notable lines from andy weir’s “the martian”
god i loved this book
‘the oppression the irish faced proves racism against whites is real!’
a) thats xenophobia, not racism. the americans hated us because we were from ireland, not because we were fucking white lol.
b) learn the difference between ‘these people are from a different country, get them out of here’ and ‘these people are of a different race, get them out of here’
c) stop using us as a gotcha against black ppl, you racist shitbags
good post op, i have something to add if you dont mind d) the people using irish discrimination never seem to mention that a part of why the irish were seen as inferior is because they were believed to be closely descended from black people because of shared characteristics heres a good example of what i mean: http://imgur.com/GhEjW4U (sort of hard to read but its the clearest version i could find) so honestly the discrimination the irish faced also helps show just how much racism black people faced, now if people will stop pretending it means “”“reverse racism”“” is real that’d be gr8 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
unlearn racism & white supremacy without expecting some kind of pat on the back for believing in basic human rights
uhhh sorry for the wordiness i guess but i want to get awareness up on a chronic behavior that isn’t very well known!! and i haven’t seen anything for bfrb week on my dash at all so
i’m by no means an expert on BFRBs but feel free to send me any questions or stories! (or correct me if i got something wrong)
