Rebis
Blessed are the hearts that can bend
I'm not racist, I very rarely see acts of genuine racism that aren't a product of viralised videos.
I see a disproportionately large number of people wearing combative shirts "FCK RACISM Racism this, racism that, homophobia this, and so on. I think there comes a point where socially we're inheriting the past to an extent we never quite eradicate or make the problem insignificant. I've rarely thought of people inside the context of a race or a nation because people have the same underlying themes, just different environments in which they express socialised behaviour.
If people keep drawing significance to an invisible force, then how can we truly be combating racism?
I know there'll be geographical differences (Looking at you, redneck america), but the actual concept of fighting this racism aggrevates me because it's like they're trying to socialise me into thinking of everything in the context of race (They're oppressed, you're not). Over here for example, there's a divide between nationalism and unionism (catholics and protestants), a lot of people died during "The Troubles", people still hold prejudice, parents teach their children not to go near the other community yada yada. I've went to bonfires of the opposite protestant community where they burn irish flags, burn posters of a catholic child that died from terminal cancer, police informers ("Touts"), but I can see that people just use it as an excuse to drink, they don't know the significance behind the troubles, they're getting fed 2nd hand experiences. On that note, I feel people are becoming socialised 2nd hand racism: They're the generation after racism has been WAY less significant, yet they emphasize combatting it even more.
I've even seen people as a result of the emphasis of combatting racism through anti-fa and protests that people have became radicalised by this overly emphasized belief, even defaulting on right-wing perspectives not because they were actually racist but because of the immense social pressure exerted by anti-fa groups, and their action justified under the pretense of "Peace, Love and equality".
I see a disproportionately large number of people wearing combative shirts "FCK RACISM Racism this, racism that, homophobia this, and so on. I think there comes a point where socially we're inheriting the past to an extent we never quite eradicate or make the problem insignificant. I've rarely thought of people inside the context of a race or a nation because people have the same underlying themes, just different environments in which they express socialised behaviour.
If people keep drawing significance to an invisible force, then how can we truly be combating racism?
I know there'll be geographical differences (Looking at you, redneck america), but the actual concept of fighting this racism aggrevates me because it's like they're trying to socialise me into thinking of everything in the context of race (They're oppressed, you're not). Over here for example, there's a divide between nationalism and unionism (catholics and protestants), a lot of people died during "The Troubles", people still hold prejudice, parents teach their children not to go near the other community yada yada. I've went to bonfires of the opposite protestant community where they burn irish flags, burn posters of a catholic child that died from terminal cancer, police informers ("Touts"), but I can see that people just use it as an excuse to drink, they don't know the significance behind the troubles, they're getting fed 2nd hand experiences. On that note, I feel people are becoming socialised 2nd hand racism: They're the generation after racism has been WAY less significant, yet they emphasize combatting it even more.
I've even seen people as a result of the emphasis of combatting racism through anti-fa and protests that people have became radicalised by this overly emphasized belief, even defaulting on right-wing perspectives not because they were actually racist but because of the immense social pressure exerted by anti-fa groups, and their action justified under the pretense of "Peace, Love and equality".
