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[–] 58 points 3 weeks ago (66 children)

It’s like thinking reverse racism is a thing.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

    He very literally tried to pull a "I can't be racist, I have black friends" because he's worked with a couple people who happen to be Palestinian

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I married one, and I'd never say that. Even after decades of marriage, having learned the language and having lived in the Middle East for years, there are still some unwritten norms and cultural differences that occasionally take each of us by surprise and lead to misunderstandings. We muddle through. Our kids are more fluently bicultural.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    I've lived in a place (and visited a couple others) where being a white person meant being subjected to suspicion and discrimination. It wasn't reverse racism, it was xenophobia and plain old garden-variety racism. Being on the receiving end was highly instructive, as were the supportive comments such as "but we don't mean you, you're one of the good ones." There were also cases of extreme discrimination and abusive behavior towards minorities that, to an outsider like me, seemed almost exactly like the majority population.

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