Why is it socially acceptable for minorities to be racist?

I've grown up living in the south (Georgia) and I've noticed that while living here, it's much more acceptable for black people to dislike white people and discriminate on white people than a white person discriminating on a black person.

If I had a dollar for everytime I spoke with a black person and they made a crack about me being rich just because I'm white and then having hostility over this idea, as if it was even true, I would actually be rich.

When I went to public middle school, I was one of very few white kids in the middle school and I was referred to as "white boy", as if my name was not relevant to my existence. But if I were to say "black boy" then everyone's ears would perk up and they'd pull out the race card.

I don't get it.

My mom works in a prison as the head nurse and this prison guard that was on duty was on the computer and was watching youtube videos of some Muslim 'white hate' junk and it was totally cool, even when my mom asked him very nicely to turn it off. And he turns to her and asking for so and so amount of acres (yes, he's making a racially motivated comment about slavery and how he deserves reperations) out of nowhere.

But if someone were to watch KKK clan rallies on the computer and talking about white power this white power that OH MY GOD the entire black population would roll over and call their lawyers.

I'm hoping this doesn't get modded because of my crudeness towards the subject, but its something that's been bothering me.

I know that stupid people come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and religions...but if we're going to judge one type of racist, we need to judge them all equally.

The double standards are getting ridiculous.

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

Unfortunately that's just the way it is in this country. PCism has gone so overboard and messed up it's not even funny.

I don't care about social racism nearly as much as officially endorsed racism. Affirmative Action, race-based scholarships, racial "quotas" for Universities, workplace treatment, and so on are all garbage.

Because society accepts it, which really isn't a good answer.

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

Which justifies nothing. Those scream loudly for their rights, had better be ready to be just as bold in regards to their sense of personal responsibility.

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

I've only been alive for 22 years. I should be exempt from that generalisation.

I don't care about social racism nearly as much as officially endorsed racism. Affirmative Action, race-based scholarships, racial "quotas" for Universities, workplace treatment, and so on are all garbage.

Theokhoth

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

I don't care about social racism nearly as much as officially endorsed racism. Affirmative Action, race-based scholarships, racial "quotas" for Universities, workplace treatment, and so on are all garbage.

Theokhoth

Indeed they are.

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

Im a minority and I love my white, latin, asian people.

moreso than my own.

[QUOTE="killer336"]

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

tocklestein2005

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

[QUOTE="killer336"]

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

Deathxcore

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"][QUOTE="killer336"]

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

I hate to say this, but your comments are mostly just valid toward your location and social group.

here where i am, im considered the 'token black guy'. some people only know me by that, even though there are alot of black people in my school, you find some people wearing that tag like myself. Many people here make jokes such as 'go pick some cotton for me', which, i really don't mind at all because its usually a joke, and i laugh at it because i don't have to worry about stuff like that really. It all depends on where you are and the people you hang out with.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

I don't care about social racism nearly as much as officially endorsed racism. Affirmative Action, race-based scholarships, racial "quotas" for Universities, workplace treatment, and so on are all garbage.

Indeed they are.

[QUOTE="tocklestein2005"][QUOTE="killer336"]

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

22Toothpicks

I remember that part at the airport in the second Harold & Kumar movie where the guy "proves" he's not a racist by saying "Dude, I'm black."

That in itself was racist by implying that folk of African origin are superior in the fact that they cannot be racist.

I hate to say this, but your comments are mostly just valid toward your location and social group.

here where i am, im considered the 'token black guy'. some people only know me by that, even though there are alot of black people in my school, you find some people wearing that tag like myself. Many people here make jokes such as 'go pick some cotton for me', which, i really don't mind at all because its usually a joke, and i laugh at it because i don't have to worry about stuff like that really. It all depends on where you are and the people you hang out with.

Aslyum_Beast

[QUOTE="killer336"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"] That does not mean they now deserve favour over white people...super_mario_128

Maybe what needs to happen is for african and caucasian to come together, and in unison, make fun of hispanics? Or not.

Oleg_Huzwog

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

killer336

Because that is the way it is. We gave them the race card to play and they play it often. Guess the Jews didn't get such a card for being oppressed since biblical times or the Chinese since they were enslaved in America well before the blacks. I'm Irish, so should I get reparations from the English for how they treated my people in the past? Or I could be Black living in Africa with Black African slaves right now in this day and age. I guess that is why it is still socially acceptable. It's never going to end and it's not the entire population.

its a god awful double standard. luckily i don't hang out with ignorant african americans so i don't have to put up with it. if i had to hear it though, i'd pull out all the guns (metaphorically speaking of course)

Racism is never acceptable.

[QUOTE="killer336"]In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuriesMrPraline

It will end once Israel stops using the "You are anti-semitic!" card. :P

Whats it been like 30-40 years since discrimination ended? thats not that long ago. So i can see why there are still people like that. Bottom line is, they're wrong and its nothing thats going to be fixed this generation.

100 years from now maybe? when we all die out and a new generation just look back thinking wtf were those guys doing.

That or i think Racism truly wont end untill wer're faced with an intelligent alien life form. Only then will humans come together.

[QUOTE="killer336"]

In some ways I agree with you, but white men have oppressed blacks for centuries

MrPraline

It's not.

When I hear it, I call them out on it.

I've had abuse hurled at me by Black people, but I never give any back because I'm no racist but I've had racist abuse from white British people as well because of my Greek/Maltese heritage so both races can dish it out evenly.

I love it when people who can't even discuss something as trivial as videogames try and tackle a complex subject such as racism. It's very enlightening.

What a lot of people tend to overlook is that you really don't have to even go back that far (less than 40 years) where in some places black people weren't even allowed to eat in the same places as white people. This stuff doesn't turn off like a faucet. There are going to be lingering effects. We are really only one or two generations removed from public lynchings and people being sprayed with hoses in the streets.. It's unfortunate that we can't get away from it so easily. And there will always be ignorant people who take advantage of this on both sides..Just look at the reaction to the current US president.

muslim white hate junk ? :x how can it be muslim if it was hate :S idiot >.>

BlindBluMonstah

So it is okay for the black people of THIS GENERATION (the generation that is NOT oppressed), to hate the white men OF THIS GENERATION (who are not oppressing them)? This makes no sense to me.Deathxcore

This generation may not be as oppressed as previous generations but there are still inequalities that exist...Racism against minorities is deep rooted and something that developed over 100s of years, it doesnt just go away after 40 years. So that is still a relevant factor in why there is racism against Whites. Having said that, I don't think that it should be as accepted as it is but I think in general White people are sometimes walking on eggshells and are somewhat reluctant to address things like this because it is hard to confront a group of people about racism when your people did the same thing on a much larger scale. Thus, it is more tolerated. Not to mention that in some ways it is understandable, I mean if I was a minority who experienced racism and social inequalities I would be angry and prolly resent white people for that. I'm not saying that justifies it, I am just saying that I can see how it could develop.

I love it when people who can't even discuss something as trivial as videogames try and tackle a complex subject such as racism. It's very enlightening.

What a lot of people tend to overlook is that you really don't have to even go back that far (less than 40 years) where in some places black people weren't even allowed to eat in the same places as white people. This stuff doesn't turn off like a faucet. There are going to be lingering effects. We are really only one or two generations removed from public lynchings and people being sprayed with hoses in the streets.. It's unfortunate that we can't get away from it so easily. And there will always be ignorant people who take advantage of this on both sides..Just look at the reaction to the current US president.

heretrix

[QUOTE="BlindBluMonstah"]

muslim white hate junk ? :x how can it be muslim if it was hate :S idiot >.>

Deathxcore

er what xP dude just dont say its a muslim thing when you clearly dont know what islamic stuff is, itd be appreciated thanks... as in islam there is no race but only religion >.>

[QUOTE="Deathxcore"][QUOTE="BlindBluMonstah"]

muslim white hate junk ? :x how can it be muslim if it was hate :S idiot >.>

BlindBluMonstah

er what xP dude just dont say its a muslim thing when you clearly dont know what islamic stuff is, itd be appreciated thanks... as in islam there is no race but only religion >.>

never said it did, but I guess the old saying "you reap what you sow" applies here...True this generation is different than before but for some reason,society doesn't accept the fact that it is a new generation.killer336

Eh, I don't think "you reap what you sow" applies in the least, unless you believe in genetically or racially inherited guilt, which would be a belief built on a foundation of its own form of racism.

The reason is rather banal. Society as a whole accepts it. There isn't enough of an outcry against it to bring it strongly into question.

It's the same reason why blacks in America and Europe were persecuted for so long. Comfortable people turned a blind eye. The vocal ones weren't vocal enough, or weren't strong enough in numbers. It took a long time for the abolitionist movement to grow large enough and vocal enough to insist on a change in those societal norms, and at least in America, it took a civil war, just to change the status of black human beings from property to citizenry. And even then, more than another century of bitter mistreatment followed before the mindsets of people who hadn't been alive during the slavery years were changed.When you think about what it took to change this terrible behavior, it's amazing it was able to be accomplished at all.

It will take more people recognizing, without exception, that these minsets are not just invalid but wrong before they will be strongly questioned, and since they aren't anywhere near as harmful as the previous abuses (so far, at least), that isn't likely to happen anytime soon.