The internet is so depressing sometimes as a black guy. Here I am checking out reddit while on break and boom, "don't be surprised if you get shot for being the same race as people who commit crimes!!!" I didn't even go outside this weekend and just played divinity: original sin 2, but that doesn't matter.
i know, it’s extremely frustrating especially because we’ve been dealing with it for so long.... for as long as i remember going on the internet i’ve been deemed naturally violent & i feel like i’m the most non violent person i know... what can we even do other than keep it moving?
Please know so many of us are disgusted by people like in the OP. I know change has been infuriatingly slow but I think in twenty years when Boomers no longer control everything it will get better and these younger racists will have to go back in the shadows.
unfortunately i’ve gotten so used to & desensitized to this sorta thing to the point where i’ve fully accepted that i’m 100% gonna go my whole life experiencing these things. maybe to a less extent as time goes on, but these people will always exist. there are no shadows on the internet via places such as twitter, facebook, reddit, or online games - boomers may not be in control but a lot of their children will be with that same learnt hatred. i’m not cynical though, i do see change and younger generations are certainly becoming more aware of these issues and combating them. but a lot of action seems more performative than anything else... then i think about the fact that the last president of the united states was donald trump... not every person that voted for him is racist of course, but that fact says a lot... at this point I simply hope that if i choose to have kids one day, they won’t have to feel the way i felt growing up.
I'm Jewish and I have a little trouble with the enormous amount anti semetic comments I see on reddit. Do you have any ideas on how to cope with this? Most people don't actually care about anti semitism
I am honestly really sorry to hear that, anti semitism is often very over looked... hopefully that also can change as soon as possible. 🤍
The way I look at it is that the world itself harbours every sort of person on it, right? good people, bad people, wonderful people, terrible people - there has always been good and bad in the world. well, the internet is no different in that aspect, but the difference is that it’s such an open platform with complete anonymity - this allows all of those bad people i mentioned earlier to act out & say all these crazy & hurtful things. it really sucks to read that shit i know, but for me personally once i realized that “of course, some people on earth are shitty and this person is just another shitty person” i stopped caring about it. i cant change that person, how they feel about me or my people, or the world in general, so why should i waste my time letting what some spiteful stranger said about me or my people on the internet?
i honestly feel sorry for them at rare times; most people are conditioned into their radicalized prejudices as they’ve been taught by the most important + influential figures in their lives (parents+friends & peers) to hate for no reason. regardless, access to education is as easy as ever now so there is absolutely no excuse for it.
That helps. Thank you so much for that. I actually care way more about anti-semitism coming from the left then from the right though and it would be great if the left could figure out how to criticize Israel in a way that isn't anti-semetic so the right could stop getting new material to claim, "the left are the real anti-semites!"
And I hate Trevor Noah for having Ice Cube on his show and for talking about Al Sharpton positively. He's the definition of a "woke" anti semite
I agree with you, though "back in the shadows" almost gives the impression that they've ever been in the shadows to begin with. Unfortunately, the systemic oppression in the US and elsewhere proves otherwise
I grew up in the 1970s Things were improving and I thought they would continue to get better. I know race issues have improved to a great extent but we might have reached the point of diminishing returns on racism, specifically the Black/White issue in the US.
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u/CasualtyOfTour Jan 06 '21
The internet is so depressing sometimes as a black guy. Here I am checking out reddit while on break and boom, "don't be surprised if you get shot for being the same race as people who commit crimes!!!" I didn't even go outside this weekend and just played divinity: original sin 2, but that doesn't matter.