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There's something that I find horrifically condescending towards people of color in the woke community; the excuses for theft and violence as if somehow people
by snovv_crash 4y ago
There's something that I find horrifically condescending towards people of color in the woke community; the excuses for theft and violence as if somehow people are unable to control themselves or should avoid consequences for their actions has a stench of racism and superiority complex to me.
As someone who has been mistaken for Colombian, Moroccan, Egyptian and more, I would NEVER want to be given a leg up based on appearance or ethnicity, despite the fact that I've been lumped in with furniture delivery men at my own apartment or passed over for various opportunities. I would much rather try to break people's perceptions of the stereotype through my actions, than reinforce stereotypes through claiming that I need special treatment due to my deficiencies. I would rather work hard to make things better than be condescended towards, and I fervently hope others would too.
If you go to Eastern Europe you can see farmers in absolute poverty tilling their small plot with a donkey, and yet it is safe and the people are welcoming and friendly. If you go to Mozambique the markets are teeming with people who have but a few dollars to their name, and yet it's safe to sleep on the beach. What is so different with America's minority communities which invites the woke to be so overprotective towards them on the topic of violent crime? From what I've seen, usually this crime negatively affects the community it is from more than anyone else, anyways.