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DfcukinLite t1_j3hgmbk wrote

Reply to comment by ltong1009 in I got my welcome to Baltimore by BayernMunich334

It’s not my job to change anyone’s mind on racism. It’s my job to tell them how stupid they are. Generally people with low IQs are racist and I don’t waste my time on stupid people.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/is-racism-just-a-form-of-stupidity.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845100/

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ltong1009 t1_j3hhjnm wrote

I’d argue that it’s all of our jobs to fight racism and therefore to have productive discussions on race that lead to less racism in our society. Calling people stupid is counterproductive, even though racism and low IQ are indeed strongly correlated.

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DfcukinLite t1_j3hhvhg wrote

Calling people exactly what you they are is very productive to me. People lack self awareness.

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ltong1009 t1_j3hjgep wrote

Calling a spade a spade is called for at times. But the OP admitted to racist feelings that he doesnt like having. Telling him he’s stupid doesn’t help him process those feelings. He needs to be told these feelings are understandable given the trauma. But those feelings shouldn’t be directed to a whole group of people. His attackers could have easily been any color or group. They happened to be black because of the whole history of systemic racism. His anger shouldn’t be directed to group of disadvantaged people, but at the system that created this situation he was put in. He should be able to run in any neighborhood without fear.

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DfcukinLite t1_j3hk2u9 wrote

They’re not understandable. Stop coddling and pacifying racist

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