Why is racism so normalized on social media in 2025?

[IcaroRibeiro]

People on this thread really want us to believe racism was a thing in the 60s or 70s maybe

Then vanished from the earth like magic in a generation, and then started again in the 10s because of social media

This is not how society works. Racism was always pretty much always there, it just didn't have visibility because it couldn't be weaponized

People was simply way too afraid to actually demonstrate it. Internet made people fearless, that's all. In countries where there is no legislation to control speech, the only thing preventing you to say racist shit is to be afraid of social repercussions or even physical integrity. Internet removed the fear of repercussions, since it allows anonymity

I doubt half of the guys who state "people called me racist so I decided to be racist!" Would have the balls to be racist to a black person in real life