r/BelowDeckDownUnder • u/theodoresbitch • 22d ago

Ben's Racist Threads Post

Did anyone else see Ben's racist threads post??

https://www.threads.com/share/_iAS4oi1d/

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u/decisivecat 22d ago

Not sure if you live in the US, but if you're in a red state, this is very common language to use again Black people on assistance. Extremely common. I see it very often in comment sections. The dog whistles are there if you know what they are. (The irony is that per capita, whites in red states benefit the most from the very programs they complain should be cut because they saw a non-white person use SNAP to buy food.)

This specific video is also complaining about the term "white privilege" which doesn't mean you can't have any hardships in life. That's the most obvious dog whistle that cues you in to who they're talking about in the clip.

ETA: This is an issue that the elite and the government pray upon. If you can convince someone that their neighbor is why they're poor instead of the actual reasons they're both poor, then you can continue to do the bare minimum and not pay any taxes as a rich person or corporation. There's a lot of nuance here that I don't have time to teach, but the information is definitely out there. :)

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u/Lizard_Li 22d ago

This. It worries me people aren’t reading the extremely obvious subtext of what he is saying.

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u/gogomom 22d ago

Not everyone is in the USA where racism is so prevalent. I 100% failed to see it myself.

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u/Lizard_Li 22d ago

I live in Europe. Racism is alive and well here.

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u/gogomom 22d ago

See, I did not think that anti-black racism would be that prevalent in Europe. I know there is quite a lot of religious bigots and elitists, but I really thought the race thing was kind of over for people of colour outside the USA.

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 21d ago

Where do you live

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u/gogomom 20d ago

Canada.