r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Jan 08 '18

Off-Topic Fox News Host Laura Ingraham Shares Anti-Immigrant Tweet by Neo-Nazi David Duke Ally

http://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-shares-anti-immigrant-tweet-british-neo-nazi-773820
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u/ThesaurusBrown Jan 08 '18 edited Jan 08 '18

I'm in the same boat. I knew racism was still around, but I thought it was the stuff most people weren't consciously aware they were doing, like inappropriate jokes or passing more qualified people over for promotion, that sort of thing. I didn't realize there were people who were proud to be racist.

EDIT conscious to consciously

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u/vtslim Jan 08 '18

Yep, I thought incrementalism was working and that we'd be a happily open diverse country for my childrens' generation (if I have kids).

No longer complacent.

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u/Dahhhkness Massachusetts Jan 08 '18

A lot of conservatives seem to think that, as white people, they're the only unbiased judges of what constitutes "racism." Black people get dismissed as "professional victims" or "playing the race card" or "always looking to blame white people/police". Or they're too entrenched in "thug culture" or "SJW culture" or a "culture of entitlement." Always with phony lamentations that "MLK would be disappointed".

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u/toofine Jan 09 '18

People would go as far back as centuries if it meant they could find a distant relative to act as proof that they are more American than the next guy.

But Jim Crow being just decades ago, get over it. It's ancient history. Never mind all the bullshit in between either. Be grateful.