'Wypipo' Explained

[Caliman73]

261. Totally agree.

Society has become less violent and virulently racist over the centuries. As you said, the reason people feel things are worse now, is because the light is being shown on each individual or group act of racism while it is happening, in the same way that violent crimes are trending downward, but people are more afraid because the local news shows you an armed robbery or crime that was committed 1000 miles away. While that can be disheartening to many people, it does not mean that things are worse than they were when lynching was okay, when Sheriff's, judges, and politicians were proudly in the KKK, or when it was very legal to discriminate against people of color. Things are not changing as fast as we would like, and the privilege and attitudes that exist in people who have not considered themselves racist nor who express any racist acts or attitudes overtly, have been coming to light more recently.

The thing about human beings is that when the problem is "other people" then you can fight it and condemn those bad former Confederates, or Neo Nazis, or hillbillies. The problem is that when our own behavior ad attitudes of questioning the motives of BLM, or not wanting to engage in "identity politics" or be "divisive" then it strikes closer to home and we tend to feel more defensive, especially if we see ourselves as allies.

I think that as a whole, we are not more divided. I think that among those who are divided, the division is deeper and more pronounced because the Rightwing has their own media, and we tend not to view that.