Racism 101: Are you a Racist?

Recently, there were questions about collecting people. Who, when and where. Hopefully, this will help.

Who-Those that match you in discussion. If the discussion is about race, you should be “Collecting” those of your same race when they are fucking up. Race is usually going to be the biggest factor due to interesectionality. Even when dealing with something like homophobia, race is going to be a factor. When in doubt, collect your own race.

When-You should be collecting whenever you see bigoted actions. Be prepared to not be listened to and to have illogical reasoning thrown at you. Most bigots haven’t thought out their bigotry, they just talk….and talk and talk.

Where-Online, this is slightly easier. You should pretty much do it whenever you see it. When you are face to face with someone, it can be a little more difficult. I can tell you from personal experience, when face to face and in a position where you can not simply link them to why they are wrong, you have to either know your shit OR stand strong in not agreeing with whatever they’ve just said or done. This is generally frustrating because again, you will rarely (If ever) be met with logic or reason. For most bigots, it all comes down to the “Freedom” to harm.