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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.

  • 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.