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Ving_Rhames posted...

_RETS_ posted...

You don't think hoax hate crimes, baseless accusations of racism

You mean like the white people who claimed they were attacked in viewings of Black Panther?
You mean like the white people who took a picture of a model with halloween makeup on and claimed it was an attack from black people on her because she's white?
You mean like the white people who make up this statistic? https://www.newsweek.com/white-americans-feel-they-are-victims-discrimination-new-poll-shows-691753

And that isn't even new, they thought they were the most "discriminated against" since 2014. Come off it.

What is this dumbass what-aboutism? Yes, I mean like those scenarios. Though I am willing to bet for every story like those you will find 5 like the one with the restaurant not letting that black (and right before her, white) lady in after closing and it blowing up like some huge race issue.

And the latter stories blow up in the media and on social media way, way more than the ones you describe. I'm just not sure what your point is. Mine was simply that racist incidents have not necessarily increased, but things being misrepresented as racism without facts and the media-driven narrative that launches off of that have certainly increased. Not only are actual incidents more widely viewed and known about (even if they are not actually occurring more than any other time) because of the prevalence of cameras and 24 hour news, but now more issues are twisted into race issues because there is a clear agenda behind it.