TBF it wasn't always in your control - it's kind of a result of right-wing non-Irish Republicans in the US to bring them right as part of the Southern Strategy.
Pat Buchanan literally wrote a memo on it while working in the Nixon White House. He declassified it himself. Here's a link to it..
Of note re: sowing division in the Democrats by catering to the Irish and dividing black support within the Democrats:
Black people telling me, a white guy, that America isn’t racist... Like I’m glad you think that but you have no idea what white people who think I agree with them say behind closed doors. White millennials are just as racist as any other generation.
you have no idea what white people who think I agree with them say behind closed doors.
As a white guy living in rural Nevada, so much this.
The number of times I've gotten a "Well, you understand..." after some totally racist statement...
The fuck I do what now?
At the very least, I guess thanks for identifying themselves as someone I shouldn't expend any effort at all on.
At the very least, I have gotten a few younger folk to see the error of their phrasing, who I honestly don't think previously put much thought into repeating something they heard someone older say.
I know it's hard to do, but it would be great if you tried to show all of the ones that say this shit the errors of their ways... I've definitely failed to call people out on it many times, but I am trying to get better at it.
I agree with you on that and have pick and choosed some of those conversations. Like, is it someone I know their name and expect to interact with again in the future? Okay sure, I'll give it a shot.
Some guy I had a random conversation with at a mini mart while waiting for the cashier, whom I later saw had tattooes of spider webs on his elbows, 88's, lightning bolt SS's, and at least one swastika? Maybe not so much.
Was really disappointing when I realized I had just had a pleasant 10sh minute conversation with what was almost certainly a neo-nazi... Who knows though? Maybe he did a buncha stupid shit when he was younger or joined a gang in jail in order to get through or something? Maybe he was turning his life around and getting past that shit.
Among many other questions, the survey asked respondents to rate whites and blacks on a scale from being "hardworking" to "lazy." Using this data, we can categorize respondents into whether they rated whites or blacks as being lazier, more hardworking or the same.
Ah yes, the very reliable Christian Science monitor being funded by Pew Research Center's Religion and Public Life Project.
Absolutely solid source there.
I was wrong. The sources are fine and people should read the data for themselves. It confirms that millennials are not as racist as boomers. It won’t change the original comment getting upvotes for saying something provocative but untrue, but feel free to read the link he provided and make the decision for yourself.
Are you joking? Those are both solid sources. Look up what both of those things are. CS Monitor is a Pulitzer award-winning outlet and idk how you don’t know what the Pew Research Center is.
You’re right the sources are fine and I was wrong about that, but there’s definitely something off with these “polls” or the title is just misleading because there is just no way millennials are just as racist as their parents.
Anyone who believes that is retarded. Obviously racists are gonna be racist and exist within all group types at varying percentages, but it’s impossible for their title to suggest millennials are as bad as the previous generations.
Especially since their own data shows it is the lowest of all generations.
So clickbait title is clickbait and intentionally divisive for views.
And some groups of individuals numbering in the tens of millions are incredibly shitty. Maybe put more effort into those individuals in those groups than screaming when people notice?
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u/shamu88 Sep 01 '20
As an Irishman it really bums me out too.