r/teenagers • u/sexypanini6 17 • 2d ago

Discussion Fr tho like why are so many immigrants racist

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So I'm Indian and some of my family in the US who are all first gen immigrants are all so racist and don't want immigrants coming in from other countries like why are you so hypocritical 😭😭😭

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u/SophiaThrowawa7 2d ago

You’re missing my point, the fact that you personally didn’t steal the land doesn’t matter. Because you are not indigenous, you benefit from systems that were put in place by the people who did colonise this land.

If my family were sent back to Ireland where most of them were born, they would be indigenous as opposed to the British occupiers. My great grandfather who fought in the IRA in the 20s was an indigenous person fighting against a colonial force.

These are all just descriptors with no moral weight, the actions of people (who I also am not related to) in the past doesn’t make us evil but we do live in their unjust system

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u/Fearless-Door-8891 13 2d ago

Ok so they just don’t matter