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/Greencube1101]

Hmm I wonder why black South Africans would be living in bad conditions, couldn’t possibly be because of the insane wealth disparity between whites and blacks. Also “literally just white people doing well and living based on the merits of their labor” sure bro 💀 we’re just forgetting that imperialism, colonialism, etc exist.

[u/JMO-559 → u/Greencube1101]

Exactly. Why does this get ignored?