Ok, some of this is straight up Captain Obvious quotes but anyway...
Anyone who thinks it is "interesting to see" racism "coming out of the woodwork" from the right needs to rethink the bubble they live in. Perhaps also consider the totality instead of just how things affect themselves for a change? One-issue vote against "meritocracy" has condemned millions of people in the same racial demo- brown people of origins outside the nativist anglo dome- to a world of hurt and probably are endangering themselves to boot.
It was always "fuck you, Brownie". Not sure why they don't see that, as smart as they are (or think they are).
And where the fuck do they see a "meritocracy" at in America? Most of our celebs are nepo babies. The two biggest players - Trump and Leon - inherited their money from racists who took advantage of a biased system.
I know what the American dream was supposed to be, but everyone woke up from that shit about 40 years ago.
The thing about "high-caste" Indian immigrants beliefs (specifically those who buy into the whole caste thing) is that they believe that being born high-caste is a reward for the merit of their previous life. You can't argue that people's birth circumstances aren't meritocratic because they actually believe it to be so.
And in the US we have puritan values that say if you are righteous and favored by god it will show up as earthly blessings, so of course if you’re rich and successful you deserve because you’re such a great person!
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u/TheRealEkimsnomlas 2d ago edited 2d ago
Ok, some of this is straight up Captain Obvious quotes but anyway...
Anyone who thinks it is "interesting to see" racism "coming out of the woodwork" from the right needs to rethink the bubble they live in. Perhaps also consider the totality instead of just how things affect themselves for a change? One-issue vote against "meritocracy" has condemned millions of people in the same racial demo- brown people of origins outside the nativist anglo dome- to a world of hurt and probably are endangering themselves to boot.