So my girlfriend and i are both generally interested in politics etc and sometimes ofc race comes up (we are both white). Her old partner was black and she sometimes talks about how her old partner's friends and family didn't like her "because she was white" and that she had to learn to be okay with that, and that white people need to learn that "black people have a right to not like them because they are white"
Do you folks have any thoughts on this? It feels weird to me, like no one should not like another person based on their skin color. But also I don't wanna be the white guy screaming "REVERSE RACISM, WHAT IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED????" I usually just nod along
It depends on who I'm talking to. Sometimes I will lean into the reverse racism part if I know I can talk them through it and explain how nothing is accomplished w/ that way of thinking.
So my girlfriend and i are both generally interested in politics etc and sometimes ofc race comes up (we are both white). Her old partner was black and she sometimes talks about how her old partner's friends and family didn't like her "because she was white" and that she had to learn to be okay with that, and that white people need to learn that "black people have a right to not like them because they are white"
Do you folks have any thoughts on this? It feels weird to me, like no one should not like another person based on their skin color. But also I don't wanna be the white guy screaming "REVERSE RACISM, WHAT IF THE ROLES WERE REVERSED????" I usually just nod along
It depends on who I'm talking to. Sometimes I will lean into the reverse racism part if I know I can talk them through it and explain how nothing is accomplished w/ that way of thinking.
Otherwise I just smile and nod.
disliking someone forever because of their skin colour: big yikes
distrusting someone before you know them better because of their skin colour: smol yikes but sometimes understandable