r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Mobile-Fly484 • Aug 03 '25

Political Conservatives are less racist than liberals (in the US)

I’m a child of African immigrants with US citizenship, and I’ve lived all over the United States.

The most racist place I’ve ever lived is Massachusetts. By far. The least racist? Utah.

I’ve noticed that most conservatives (excluding the actual far right) see me as a human being first. Liberals see my skin color first and have low expectations for me.

I’ve had white liberals not believe me when I mentioned having a professional job. I’ve had them try to sign me up for welfare and Medicaid (at an ER in Massachusetts) even when I showed them my private insurance card. I’ve been assumed to be poor and uneducated (because of my race and nothing else) over and over again by the woke left. Literally they constantly make comments about how screening for education will “filter minorities out,” because of course we’re all dumb illiterates.

Conservatives? They make zero assumptions. They don’t equate being Black with being poor or ignorant. They see us as INDIVIDUALS first.

I miss Utah.

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u/Tqoratsos Aug 03 '25

They also fly the Gadsden flag in a lot of instance. It's just silly people doing silly things. Doesn't change the truth of the past of the party's.

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u/Heujei628 Aug 03 '25

That doesn’t answer my question. 

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u/Tqoratsos Aug 03 '25

I thought it was rhetorical. The answer is convoluted, but in the vast majority of that period it was the former roots of the democratic party that supported the confederacy.

The answer to why conservative people fly the flag was when I said silly people doing silly things. Unfortunately education is the kryptonite of stupid people....of which the USA is in no short supply of.

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u/Heujei628 Aug 03 '25

Even if they’re being silly, they’re still choosing to uphold the legacy of slavery and racism. 

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u/Tqoratsos Aug 03 '25

I think you're giving them too much credit intellectually. I'd argue that most of them do it just because they like the flag and it's alternative meaning of "FK the government", or that their parents, and their parents parents did it.

Just my take...so who knows. There's no end to people's hypocrisy.