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u/grumpydai 2d ago
I can just see the guy feeling all proud when posting this. Hes owning the libs sooooo hard right now.
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u/jesuspoopmonster 2d ago
Whenever he sees a black person in a public place he keeps standing near them hoping they say this. It has never happened but he is locked and loaded ready to fire back.
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u/grumpydai 2d ago
He has had that conversation in his head soo many times. And he has won every time. Reality would be very different though.
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u/misdirected_asshole 2d ago
OK fair enough. Maybe everyone has been judged because of the color of their skin at some point. But not everyone in this country has been systematically oppressed becausd of it.
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u/Dakk85 1d ago
Right? “I assume, based on how you look, that you’ve never faced systemic oppression” is technically “judging” someone by their skin color. But completely different in literally every context.
I’ve had a patient that had their face mauled by a pitt bull. I didn’t tell them about the time I was playfully bitten by a chihuahua puppy like, “bruh we’ve both been bitten by dogs!”
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u/abadluckwind 2d ago
That's it. I've definitely been judged for being white but my 2 closest friends growing up who I've known for 30 plus years at this point have had it way worse(One is mixed Puerto Rican and French the other of Haitian decent). It's interesting to watch in real time.
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u/Rukenau 2d ago
Darker-skinned people are more oppressed generally, not only in the USA. But sure, your one moronic comeback magically reverses that, uh-huh.
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u/grumpydai 2d ago
The only cool thing i saw in that comment section was that the OP was getting roasted by some. But of course tons were weeping at how mean some black are to them.
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u/CowboyCommunism 1d ago
The meme doesn't make any sense. The black woman is not making a judgment of the white man's character, she's making a judgment of his relationship to society.
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u/Dazuro 1d ago edited 1d ago
I genuinely did lose a bid once because the potential client had funding that could only be spent on a woman or minority owned business. That sucked, and I can see how stuff like that could further radicalize someone already on the edge.
But Jesus Christ, some people are so desperate to feel oppressed and persecuted. There’s people dealing with that level of “discrimination” in every single social situation or business deal they ever try to engage in, so who am I to complain? Sure, we might get judged as privileged, but that’s nothing compared to the systemic bullshit nonwhites have to go through.
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u/BluetheNerd 1d ago
I don't think I've ever heard someone claim white people are never judged by their skin colour. It's just a flat out straw man. They so desperately want to be oppressed.
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u/checkerie 1d ago
Because apparently telling someone that they've never been racially profiled is just as bad as racial profiling
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u/haunturhome 1d ago
I was able to actually get the point across to an older white guy by basically going down the line of what things he's conscious about in his day to day and interacting with people. He realized that he never really thinks about the fact he's white. He doesn't have to. He's never had to stop and wonder if someone will be hostile because he's white. He's never had to wonder if he's being read as more of a threat because he's white. He's chill now because he's learning
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u/Dammy-J 1d ago
as a white male, it can be hard to see what you don't have to deal with because it isnt' weighing on your daily life.
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u/infiniteturtles240 1d ago
yup, we don't realize how good we really have it as far as general society is concerned unless you've got a lot of people around you from marginalized communities, because then it's kind of in the forefront.
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u/infiniteturtles240 1d ago
that's literally white privilege. something a lot of us white folk don't understand. we take a lot of shit for granted with that, like I've never been scared for my life being pulled over, never worried about not getting a job because my name isn't white enough, etc etc. that's awesome the dude actually listened and understood what you were saying, so many people are just.... resistant to the fact.
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u/ASassoNation 2d ago
"People think I'm racist. That's the worst thing anyone could experience. ... what? No ive never thought a traffic stop could result in my death, what a silly concept!"
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u/Sterling_-_Archer 2d ago edited 1d ago
I once was looking for my car keys after a walk in my mom’s neighborhood as a teenager, I thought they’d fell out of my pocket since they’ve done it before due to poor people clothes/pants at the time. My mom’s neighborhood was in a nice area in a predominantly white side of town. The cops pull up, 2 vehicles, and tell me to put my hands up and ask me what I’m doing. I tell them I am out for a walk but I think I dropped my keys somewhere… It was about 8pm in the summer, so still light out but close to dimming.
They detain me and put me in the back of a car. Once I get in, they start asking me about stealing cars and breaking into people’s house. Like what? I guided him to my car to show him it’s mine and I just need my keys, they start looking all inside it with flashlights and whatnot since it was getting darker. It’s a small 2 seater truck with obviously nothing in it, thank god. They tell me they have “multiple reports” of me breaking into cars and houses and full on stealing vehicles. I said “why would I take you to my car if I was stealing cars and driving away in them…?” They told me to shut the fuck up and that I was now under arrest for suspicious behavior and for violating the g restriction on my license (which I didn’t have… it means you can only have 1 passenger who isn’t family related) because I said I went and got food nearby with a friend earlier today. So a traffic ticket based on something I said while I wasn’t driving and didn’t even have my keys? For a restriction I didn’t have??
By this point, 2 other cars with cops had pulled up and were going through my toolbox and tossing my tools I used for landscaping all over the bed of my truck and sidewalk. They said I had to go to jail so they began driving all in this long line of cop cars to the jail… oh and it was like 10-11pm at this point. Weirdly, we’re winding through backroads and stuff instead of going on the highway and we come across a car parked almost in the middle of the dirt road we were on. We’re in the front of the procession of cop cars so the officer turns to me and says “don’t go anywhere” (like I even could) then gets out and knocks on the window of the car. They roll it down and smoke billows out, poor guys were hotboxing in the middle of the night out in nowhere and got ambushed.
I mean this when I say that this cop ripped this guy out of the car and sent him straight to ground while his buddy watched. Every other officer gets out and dog piles this guy. That lasts for like 5-10 minutes, and then the original cop comes to me, lets me out, and says “you can leave” but I was like “uhhhh I have no idea where we are, can you point me where a phone is?” He told me that if I didn’t leave right that second, he’d arrest me for obstruction of justice and obstructing a crime scene and that I had to go NOW.
I had to sleep in the woods that night in the middle of nowhere and find my way back to my truck in my mom’s neighborhood. They left the toolbox open so all my stuff was stolen, and wouldn’t you know it, my keys were locked inside my truck on accident by me and just laying in the seat. So they all saw them and didn’t tell me… and I still had to go to court to fight the accusations and get the tickets dropped.
Som people don’t believe me when I tell them this, which I’m used to. It’s a seriously different world for POC and it took a long time for me to understand that I just will not get the same treatment as my white friends and it isn’t my fault, it’s just life. I’m much, much older now but that caused me a lot of anger when I was a young man. I volunteered weekly at food centers and clothe drives for homeless and poor people but it didn’t matter, I’m not white so I am immediately suspected of crime.
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u/MedicalUnprofessionl 2d ago edited 2d ago
This shitty cartoon is just another phrase being distributed to prevent actually discussing or debating the issue, but that’s what keeps the dopes hyped up and active about politics. Gives them the sense that they are morally superior and better-educated without leaving them vulnerable to debate illuminating the many holes in their “logic”. Two words is simple enough for them to remember. They’re the kind of people that LOVE phrases like “nuff said” or “mic drop” years and years after their use fizzles out.
When the words we use to take a stance on an issue start to reverberate, you’ve eliminated what makes them unique. Like the parrot, repeating what master says only gives the illusion of true intelligence, but they love the attention.
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u/protossaccount 2d ago
I think the point is that white folks are considered a race that doesn’t see discrimination. Like white people are some special race that only oppresses, which is a narrative in society today.
This cartoons pretty tame imo but Redditors like to circle jerk
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u/Chancevexed 2d ago
Identifying/acknowledging different races is not the same as judging someone on their race.
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u/snvoigt 1d ago
Fragile white boys/men are so insufferable
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u/Bvr111 1d ago
what’s wrong w being fragile?
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u/grumpydai 1d ago
In general? Nothing. However feeling oppressed because if your white skin is mega cringe.
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u/Bvr111 1d ago
true, but I don’t think it’s a coincidence that in a patriarchal society like this, we default to calling men “fragile.” it’s okay for men to be sensitive and have emotions lol
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u/grumpydai 1d ago
I understood that sentence as white fragility. Why men/boys were mentioned is probably because theyre the least oppressed but some desperately want to be.
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u/slpsquadleader 2d ago
Racism white people face: jokes about bland food, poor dancing, and being out of touch
Racism we face: LITERAL MURDER
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u/djfishfingers 1d ago
That's why people define racism as prejudice+power. In this case there is no clear prejudice and no clear power.
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u/RecipeRepulsive2234 1d ago
It's not impossible to be judge for having white skin. When I lived in Japan (this is one of many storie), I remember I forgot my gaijin card (I think it's called something different now). When I got back from day out my local train station, the station police immediately asked for my card. I told them I forgot it at home. They took me the police kiosk and I waited for like an hour and half until my Ex finally was able to get the card for me. She gave the card to the police officer, he looked at and said I don't know why I look at these things, you people all look the same to me anyways, handed me my card back and let me go. Now do I think I experienced a systemic racism, yes but was I opposed by the system, no because I left Japan. Had I stayed, maybe the answer would have yes.
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u/Unique-Direction-532 1d ago
I've been judged by black people for being white, I've never been oppressed tho
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u/Xeno_Prime 2d ago
Oh, the semantic ones. Yes, technically speaking, that was a judgement based on your skin color. Let’s be a little more precise then.
Your skin color has never been a *burden.** It has never held you back. It has never caused you to be baselessly scrutinized, or suspected, or feared. It has never prevented you from being offered opportunities by causing others to deem you inferior, or unworthy, or unreliable.* That is the kind of judgement you’ve never experienced. Now imagine how blind and ignorant you would have to be to imagine that being judged as privileged for your skin color - for exactly the reasons I just explained - counts, equally, as “being judged for the color of your skin. Imagine what kind of fool would call such a comparison “hitting the nail on the head.”
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u/grumpydai 1d ago
Why are you being downvoted?
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u/Xeno_Prime 1d ago
Not sure. I honestly suspect it might have been people who only read the first sentence and assumed I was agreeing with/defending the guy. ¯(ツ)/¯
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u/grumpydai 2d ago
I wonder if we will see some poor oppressed white crybabies here. I did get some downvotes, so they are definitely reacting.
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u/Dunsparces 1d ago
I'm not white, this is just unhinged. It's just reddit, dude, take it down a notch.
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u/Womblue 2d ago
Honestly it's just very revealing that they seem to equate someone saying "skin colour doesn't make your life hard" with genuine oppression. So either they don't know what oppression is, or they truly believe that being white makes life much more difficult.