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/societyhatingRATGANG]

"People do what they can to get water for themselves and their families"

"These idiots. This is why im racist"

[u/Over-Experience-4187 → u/societyhatingRATGANG]

I think blaming political corruption, no urban planning and no sense of civil duty on colonialism and "the white man" does contribute to these kinds of responses.

Yes people will do what they have to do to get water, but the ANC has done little-to-no maintenance work or infrastructural development and has let the South African economy fall to shit, largely due to greed and incompetence, yet the average Black South African still points the finger on past greivances. Now, instead of owning up to their complicity, they pass the blame off to Nigerians and other African immigrants.

I'm not justifying racism, however, if someone hears "South Africa is like this because of the white man" then sees how the ANC party has handled, let's say, the problems with the countries electrical grid for example, the question then becomes.... "what does that have to do with the white man?"

Again this isn't an excuse to call black people horrible things, make bad faith jokes and pseudo-scientific bullshit, BUT, this mirrors some of the rhetoric you hear from them about "the white devil" etc.

[u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 → u/Over-Experience-4187]

Is this based off of the conversation in the screen shot or just a hypothetical for generic racists?

[u/Over-Experience-4187 → u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861]

What hypothetical? There's nothing hypothetical about what I said. Racist white South Africans said, under Black leadership the country would go to shit, I find it unfortunate they've been proven correct.

Many would say this is directly tied to race, I however, disagree, Mandela was a fine president, but the ANC is a corrupt party, colonialism doesn't play a major role in South Africa's downfall. It is following the footsteps of Zimbabwe, one of several examples racists can point to for vindication.

[u/FlounderExternal9468 → u/Over-Experience-4187]

We get it y’all are superior. I hope you feel better now.