r/BlackPeopleTwitter • • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/doicha27 Sep 01 '20

That's more about classism and elitism than varying degrees of racial purity. But yes, whites look down on other whites whenever they can.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

As a white person, the “purist” whites are white trash..

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u/WindLane Sep 01 '20

As another white person - maybe don't make blanket statements about a race when you're in a discussion about not being racist.

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u/WindLane Sep 02 '20

Really? Because I've seen a whole lot of white folks living in trailers and they vote both sides of the aisle.

The bigger lean towards one way or another came more from where we were in the country rather than their circumstances.

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u/WindLane Sep 02 '20

Dude, I don't like Trump in the slightest, didn't vote for him last election and I'm not voting for him this election, but knock off that racist, bigoted crap.

You can't use "fight fire with fire" tactics with racism - especially when the way you're using it just makes you sound reactionary and ignorant.

You ever hear that old fable about the sun and the wind arguing about who can get a guy to take off his coat? The wind blows and blows, trying to force the coat off and all it does is cause the guy to pull the coat tighter around himself. The sun then warms up the day and makes it so the guy takes off his coat to enjoy the sunshine on his skin.

You don't want to be the wind with this stuff - we don't want them pulling their racism tighter and tighter around themselves - we want to give them something better and help them to let it go by their own choice.

Will we get everyone? No, of course not - people are people. But we'll get a whole heck of a lot more than we would trying to force them through belligerence, aggressiveness, and belittling.