The turboracism of the Tea Party Repubs is basically a knee-jerk reaction to seeing a black man in the Oval Office.
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Nemo@midwest.social 1 month ago
How old were you in 2008? Because I saw some really ugly racism directed at him both when he was running and during that first term. It went up, not down.
barsquid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
BadmanDan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I was 10
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, that’s probably why. I’m 38 and racism has always been prevalent here. If anything, I’d say it was worse when Obama was president because all the racists/White Supremacists didn’t want a black guy running the country since it has been white guys since the 1700s.
whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
No … I was also around that age and remember all the monkey jokes about Obama. This guy just isn’t paying attention idk lol
GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Some live a more sheltered life, and there’s always a varying degree of racism in different areas.
My experience was of becoming an adult right around that time, which just meant other adults were now suddenly ok being openly racist around me, and boy did they have a lot to say around that time.