Racism in the US is a little complicated but fear of the 'other' is probably the best simple explanation. A hundred twenty years ago the Irish weren't white, Italians weren't white. White for all intents and purposes was white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. You're hard pressed to identify someone who's grandparents were Irish or Italian today. They're white enough. I can possibly see Latinos becoming white enough in a hundred years as they integrate and marry white Americans. Ted fucking Cruz is Cuban when it suits him politically. But blackness doesn't integrate the same way. If you're half black you still look very black. And the genetic dominance of African features is a random and unfortunate continuing identifier of otherness. At least that's my take.
May I be a dick? Racism anywhere is not complicated. Racial relationships are. US, South Africa, Russia, and now Germany, France, Sweden... It's those relationships that one has to address to better the situation. People will always find something negative about others. Finding positives despite differences... that takes some education and persuasion.
LOL you're mind-numbingly out-of-touch with normal communicative behavior. No surprise there, considering some of the things I've seen you say, but it's still fascinating watching you try. Fuck outta here with that shit. The term "racism" also encompasses the idea of "race relations" among many others, and all of it's complicated as fuck. So what? You win no edgy, "dick"-ish points for trying to draw a semantic difference between racism and race relations based on which one's more "complicated". Like wut? The distinction is meaninglessly myopic at this level of conversation - a conversation you pursued in bad faith, so it's no wonder taco isn't into it. We've been down similar paths before with your pointless quibbling over semantics. Your behavior in confrontation is familiar to everyone on this site, and I don't expect this time to go any better.May I be a dick?
Racism anywhere is not complicated. Racial relationships are.
I keep hearing that. Do better.you're mind-numbingly out-of-touch with normal communicative behavior
You wanna talk about it? Shoot me a private message. We'll talk. There's a conversation to be had in these here comments, and how much of a dick you think I am ain't it.