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Originally Posted by njqt466  HyperHulk, I just looked at your profile and noticed you are currently in Australia. Did you ever live in the United States?
The experience of being a black person in America is probably vastly different than that of a black person in Oz, England or Turkey. My point is, I know every country has racism, but it exhibits itself differently in different countries. |
NJQT--it'd be great if you didn't presume that I was an idiot. I'm trying to get to a deeper understanding of something that seems primal--this deep hatred of the one person I can imagine who has achieved this level of prominence who should defy all conventional racist beliefs and stereotypes.
I'm African-American, I grew up in the US my whole life except for the last couple of years and I have more formal education than 99.9% of the population. And yes, I'm struggling to understand something that seems inexplicable but is very real.
Hate doesn't exist in a vacuum. When you hate something, you have reasons. I'm trying to learn what those specific reasons are. Maybe I won't get anyone who can articulate their hatred beyond, he's Black and that's enough. I'm hoping someone can.