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The Arlington National Cemetery website has scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Native American, Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery. Only White males remain.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    603·
    6 days ago

    The anti-racism of USA is so shallow that it can be erased in a few weeks by editing a few websites and painting a few walls.

    • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
      502·
      6 days ago

      I think what truly did it in was having a black president. The casual racists got so mad that a black man was president they became hellbent on destroying the country.

      It’s quite sad.

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        6 days ago

        He’s not even black, he has a white mother. We are so racist as a country, that having a half-black very articulate president pissed everyone off.

        • palordrolap@fedia.io
          13·
          6 days ago

          Many white supremacists believe in the One-drop rule. Basically, to them, if you have even a single black ancestor within the last three or four generations, you’re black even if you don’t think you are, and should be treated as such.

          Obama didn’t even have the good grace to look white* so his ancestry doesn’t even matter. To them he was black.

          * I am, of course, being sarcastic here.

          • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            7·
            6 days ago

            I was gonna say that every human being has Black ancestors…of course, misunderstanding of that fact probably enables some racists

            • Worx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
              1·
              6 days ago

              Yeah, and then the sensible, up-standing, God-fearing citizens turned themselves white through sheer determination. Anyone who’s still black is lazy and lacking in moral character.

              • Some racist, probably
      • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
        9·
        6 days ago

        “Obama broke them” someone wrote. I thought it was hyperbole at first, but it makes sense. The process of turning the GOP into dumbfuck MAGAQOP started when he first became potus. The outrage over having a POC POTUS helped the process along nicely.

        OTOH it’s also when the age of social media kicked off.

      • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        6 days ago

        Firstly, many of them aren’t casual racists, they take it very seriously and train constantly, you need to respect their dedication.

        Secondly, yes it broke them.

        From their point of view we did it just to hurt and insult them, it was a declaration of total war and that’s basically how we ended up here.

        • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
          7·
          6 days ago

          Truly the majority don’t even realize they’re racist. They adamantly believe they’re not. They focus their hate on “illegals”, “thugs”, “welfare queens”, etc. When confronted by the fact that these are racist dog whistles they tend to get mad that you’d dare bring race into this and you’re the racist. They seem to actually believe that their beliefs transcend race.

          It’s up to you to decide if you believe they are generally ignorant or wearing a mask. I tend to believe these people are ignorant based on my personal experiences. These people will have non-white “friends” (usually just acquaintances) or even have non-white family members that they do care for. But at the same time they’ll celebrate the death of a minority because they were a “thug” that deserved it. The cognitive disodence is amazing.

          Truthfully we’ll see if these ignorant people are the majority or not shortly. The current administration is emboldening the racists so it’s only a matter of time before more go “mask off”

          • TexasDrunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            There are both groups, and some in-betweeners. I have known several actual white supremacists. They are who they are. They hold “church” and talk about how all this is to keep the white man down.

            I’ve known plenty who are casually racist but are more “I just don’t like them” than anything organized. They believe some of it, but they expect things to work out because they’re white so they don’t organize.

            I’ve known LOADS of people who are just ignorant. They live in a bubble where all they hear is about how the government is trying to give others a leg up and they’re jealous. Where’s their help? They grew up poor. If someone in their past benefited from slavery or oppression it was squandered. They have friends and family of color and genuinely love them. Some of them are white passing POC. They do tremendous harm out of ignorance and because they were lied to. That’s not an absolution, because they could go find the information, but an indictment of the media bubble that they’re in and some of the others they associate with.

            That doesn’t just go for racists. Sexists and LGBTQIA bigots are the same.