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Originally Posted by choof
we're all pretty aware that racism towards whites isn't possible in america unless you're saying that the fixation on white people killing other white people is racist towards minorities
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The casual racism is towards minorities
because when the populace see something like black shootings it's """par for the course""" and thus less of a spectacle
but when the Righteous White Man starts shooting, it's seen as abnormal, thus the media coverage
EDIT: This is apparent over the years in how it's always about mental health when it's a white shooter. This is because "white people aren't like that, so this white shooter has something wrong with him."
When it's a black person or a Muslim, it's terrorism or thuggery. There's a clear double standard.
DOUBLE EDIT: To be clear, I'm asserting that America is afraid to admit that white people have historically been "holier than thou" when it comes to violence, but engage in it just as frequently as (if not more than) other American populations.
And that realization is gonna be real fucking hard for this country in particular, given how our culture and heritage has specifically capitalized off of the systemic and systematic oppression of the "other."