It felt like it was uncool to have even a touch of racism when Obama got elected and through his presidency. But since the MAGA movement, I feel like subtle and out-right racism has increased. Like a gateway was opened.

Am I trippin?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    70·
    6 months 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.

      • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        6 months 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
          14·
          6 months 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
            17·
            6 months 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.

            • whoreticulture
              9·
              6 months ago

              I am talking about national news … remember the Obama monkey dolls?

              • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                11·
                6 months ago

                Holy crap haha. No, I either forgot or dont remember and had to look it up. Man, they didn’t even wait for the man to get in office before selling racist memorabilia.

                • whoreticulture
                  10·
                  6 months ago

                  YUP it was really bad, and then half the country turned extra racist, the other half pretended racism was solved because we had a black president.

            • Tinidril@midwest.socialEnglish
              6·
              6 months ago

              My experience as a suburban white kid growing up in the Reagan era was that racism was just something to learn about in history class. Part of me really misses being that naive.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      The turboracism of the Tea Party Repubs is basically a knee-jerk reaction to seeing a black man in the Oval Office.