited at 2012-04-27 02:15 am (UTC)
So many times when there's been a black person in the store, I've been told "keep an eye out on them"... like WTF?? are you serious right now??
I've honestly never personally known a black person who steals, yet I have several white friends who steal make-up and shit regularly... so I think people often have the wrong idea about what they should be "looking out for". I think a white person is more inclined to steal because they know they're not going to be seen as suspicious, just because they're white.
and yes me (being black) has never stolen but a bunch of my friends have (that are white) and yet I'm the one getting followed it's ridiculous
not sure if the same thing or not...
i sometimes get this too when i get religious people knocking on my door soliciting my..time.
OMG yesterday I was playing Counter Strike Source and some dude voice chatting was about to refer to some black people who were selling drugs in his neighborhood as that but got cut off thankfully due to a mod overhearing the convo. He tried to pull off that "There's a difference" line and the mod shut him down with, "There is a loaded context in that word and unfortunately still associated in that way today but I'm not gonna let you talk like that on my server, not even if the only person who would be offended (referring to myself) wasn't online playing just now."
Your grandmother is cool though. I can't wait to tell people to get the hell off my porch XD