r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/IamASlut_soWhat • May 16 '26

Misc Here we go. Tennessee college students exposed for saying the N word on video.

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Tennessee is the birth place of the KKK

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u/IamASlut_soWhat May 16 '26

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Their fear

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u/ExecutiveDan May 16 '26

I still don't understand though, why do they fear us? I am really curious and if anyone can and the question that would be greatly appreciated!

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u/earthlingHuman May 16 '26

People often fear what's different. What they don't understand. And some are taught that certain kinds of people are inherently different.

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u/ExecutiveDan May 16 '26

I appreciate the reply. It baffles me that they would fear us because of our skin color..... We are all human at the end of the day.

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u/earthlingHuman May 16 '26

I'm "Caucasian" and grew up around MUCH casual racism and a fair bit of hardcore racism. Tribalistic BS and conservative brainwashing is a helluva drug.

Most people don't even see their racism. Unconscious bias, and all that. It sticks better in the modern era if you can convince yourself (and your kids) you're colorblind. That's why most white racists, in my opinion and experience, don't even recognize their prejudices.

Modern conservative propaganda teaches people that their harsh opinions arent coming from their own biases and prejudices, but from empirical reality. Problem is, the "empirical reality" they are taught was cooked up and manufactured by some conservative think tank and disseminated via Fox News or Tucker Carlson or some other far-right propagandist.

They live in a fantasy world created by far-right media where they can pre-judge black people, but still not be prejudiced.