I regularly think about how often I heard white liberals in 2015 saying some version of "well at least the racism is out in the open now". Yes, this is much better. :/ - ThreadSky

amirtalai.bsky.social • 104 days ago

I regularly think about how often I heard white liberals in 2015 saying some version of "well at least the racism is out in the open now".
Yes, this is much better. :/

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baronessofbara.bsky.social•103 days ago

I'm black, and the racism has literally ALWAYS been out in the open. 🤨 What fantasy world were people living in where the racism was never front and center??? I'm ngl, being white sounds like such a charmed existence sometimes, but I couldn't stomach being that oblivious.

baronessofbara.bsky.social•103 days ago

A whole grown ass woman had personal beef with me for being the smartest black kid in a 90% white Christian School 🙃 like dawg I WISH the racism was hidden lmfao.

willemscream.bsky.social•104 days ago

Or when they said literal fascism would be worth it because it would kickstart a revolution. People are going to die, Susan.

retiredandwoke.bsky.social•104 days ago

:-(

penguintipper.bsky.social•103 days ago

Like if it was out in the open people would do something about it. Now we’re here and nobody’s doing shit, and we’re being gaslit by the ADL. So fun.

the-kintsugikid.bsky.social•103 days ago

The way this made me laugh was so unhinged. I’m so tired. I just wanna fucking live but if I can’t get out of TN in a year or so I could be killed and it would be justified.

dreadfluent.bsky.social•104 days ago

yeahhh, it never works out positively like that. 'out in the open' just bolsters the idea that racism is acceptable. they SHOULD be ashamed.

borderlinep16.bsky.social•104 days ago

The fact I was majority raised by black people. They are people just like us. We are just merely different shades of brown really. White people aren't white, were just very light brown.

WE ARE ALL THE SAME COLOR IN DIFFERENT SHADES✨
I may be white, but I say white people are Karen's 😒

smashthatashe.bsky.social•104 days ago

This just makes them comfortable and far more dangerous. You know what's crazy? We have people where I live, here in Canada, openly and PROUDLY sporting MAGA hats.

They're a fucking plague.

gosuguinn.bsky.social•104 days ago

Yikes.

kocosplays333.bsky.social•103 days ago

Im from the south so I never knew it was hidden... so yep, doesn't change a damn thing!

mechadonprime.bsky.social•104 days ago

I used to say “free speech and debate is how you expose and kill bad ideas.” The resurgence of flat-earth changed my mind on that.

lacrimosathenerd.bsky.social•103 days ago

On one hand, it shows you who the real racists are so you don't waste your time on them.
On the other hand it makes it "normal" so it spreads like an infection.

If queer ppl have to hide ourselves to have an ounce of security, I think racists should too. They shouldn't feel safe.

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

The influx of racism was jarring. Like a switch was flipped and now people are foaming at the mouth with hatred.
I'd rather know that someone is awful than not. But damn, being racist needs to go back to being an embarrassment.

(I don't like people feeling unsafe with me because of my skin... 😔)

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

But I try, because knowing you have an ally that will be there for you matters.

I'm done rambling.

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

I know I'm rambling. And I know there's so much more.

You can watch the target of hatred shift depending on what that orange man says. Like a sickening current that aims to hurt everyone.

And all I can do is tell people they're safe with me. Like it matters because I'm a woman. I'm not safe either

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

Not much I can do, but have them do but go talk to our boss and explain why and who is making them feel unsafe at work. And let them know that I'm there if they need me.

We circle back to the classic racism against African Americans. Because George Floyd was murdered.
And Minneapolis burned.

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

Was volatile and tended to throw things and have rage tantrums. Nothing. (And why yes, that same person is very MAGA. She was pissed when I said Minnesota will never go red.)

Then the Asia hate era, thanks to orange man. And my asian coworkers coming to me saying they don't feel safe...

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

Coworker for parroting orange mans hate speech to the sweet Mexican immigrant. And we all know what his words were.
Coworker didn't get in trouble. THE ENTIRE group of us got pulled into HR and penalized instead of her.

I've reported not feeling safe around that same racist coworker because she

clovermore.bsky.social•103 days ago

I remember 2015/2016, the uptick in Muslim hatred. My friend and coworker was Muslim. I kept an eye out to make sure no one tried anything against her. She was tough, but I didn't want her to be hurt. We worked at a very public place.

2016, new job. And it was against Mexicans... I reported a

sisidoneva.bsky.social•103 days ago

I used to say I wouldn’t kill Hitler with a time machine—people need to learn about hate. But screw that, if I had one I’d bloody do it now. Clearly, no one’s learning anyway. That Avenue Q "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist Sometimes" song is too accurate, but not in the fun musical theatre way.

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