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_____dragon t1_jed665k wrote

I don't mean to sound racist in anyway so please don't take it as such, but why is racism against asians by black people such a common thing? It's just a pattern I've noticed.

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HelloJoeyJoeJoe t1_jed8sec wrote

>I don't mean to sound racist in anyway so please don't take it as such, but why is racism against asians by black people such a common thing?

I'd say it isn't so common as its probably the most acceptable (or even encouraged) type of racism.

See Shaq & Asians vs Kyrie & Jews.

Also large segments of our nation love it when PoCs fuck with each other

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Gumburcules t1_jeegoyw wrote

It's not the whole reason but one major aspect of it is that all throughout the 80s and 90s when crime was at its worst and there was very little development east of RCP, Asian people were the only ones willing to own and run businesses in many parts of the city.

These businesses were mostly corner stores and liquor stores, and had a reputation for charging high prices for low quality products. Even to this day if you go EOTR many if not most liquor stores, corner stores, and carryouts are owned and operated by Asian people. A significant amount of the anti-Asian sentiment is due to their reputation as profiteering off of the inability for poor black people to go to more competitive stores outside food deserts, and alleged racist treatment of their black customers.

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Practicalclosetsnob t1_jefi4st wrote

Did you ask yourself why it’s completely normal/accepted and encouraged in Asian communities as well?

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dcsnarkington t1_jegrj18 wrote

You know when people ask me if East Asians are racist towards black people, I usually have to preface it with there is a sliding scale of racism toward African Americans.

  1. Highest level of racism: enslaving an entire race of people creating a multinational industry to capture, transport them from africa and sell them in the Americas. From the 16th to the 19th century.

  2. Murdering people and using threats or violence to perpetuate a system of race based authority and rule. Jim Crowe south from the end of the civil war until the 1970s.

  3. Systemically denying a race of people civil rights and implementing second class citizenship supported by the government. Same as #2, but arguably a significant issue up until the early 1990s and lingering to this day.

  4. Individual cases of racist violence not supported by the govt. 2009 Charleston mass shooting.

  5. Being mean or something less than perfectly fair to someone because of their race. Not wanting someone to marry your daughter because he's black.

There might be some of 5) going on amongst East Asians, but not 1-4.

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Practicalclosetsnob t1_jegrq0g wrote

100% agree

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dcsnarkington t1_jegryfm wrote

I mean in all fairness the majority of non-black people on earth would probably not prefer their daughter marry a black man.

I think a lot of white people in America today have trouble admitting that to themselves. To include people who voted for Obama.

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22304_selling t1_jefijj5 wrote

no, because nobody cares about your pet issues.

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Practicalclosetsnob t1_jefj0zu wrote

Sheesh, you must be the family disappointment if you honestly that was clever, it probably took you a solid hour to come up with that. Typical …….

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sagarnola89 t1_jeewvrz wrote

Exactly, when the former (very White) President of the United States refers to Covid as the Kung Flu, we know this isn't a "Black on Asian" problem.

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Midnight_Morning t1_jef5hiu wrote

> but I’m sure I know which ones are downvoting. Asians, and even the Asians know this, are incredibly racist/prejudiced towards black people.

My first ever EEO Complaint in the fed workforce was with dealing with a racist Asian supervisor back in my TSA days. That piece of shit tried to bait me into swinging on him at work by chucking racial remarks. He got his in multiple ways when he sexually harassed some airline employees.

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