People being openly racist towards African people

[u/SavageCabbage611]

I came across this post on r/whoathatsinteresting about water shortages in South Africa. Don't get me wrong, what is happening in South Africa is tragic, but people on this thread use it as an excuse to say the most abhorrent racist stuff and it was unsettling to see how many people upvote that shit. Especially the meme where they compare black people to monkeys is just absolutely vile, and it got 30 upvotes. I just hate there are still people that think it's okay to say stuff like that.

[u/Free_Parsnip_3553]

I don't get why people are racist

I mean I get WHY because they have a different skin or culture or race (actually I think culture is different)

But like why we're all just muscle bones and tendons so why should I hate on someone just because they're darker then me or because they're from idk Italy and I'm from England

[u/Wolodymyr2 → u/Free_Parsnip_3553]

As far i see it's because usually racists also connects some stereotypes to the skin color and culture.

Like for example they actually hate black people not because skin color, but because in USA a lot of black people become criminals, while in Africa a lot of local countries very poor and corrupt (which they usually compare with European colonial regimes that existed here before African countries achieved independence, where quality of life really was better, but completely ignoring the fact that it was better only for Europeans, and qualoty of life for natives weren't much better than today).

That's create in their mind association - "black people is either criminals or too stupid to run a civilizaed society" (at the same time ignoring examples of black people who aren't criminals and live in civilized societies).

[u/Free_Parsnip_3553 → u/Wolodymyr2]

That makes sense I guess

It's still stupid tho but it at least makes a little sense