(February 10, 2020 at 6:02 pm)Shell B Wrote:(February 10, 2020 at 2:55 pm)Athene Wrote: White Supremacy is not a shark; It is the water.
-Guante
Not all white people care for white supremacy or are remotely racist. Just think some folks need reminding of that fact. I don't care to be stereotyped any more than black people do.
I didn't stereotype anyone with that quote, Shell. Nor was I wasn't calling you out, specifically.
The quote simply illustrates how White Supremacy is perceived VS what it actually is. It is not simply a matter of a few Neo-Nazi screaming "We hate n**gers!" at a rally or other assorted "baddies" wearing their hatred on their sleeves.
It is systemic.
A system of systems right here, today, in the Land of the Free that impact and shape millions of people's lives in countless horrific ways that most people are unaware of or simply do not wish to see.
And while the U.S. government is the architect of White Supremacy in this country, systemic racism could not persist without the majority of this nation's citizens toeing the line for it, pretending it's just a matter of a few bad apples and thus "not that bad", or that it doesn't exist at all.
That's the truth.