Racism is a rampant disease

Racism is not simply hate; it is systemically manifested in the minds of whites from some relatively early point in life. The feeling of superiority can be masked but never truly forgotten.

I think there’s even more whites out there who have some degree of racism in their bones; I’m not saying a white cannot be free from racial bias; but I do think it’s a much different matter than we are commonly led to believe.

But what does everyone else think?

Racism isn't solely perpetuated by white people. A person of any ethnicity is capable of being racist (e.g., look at the Indian caste system). Looking at racism through the perspective of "only the big bad white man is a racist" is entirely reductionist and is a terrible way to start trying to solve the issue of racism (which I believe can never be solved fully).

No you’ve got it wrong. I have focused this on racism at the hands of whites yes? What’s stopping me from doing that? Answer? Nobody.

I agree with you that it will never be stopped though because it has such a purpose in society. Racism rekindles the spirit of superiority for whites amongst other things.

I would say even some whites who have a hard look at themselves and try and deal with their racism; that they too may be unsuccessful. It’s certainly more than a viewpoint.

Why the hard on for "white racism"?

Racism is not simply hate; it is systemically manifested in the minds of whites from some relatively early point in life. The feeling of superiority can be masked but never truly forgotten.

I think there’s even more whites out there who have some degree of racism in their bones; I’m not saying a white cannot be free from racial bias; but I do think it’s a much different matter than we are commonly led to believe.

But what does everyone else think?

Imagine coming to a white country for a better future and then calling all the natives racist. You cant make this **** up 😂

Imagine coming to a white country for a better future and then calling all the natives racist. You cant make this **** up 😂

I do not think that this is fair for a number of reasons.

1. The vast majority of the 'black' community did not immigrate to the UK. They are the descendants of people who were abducted from their countries and brought here as slaves. They had no choice in coming here and becoming victim to exploitation and abuse.

2. Many people do not immigrate to this country for a better future. They immigrate to this country escaping war, death and destruction often promoted, if not directly caused by, this very same country. Again, these people have little or no choice in coming here. They come here as a last resort, out of desperation.

3. People who suffer abuse should have the right to complain about and challenge this abuse regardless of whether or not they are migrants or natives. It is their right as human beings to live in all countries free of abuse.

Narcissism. Be it white narcissists who buy into their own 'supremacy' or non-white narcissists with a martyr complex who can never do any wrong. Like a vicious symbiotic relationship.

2. Many people do not immigrate to this country for a better future. They immigrate to this country escaping war, death and destruction often promoted, if not directly caused by this very same country. Again, these people have little or no choice in coming here. They come here as a last resort, not looking for a better future, but just looking to survive. They come here out of desperation.

I find it impossible to think of anyone without any prejudices against another or their own race for whatever reason. Maybe this does make it a rampant disease or maybe I’m completely wrong in that belief. Racism is deeply ingrained in everyone’s upbringing whether that’s ‘white racism’ or racism of another kind. However, it is white racism that has been most harmful to me and my peers who are also poc because I grew up feeling inferior due to the colour of my skin, feel the need to work harder to be taken seriously, am not taken seriously because I don’t fit a stereotype. Racism definitely goes both ways in my experience but the racism I experienced from black people due to being of fairer complexion didn’t limit my opportunities.

But what if racism was biological?

If you wanted to make a anti-racism thread, maybe you should have started with a less divisive statement.

I didn't start with that, I mentioned it half way through starboy

It's easy for non-Whites to preach about racism, when you gain everything while we losing everything we have...