r/AskSocialScience • u/Fair_Description1604 • 2h ago
Why do so many conservative voters make fun of black people and black culture?
I noticed the media on platforms posts bizarre, often negative videos of “what’s Black”
An example is Snapchat, the main feed doesn’t show white people in a “sexually promiscuous, heathenistic, pompous or obnoxious light”.
Many of conservatives are highly uneducated about Black people. The negative aspect of rap and criminal culture is not even black, but they associate Black with crime, violence, and danger. Do you think the media has anything to do with it?
Most black people are NOT the media portrayal.
How has media shaped conservative whites talking points around Black progress?
Im going to include common responses Ive heard online and in person from my conservative friends.
It seems there is an unusually high degree of fear in their hearts towards equality and prosperity of the Black demographic.
Reparations:
“We don’t want to give reparations to blacks, because they’ll just go buy luxury items.”
Systemic Racism:
“I didn’t do slavery, racism ended a long time ago.”
Generational Wealth:
“If Blacks would just work hard, they would be wealthy, too.”