ryan cooper

only time I've ever developed a genuine irrational racial prejudice was after living in South Africa for two years, and it was towards white South Africans

Jul 06, 2024 at 01:59 UTC

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moose @bmende.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:03 UTC

Was it irrational though?

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Kieran @kierbear.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:26 UTC

Yeah, there's a ton of white south africans in new zealand, can't seem to figure out why they all flocked over here in the 80s. anyway, I cannot hear that accent without bracing myself to hear the inevitable racist torrent that's about to start spewing out of their mouths.

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SheltieDad @sheltiedad.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

“It’s cultural.” What white South Africans say when asked why black South Africans are walking for miles on Interstate Then they ask you to move to SA.

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NJ @tashjoeza.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:32 UTC

As a white South African, I share your prejudice. It's not entirely irrational - we can be appalling and, wow, we do not send our best into the wider world.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

Black, mixed-race, Indian descent folks, almost without exception wonderful people. hitchhiked all over the country with no problems. white South Africans, many were nice to me, but the majority I met, god damn man

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John O’Donnell @jodami.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 07:37 UTC

My mate’s parents fled South Africa for London because of apartheid. They were classified as “coloured,” and when you see the rules and charts that they had to put everyone who wasn’t white into a box, and what rank had what privileges, it very much reminds me of somewhere else.

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@loffles.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

I met a white South African once, and it took half an hour for him to mention "the things they're doing to white farmers." He had never met a farmer.

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@captainfart.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:43 UTC

I took a job right out of college teaching English in Taipei. The people running the school were white South Africans who brought me over illegally and cancelled my contract. I’ve met a few other white South Africans and non have changed my impression of them. Grateful they’re a minority

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