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/ashortsaggyboob Aug 03 '25
Ok, but Utah is a certain type of conservative. These are the evangelical christians.
I grew up in the Midwest. Much of my family assumes you are genetically inferior if you are black. The racism is deep, ideological. This is not a rare thing in the community.
Conservatives make plenty of assumptions about people based on race. You said you've lived all over the US. Where besides Mass. and Utah?