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[–] Commxende 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Traditional racism is all but dead, obviously. Blacks can't be owned, they can't be segregated, and they can't be discriminated against in any meaningful way (hurt feelings on the internet doesn't count).

We're in an era though where racism towards the dominant race is flourishing. This is only part of a larger trend of bigotry towards any group that is perceived to have a superior position (white, men, heteros, evil capitalist pigs). I have a theory on the true source of this trend, but first I want to point out that the democrats have recognized it and use it repeatedly to gain votes/power. They do so with the following process:

1) Separate the population into (typically 2) groups. It's easiest to do this along existing biological lines (men vs women, black vs white, young vs old), but is also possible along less obvious lines (rich vs poor, employer vs employee, property owner vs tenant).

2) Tell the group that is perceived to be in the weaker position that they have been exploited or wronged in some way due to the bigotry of the stronger group.

3) Tell the stronger group that they should be ashamed for having done some undefinable crime against the weaker group. Guilt by association is important in this step, though now they can also point to institutionalized bigotry in which some nebulous entity is the true source of the discrimination and so even if you aren't guilty of any action and no member of your group is guilty of any action, you're still all guilty because of this unseen force that is acting to discriminate in your favor.

This technique works because as a result of step 2, the vast majority of people in the weaker group will gladly buy into this victimhood (92% black vote for Obama), as it provides a convenient excuse for any failure they experience in their life, while also giving them hope that this Robin Hood will come along and correct the injustice that prevents them from succeeding. Also critical to the success of this strategy is that as the result of step 3, they will still gain a significant amount of support from the strong group, but only when that stronger group has a tendency towards empathy that can be exploited.

Again, I don't think the Democrats are the source of the bigotry towards the group that is perceived to be stronger/superior, but they certainly exploit that trend for personal gain. I suspect this anti-superior bigotry comes from the same place as much of human behavior, our biology. In this specific case, every single person goes through the process of growing up, which entails many years spent as a subordinate to the wishes of others. The rebellion of teens against their parents is an example of how we wish to fight for the freedom to be masters of their own lives. And this rebellion lasts all the way through adulthood as everyone wishes to have control of their lives. What would you do if someone came along with a compelling story that said you were not in control of all aspects of your life and explained why you hadn't achieved all you had hoped in your life? No longer were you a failure because of your own doing, but now this person tells you it isn't your fault. What if they came along and could point to a group of people with a narrative of how they had oppressed a group that you belong to, and that they could correct this problem?

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[–] Commxende 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The one thing I'm unsure of is this: I think most of us understand this aspect of human nature and how it is exploited. Why is the seemingly obvious so difficult to grasp for many others? Was there a time when humans all understood this, or have these group identity charlatans been around since the beginning of time? Has this group identity exploitation been on the rise or fall? If it's been on the rise, why are people less savvy to certain aspects of human nature now?

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[–] whitewomenarewhores 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Group identity has been with us since the dawn of time. It is perhaps the most primitive of all human concepts aside from the desire to feed, shit, and fuck.