Projected Racism

[Immersiveunreality]

SpokenTruth said:

Immersiveunreality said:

Yeah, i agree in a lot of cases it may be.

It is understandable that people get more sensitive to smaller less clearly signs of racism when they have faced a lot of real racism before( and of course media and politics also play into this) but also sucks for the one that is assumed to be racist when not having the intention to be.

A colleague of me always talks about white people being the source of everything bad on earth and him not getting evenly chances because of it,now partly that is true but this thought has consumed him so much that it sometimes also sounds like an excuse to hide the fact that he is not always fit for the same amount of chances other people get and not because of skincolor but just being individually less talented.

Sadly, the situation has negatively impacted some people to the point they do overly emphasis it and use it as a scapegoat for their own failures. 

And yes, it sucks to be called racist when you simply had the same route in the store or were just looking for something in the aisle right next to them.  But we, as a race, helped create that mistrust so therefore it is upon us to correct it.  It's s stage we as a group set but don't like to individually take responsibility for.  We obviously can't wait for the racists themselves to fix it.

Yeah i understand that mindset but there are people who do not put themselves in any group because they never thought or acted like them, so taking responsibility for those just feels dishonest but we can get respect from those that misstrust us as an individual without having to blame ourselves because when you put yourself in the group that created the negatives then thats kinda the thing you do.

So i agree that we can try to show those that are wary we have good intentions but disagree on the feeling guilthy because the sins of a group part. :p

Result is kind of the same though.