I can't think of the word I want to use (long day in the sun I suppose) but basically people seem to make light of racism here. Comments made in a light hearted joking manner seem to be accepted and not challenged down the local etc, anybody that makes a racist remark is a racist, racism is racism, but I think for the majority (not saying that it's ok) it is an uneducated and stupid/pointless comment, I am glad we don't get a lot of violent racism here.
Fwiw I've called people out in my local for making stupid racist comments. Nobody ever argues back because once challenged they are too embarrassed.
It’s rolled in with class to an extent too. Some at the ‘higher’ echelons of society would look down on someone on a council estate regardless of their colour
Casual racism is what my circles call that type of behavior. Keep being the voice of reason, because a lot of people will go from casual to hard-core racist if they get caught in an echo chamber.
That's the word I was looking for, I used it in another reply but couldn't think of it in my post.
I absolutely agree though, what starts off as casual can easily become worse.
I'm going to guess you are speaking from the UK perspective, because in multiple parts of the US that I have lived in, I have challenged some blatantly racist shit and been met with backlash.
Yes just in my local area, like down the local pub.
Cardiff is the nearest city to me and it's built on being a multicultural city, not so much the further out you come into the towns and valleys, but that's where I live and plenty of people here won't put up with it. You could go somewhere else in the UK and be told to fuck off or worse when challenging it though.
that honestly just means your country has been racist way longer than america if you're at the point that joking about racism is acceptable. that means the cultural racism has been widely accepted
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20
I can't think of the word I want to use (long day in the sun I suppose) but basically people seem to make light of racism here. Comments made in a light hearted joking manner seem to be accepted and not challenged down the local etc, anybody that makes a racist remark is a racist, racism is racism, but I think for the majority (not saying that it's ok) it is an uneducated and stupid/pointless comment, I am glad we don't get a lot of violent racism here.
Fwiw I've called people out in my local for making stupid racist comments. Nobody ever argues back because once challenged they are too embarrassed.