Even my racist older brother voted for Harris, because even though he is racist af, still is smart enough to know he’d be the victim of racism himself. (We are Chinese-American) He didn’t want himself deported lol. Especially trump’s “China Virus” rhetoric didn’t sit well with him (nor me). He also voted Hillary in 2016, Biden in 2020 btw, he registers as a Democrat.
Had he been born in the US and were white, he’d probably voted trump. Votes for self-interest basically.
He’s still ranting about “Black People” and “Mexicans” taking up benefits, I guess he was the type of person Harris was pandering to with the “secure the borders” rhetoric 🙄
Edit: Also, he’s an asshole. Toxic af to me. Zero empathy. Claims that I’m “faking” depression. Just because someone is a “Democrat” doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a nice person.
We are extremely tribalistic. Sociology teaches about ethnocentrism, and no human is immune to it if we are honest with ourselves. When resources are scarce or there are cultural differences, you’ll always prioritize your nation, your tribe, your family if all other things are held constant.
Which is sad because we have enough resources to go around. We need to unite under one banner of humanism, somehow…
It’s the same in the UK and I expect most other “westernised” countries. I’m from the UK and we have quite a large Indian population who mainly immigrated in the 70s. In my last job I worked with a bunch of second/third generation Indian immigrants before Brexit happened and they all hated the idea of more immigrants coming into the country. It’s quite amazing how narrow-minded and selfish people are.
Reminds me of UK PM Rishi Sunak getting surprised at the “Paki” racial slur used against him. I’m like: Dude, you’re a conservative, what did you expect from your fellow conservatives?
Lighter Asians did it a lot in similar ways, with some similar reasoning. Pale “jade skin” and such has definitely been praised in China and Japan, and whitening of the skin with makeup goes back centuries. Negative treatment or “exotic” treatment of dark skinned Asians (especially Pacific Islanders) is kinda common too, and darker skinned westerners find it harder to live there and work there than white westerners.
Even my racist older brother voted for Harris, because even though he is racist af, still is smart enough to know he’d be the victim of racism himself. (We are Chinese-American) He didn’t want himself deported lol. Especially trump’s “China Virus” rhetoric didn’t sit well with him (nor me). He also voted Hillary in 2016, Biden in 2020 btw, he registers as a Democrat.
Had he been born in the US and were white, he’d probably voted trump. Votes for self-interest basically.
He’s still ranting about “Black People” and “Mexicans” taking up benefits, I guess he was the type of person Harris was pandering to with the “secure the borders” rhetoric 🙄
Edit: Also, he’s an asshole. Toxic af to me. Zero empathy. Claims that I’m “faking” depression. Just because someone is a “Democrat” doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a nice person.
My mind boggles when immigrants (of different ethnicity) are racist to other immigrants.
You should’ve left the feeling of unbased racial superiority to the caucasians. We’re really fucking good at it.
We are extremely tribalistic. Sociology teaches about ethnocentrism, and no human is immune to it if we are honest with ourselves. When resources are scarce or there are cultural differences, you’ll always prioritize your nation, your tribe, your family if all other things are held constant.
Which is sad because we have enough resources to go around. We need to unite under one banner of humanism, somehow…
Provoke an alien civilization to invade us and we’ll be under one banner and redirect the xenophobia against the extraterrestials 🤓
It’s the same in the UK and I expect most other “westernised” countries. I’m from the UK and we have quite a large Indian population who mainly immigrated in the 70s. In my last job I worked with a bunch of second/third generation Indian immigrants before Brexit happened and they all hated the idea of more immigrants coming into the country. It’s quite amazing how narrow-minded and selfish people are.
There are people in Romania who complain about immigrants while their family is working in another country
Reminds me of UK PM Rishi Sunak getting surprised at the “Paki” racial slur used against him. I’m like: Dude, you’re a conservative, what did you expect from your fellow conservatives?
Lighter Asians did it a lot in similar ways, with some similar reasoning. Pale “jade skin” and such has definitely been praised in China and Japan, and whitening of the skin with makeup goes back centuries. Negative treatment or “exotic” treatment of dark skinned Asians (especially Pacific Islanders) is kinda common too, and darker skinned westerners find it harder to live there and work there than white westerners.