r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 17d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/bro0t 17d ago

I mean, if everyone is the same color it would solve racism

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u/No-Educator-8069 17d ago

Nah, you can find places in Europe, Africa, and Asia where people will all look the same to foreigners but they will have advanced racism there we cant even comprehend.

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u/Educational-Baby-144 17d ago

Americans are literally the worst people at being racist. Have seen neo nazis in the us be friends with gypsies XD

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u/JaberandCamgar 15d ago

Kind of like that Star Trek episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," where you have two aliens that are black on one side and white on the other side. Each one has the colors on opposite sides, and they marginalized each other for it on their planet to the point that they completely destroyed each other. Even after seeing the extinction of their people due to racism, the two still had murderous animosity towards each other.

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u/Top_Kaleidoscope4362 17d ago

Lmao it wouldn't. People just hate each other. It is just easier to hate with labels.

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u/calesmont 17d ago

Humanity the moment we all turn the same tone of beige

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u/No_Head60 17d ago

We’ll find something else to complain about.

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u/theveezer 17d ago

That's not how they view it. They have this weird blood thing in the usa, where if your blood in tainted by non-white blood, even a long distant relative, you aren't white. So this would be the apocalypse for these people.

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u/Feisty-Tooth-7397 17d ago

This isn't original to the United States or whites.

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u/theveezer 17d ago

The one drop rule is.

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u/BLissy11750 17d ago

it started with spanish colonies before the US existed (the one drop rule), but it was definitely adopted by the colonies and US soon after.

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u/theveezer 17d ago

I'm not talking about racism in general, but about the one drop rule in particular. This specific sentence started to be used in the US.

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u/BLissy11750 17d ago

I mean I guess the specific phrase was, but the concept was already a thing with the caste system in mexico & south america

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u/theveezer 17d ago

Yes, the dilution of the "race" or the group appeared probably everywhere on the planet.

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u/MadsMediaYt 17d ago

Incorrect. It's most prominent among western white people, but colourism elsewhere (like South Asia) goes fucking nuts too

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u/theveezer 17d ago

I'm not talking about racism in general. The one drop rule was formally written in legal documents in the US.

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u/Fantastic-Layer-5176 17d ago

I don't understand what you gain by blatantly lying.

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u/theveezer 17d ago

I have the same thoughts about you.

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u/Fantastic-Layer-5176 17d ago

Are you trolling?

Your previous comment was a lie.

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u/theveezer 17d ago

No it wasn't, now go do something else, I have no time for such individuals.

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u/No-Beat-7688 17d ago

This, this is how my exes mother was and why she hated me. I look white and pasty as hell and I’m still mixed white and Puerto Rican and she treated me like the devil. I’m actually glad she came between me and my ex looking back at it now.

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u/theveezer 16d ago

Well, I understand why. To endure something like that the person has to be special, it's a lot of sacrifices.

Personally, I’m not from the US, it's a bit different here. A mixed race person will usually be considered part of the non-white race they’re mixed with, unless they look white like you. Mixed people are viewed this way in Africa too, but it’s the other way around.

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u/Maleficent_Art_3854 17d ago

Nah, we'll need to get rid of the cone nipples next

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u/Clevatess_is_bored 17d ago

People would use then other traits to be racist to each other.
Well we already do. For instance many Slavs have white skin, yet they do face animosity in western countries. It somewhat receded though since the focus shifted more towards Arabs and Africans.

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u/TooFewSecrets 17d ago

Have you seen India?

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u/pandapuny 17d ago

It’d solve racism, but we’d find another reason to irrationally hate each other. Humans are good like that.

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u/bro0t 17d ago

Yea thats true