• slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    To add to your point. So something I found interesting was about 20 years ago when I was a wee young lad, I was curious about racism, cause it seemed so alien to me how can you hate someone just cause of some physical attributes. I found myself in some dark corner of the internet where people were talking some vile shit about black and brown people, and it broke my brain, I think this was even before reddit or 4chan. Then couple of years back a friend of mine was talking about the shit people say on Twitter now, and I was not phased one bit, cause I had already heard it 20 years ago. That space has always been there where people go mask off, it’s just grown to a lot more spaces off late. Some people need to touch grass, maybe even smoke it.

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      2 hours ago

      Agreed, it definitely has always been there. I’m from a diverse family that covers all races, as well as many ethnicities and countries of origin. Even within my family, I’ve experienced racism, colorism, etc, and it was always baffling to me growing up. I think the internet has allowed the ghouls to finally feel comfortable taking their mask off in public. If we could stop that hate, especially from majority groups (regionally dependant), then we could truly push for societies that lift us all up.