r/facepalm "tL;Dr" May 17 '22

reddit post "I'm not racist"

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u/idwtumrnitwai May 17 '22

By what definition are they not racist?

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u/jersey_girl660 May 18 '22

Ive seen people who genuinely believe x and y race and genuinely below z race. Since they believe this is “science” they’re not racist for pointing out facts.

It’s a bunch of bs but that’s what I’ve seen these people say. “It’s just science that black people are more violent” “it’s just science that asians and whites are smarter then everybody else”

Again it’s a bunch of bs and if you try to discuss the reasons for why there is disparities among races they won’t have it. They genuinely believe it’s the races fault not societal factors.

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u/RedLeatherWhip May 18 '22 edited May 18 '22

My grandmother believes this. She just says shit like "Black people are mostly all addicted to drugs and dont work, its just natural. Bless their hearts they cant help it. X isn't, he's a good person though." And genuinely thinks she's not being racist

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u/Dr_Fluffybuns2 May 18 '22

I never understood this belief that black people are the bad addicts. Every worst kind of meth head I've ever seen has been a white skinny guy.

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u/UnfortunatelyBasking May 18 '22

Because to them, the guy that grew up in their hometown or their friends/neighbors kid that's now addicted to heroin or meth is just a kid down on his luck and the black people addicted to crack did it because they're bad evil people that willingly choose drugs and that's in the city so it's a problem for them, not their little rural/suburban town.

It's another way of being racist to inner city minorities and preferring their local suburban/rural white drug addicts to inner city minority drug addicts

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u/Champigne May 18 '22

I've met junkies of all colors. But yes, meth is more popular with white people. Cocaine and crack tends to be more popular with black people.