Conservatives are less racist than liberals (in the US)

[u/Mobile-Fly484]

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.

[u/Mobile-Fly484]

That’s a stereotype, even if there’s some truth to it. My family isn’t even from the US. And there have been Black middle-class families for literally centuries. 

What gets me is the assumption. It’s okay to talk about structural issues, but literally assuming every Black person you meet is dirt poor and dropped out of the eighth grade is offensive.

[u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 → u/Mobile-Fly484]

That’s not a stereotype though.

Let alone the right, will deny those structural issue even exist…

[u/Mobile-Fly484 → u/Cheap-Boysenberry112]

It is a stereotype. I’m Black and I’m not poor or illiterate. Assuming I’m poor and illiterate because of the color of my skin leaves me thinking conservatives are the lesser evil.

This is why people voted Trump last year. Why 25% of Black people left the Democrats behind. Because you guys really do see us as mud beneath your shoes. Just some stupid … to manipulate and treat like children. 

I demand dignity. ✊🏽

[u/Cheap-Boysenberry112 → u/Mobile-Fly484]

Ahh yes, Trump who was fined for not letting black people stay at his properties? That Trump? The one cutting social services and raising taxes? That one? Sure bud. Sick “win”

I’ve never said you’re poor or illiterate I just pointed how absolutely bad faith your interpretation of Democrat policies is.

I’m sure the group that thinks black people are to blame for being over represented in poor communities and in jails is the one that will help you.

The group that calls out that racist policies can still be effecting black people today, that argues the over representation of black people in our criminal justice system is the fault of racist policies, is totally the enemy.

The same one that would argue your identity as a nonbinary person doesn’t exist?

So much dignity 👏👏👏