They want someone below them to oppress and/or feel superior to; if those people were completely erased, they wouldn’t be happy about that either, unless they could find new victims.
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TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 months ago
The trouble is, you’re looking for internal consistency to their arguments. You need to look at the theme of the arguments: namely, they don’t like the “black people exist in the USA” part.
Damage@feddit.it 2 months ago
BumpingFuglies@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
People are complex, and sure, some are just racist, but I don’t think it’s that simple.
Hatred isn’t nearly as powerful an emotion as fear. White people complaining about non-white main characters aren’t necessarily racist; it’s more likely, I think, that they’re afraid of losing the only consistent part of the white identity: being the “default” race.
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 2 months ago
That’s racism with extra steps
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Racism is not just a belief or a behavior, but a system of disenfranchisement. The system of reinforcing white as the “default” is part of racism. Someone who harbors no specific beliefs about other races, but acts to support the inequality of racial groups is still being racist.
Or as another user put it more succinctly, “racism with extra steps.”