“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
America isn’t racist anymore. Not in the classical sense.
We are closer to caste, but we use race as a criteria…people of a “lesser race” are default placed into a lower caste, but not necessarily, since blood, marriage, or loyalty can get them out of it.
Goes on to describe racism
Confusing segregationist with racism. It’s a common error among racists.
It’s not racism, it’s racism+.
White caste is totally okay with accepting certain people from black caste, or Asian caste, or Latino caste.
It’s not as black and white as it was a couple generations ago. Irish and Italians are white now. Far more accepting.
We still have deep psychological instincts to be more distrustful of others. But who is an “other”, we’ve long since learned, is defined by upbringing, not a certain distinct quality. We learn who the others are by experiences, and the words and actions of those we respect (peers and elders).
We now push our identities into several different buckets…race is only one, gender and sexuality another, mental capabilities, music tastes, vehicle choice, job, whatever. We still segmentize and judge, just with extra steps.
Uh…
That’s a Reagan Era take on race. But we’re doing Retvrn style racism under the Trump Era. The idea that you can just be a Thomas Sowell / Clarence Thomas grade ass kisser and get ahead is receding. You increasingly run afoul of the Great Replacement types who believe you’ve stolen a white person’s job.