Racism still exists today, and that's definitely without question. What is questionable though, is whether or not the bigots actually believe what they're saying. Of course there are some real idiots out there, but I'm willing to bet, that the majority of people that use hate-speech, and recite racist jokes, give no credibility to those ideas whatsoever. If they're guilty of anything, they're guilty of indifference towards the troubles of others.
Classic Movie Trailers: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
I find that many people disregard issues, that don't affect them. Why would a young white man care, about the struggles that are faced by African-Americans? Why would he care about a woman earning seventy-five cents, for every dollar he gets? Those things don't affect his life much, if at all.
He's concerned about his bills, and his car breaking down, and his beer money, and his personal life. Whether or not gays can legally marry, makes no difference to him at all. So when that email comes around, with those jokes in it, he laughs and forwards it along and why not? It's funny.
If those people have a problem with it, it's their problem. If she don't like her pay, she can quit. Latinos can get stopped and harassed, and asked for documentation until the cows come home. What does that matter?
These are the guys that tell racist and anti-semitic jokes. These are the guys that use the N-word liberally amongst themselves, and who's to say otherwise? It's a free country. They can do what they want.
Plenty of people hate, and deride being "PC". Political correctness sickens, and angers a lot of people. They don't care, and they don't want to act like they care. So they tell other people to "man-up", or "get a life", and they'll verbally attack anything, that shows any sort of sensitivity or social consciousness.
They don't realize the privileges they have. When they get promoted, they're not thinking about why, and who else got passed over. Why would they? All they know is, they don't have enough for that bike they want, and their girlfriend just dumped them last week.
They know full well, that there are millions of intelligent black people everywhere. There's famous musicians, athletes and politicians; one of them even got elected, twice! And all of those blacks make more than most whites, so screw those people. There are advantages to be used, and if they can get that black boy, or that jew, or that immigrant away from that woman they want, they'll say or do whatever it takes.
You see, it's all about "me", and that eventually turns into "us" versus "them". It's not a "white thing", or even a guy thing. Women get together all the time, to scoff at those with less and criticize others, and what's behind that is the same lack of empathy. There's an inability or unwillingness, to care for others that are dissimilar, and it's evident throughout mankind.
What I like about "Reservoir Dogs" is it's honesty. In other films, people are way too politically correct; this is what people are really like. I do recognize however, that there are tons of people that do care. There are guys that will fetch you a doctor and fight to save your life, despite their outward callousness; I'll give you that. Even so, there are just as many or more, that'll simply leave you to bleed.
"And I'm very sad about that, but some fellas are lucky and some ain't".
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