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Millennials Are More Racist Than They Think

11 points by mudil 12y ago

supercanuck 12y ago
>And when it comes to opinions on more structural issues, such as the role of government in solving social and economic inequality and the need for continued progress, millennials start to split along racial lines. Does this really mean they are "racist" though? I feel like whenever the word "Government" is thrown in there, the conversation can go sideways and it might be more about feelings towards what "government" is capable of. Maybe I'm naive though.
mudil 12y ago
I live in the Bay Area, where majority of people are pretty liberal. And what I noticed is that when people are talking about general stuff, they are all for equality, etc etc. But when it comes to their own issues, for example where their kids go to school, they are very bigoted and unashamed of it. I've had many conversations around cocktails when people would say pretty racist things about the composition of kids at a local public school.
EdwardDiego 12y ago
I've noticed there's a distinct backlash from the younger generations in post-colonial nations against the idea that 'they' owe anything to the original inhabitants of their countries, who often exist at the bottoms of our modern societies due to historical structural racism. Canadians have a reputation for being nice, but if you want to see unbridled racism (which is totally justified because <anecdote about a guy>), enter any Reddit thread on Canada's first peoples. Same for Australia, as a country they're incredibly warm and accepting - unless you're an Aborigine. My country is the same, but happily there seems to be more people in our online communities who are trying to correct the falsehoods and myths that people use to justify historical inequity - or use to challenge contemporary amends for historical wrongs. We're far from perfect, but yeah, anyone who thinks that the young people of today are less racist should probably talk to more middle class white kids.

11 points by mudil 12y ago

>And when it comes to opinions on more structural issues, such as the role of government in solving social and economic inequality and the need for continued progress, millennials start to split along racial lines. Does this really mean they are "racist" though? I feel like whenever the word "Government" is thrown in there, the conversation can go sideways and it might be more about feelings towards what "government" is capable of. Maybe I'm naive though.

mudil 12y ago

I live in the Bay Area, where majority of people are pretty liberal. And what I noticed is that when people are talking about general stuff, they are all for equality, etc etc. But when it comes to their own issues, for example where their kids go to school, they are very bigoted and unashamed of it. I've had many conversations around cocktails when people would say pretty racist things about the composition of kids at a local public school.

EdwardDiego 12y ago

I've noticed there's a distinct backlash from the younger generations in post-colonial nations against the idea that 'they' owe anything to the original inhabitants of their countries, who often exist at the bottoms of our modern societies due to historical structural racism. Canadians have a reputation for being nice, but if you want to see unbridled racism (which is totally justified because <anecdote about a guy>), enter any Reddit thread on Canada's first peoples. Same for Australia, as a country they're incredibly warm and accepting - unless you're an Aborigine. My country is the same, but happily there seems to be more people in our online communities who are trying to correct the falsehoods and myths that people use to justify historical inequity - or use to challenge contemporary amends for historical wrongs. We're far from perfect, but yeah, anyone who thinks that the young people of today are less racist should probably talk to more middle class white kids.