@Are0h It *is* a peculiar thing. I think it's because for them, the worst kind of attack they've ever felt is being called racist. So the only thing they know to do is to throw it back. You're RACIST, they cry. The real RACIST here is you.
Personally, I think everyone has biases and prejudices, everyone is a little "racist" in one way or another because nobody has a completely universal experience. It's always a struggle for me to fight my own biases. I hope I'm not the only one.
@JordiGH I'd agree everyone has their biases, but strongly disagree everyone is a little racist b/c that's not how it really works.
Black and Brown people in the States don't vote enmasse to harm white people because they feel the don't deserve rights, healthcare, etc.
Black and Brown folks don't go around calling the police on white people for walking down the street.
I don't care if people don't like me. The problem is that white folks use their social capital to harm everyone they don't.
@Are0h I think that's what those people who call you racist don't understand: the difference between racial bias and racism. So when they call you racist, they are just pointing out the racial bias that you have (rightfully) formed, as you do now when you speak in generalities of black, brown, and white people.
Racial lines in the US are very sharply drawn, in a way that seems really odd to foreigners. Like when people in the US debate if people like Jesse Williams is black or not.
@JordiGH But that's thing. I don't have 'racial bias'. I'm just a student of the history of my country. I don't speak in generalities based on skin color. I'm talking about trends of culture over time.
People who insist that I'm speaking about skin color purposefully mischaracterize what I'm saying to derail the conversations I have about historical behaviors.
That's probably b/c most people outside of the States don't understand the affects of the social dynamic here.