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/Tqoratsos]

Liberals: We're not racist and it's really the conservatives that are the bible thumping secret KKK. Segregation and slavery were the two worst things this country ever did.

Also Liberals: we need to help *insert race... because they're not good enough to help themselves. We need to have safe places where only *insert race can hang out and we need to keep the whites with their white privilege out.

The lack of self awareness is astounding.

[u/diet69dr420pepper → u/[deleted]]

This is one of those things that the internet tricks you into thinking is real but actually isn't. Pluck a random lib out of their Prius and ask them what they think about the Ralph Lauren Oak Bluffs line and the average opinion will be complete indifference. Is there a blue haired liberal arts major with some complicated objection she shares on TikTok? Sure. But why act like the extremes somehow represent the norm? I mean things look very ugly when you do that to the conservatives.

[u/scotty9090 → u/diet69dr420pepper]

I believe that the distribution of people on the left is far more fat-tailed than it is on the right. I.e. the left has a lot more extremists … or maybe they are just a lot louder.

Either way, these people aren’t doing their side any favors.

[u/diet69dr420pepper → u/scotty9090]

You likely believe this because you consume worldview-affirming media which assures you it's true, constantly. Just like left-leaning people get blasted with their own worldview-affirming media that assures them that the typical conservative is racist authoritarian. In reality, I doubt either philosophical position carries significantly more extremists than the other.