Culture was different in the 90s. People paid less attention to race and more attention to character.
I lived in the Deep South in the 90s. You know, where there are actual black people everywhere instead of token ones and segregated neighborhoods. This is a bold faced lie spoken of raw naivety.
I was getting two months a year (Feb for Blacks, November for Indians) of constant "special speakers" preaching raw white guilt in schools. And we weren't even 10 yet. Our news and local politicians ran on entirely race based platforms, and the "fake news" train was full steam even then.
There was never colorblindness in places it mattered. Only in places where you might see ONE black dude a day in a crowded city. You know, where it doesn't fucking make a difference.
It was simpler to not see it because the internet limited our vision, and the media hard controlled the narrative and you didn't have any reason to not trust them.
Things are worse now to an extent, but really its worse in that we are bombarded with how prevalent it is. So it seems like its complete hell, but its mostly they are just more open and honest about it.
It was simpler to not see it because the internet limited our vision, and the media hard controlled the narrative and you didn't have any reason to not trust them.
I'm kinda stuck between both your stance and his, but I thought I'd chime in for this bit. I didn't gain access to the internet until the mid-2000s. I engaged media far more heavily than my peers during the 90s, but it was pretty much just vidya and cartoons. I avoided many types of media like the news because I learned real early how to spot emotional manipulation. So my experience seems to contradict your view, since I believe I got to have the colorblind thing.
Looking back, however, I understand that the reason no one around me had anything to say about other races was because my town was 99% white. There was no reason to bring them up outside the context of some hellhole city on the other side of the country. I interacted personally with one black kid during school, and he was a real jackass, but he was nothing like a city nigger. I got red-pilled on that stuff after I left home and worked side by side with real scum.
I consider that to be the truth behind the colorblind experience: you have no reason to think about race until you're given a reason. Get those socjus college kids to work a summer alongside some hood rats and they'll learn quick. I consider it common knowledge that anybody seriously advocating for open borders-tier nonsense has never had to experience another culture. I'm glad I got some bliss out of my ignorance, and I think it's fair to strive for providing that kind of shelter to the next generation.
I avoided many types of media like the news because I learned real early how to spot emotional manipulation. So my experience seems to contradict your view, since I believe I got to have the colorblind thing.
I think most people knew not to trust it fully, but it was their only access to the greater world so they had to filter it to some extent. Think of your angry boomer dad watching Fox every night, complaining about things he knows are mostly lies but still talks about to his buddies tomorrow.
Get those socjus college kids to work a summer alongside some hood rats and they'll learn quick
Yeah its also hugely dependent on your area of the world. Mine was the Deep South Louisiana with a huge population of Blacks AND Indians literally intermixed. Your first time as a child getting screamed at by an angry black woman at McDonalds for daring to want to order something leaves a mark on everyone there. And those examples just add up. You can't NOT think about race because anytime you walk down the street you might hear a drawn out "whiiiiite boyyy" and a solid fear for your safety kicks in. You learn what streets the cops won't even come look for you on, and what Denny's you are allowed to eat at peacefully.
So a lot of people wouldn't have reason to learn to distrust the media preaching its colorblindness because they never had those experiences early on.
I lived in the Deep South in the 90s. You know, where there are actual black people everywhere instead of token ones and segregated neighborhoods. This is a bold faced lie spoken of raw naivety.
I was getting two months a year (Feb for Blacks, November for Indians) of constant "special speakers" preaching raw white guilt in schools. And we weren't even 10 yet. Our news and local politicians ran on entirely race based platforms, and the "fake news" train was full steam even then.
There was never colorblindness in places it mattered. Only in places where you might see ONE black dude a day in a crowded city. You know, where it doesn't fucking make a difference.
My memory of the 90s was much different than what you experienced.
The overload of wokeness nowadays has maybe given me a rosier picture of the 90s it seems.
Thanks for sharing your experience, this is something I didn't really know at all.
It was simpler to not see it because the internet limited our vision, and the media hard controlled the narrative and you didn't have any reason to not trust them.
Things are worse now to an extent, but really its worse in that we are bombarded with how prevalent it is. So it seems like its complete hell, but its mostly they are just more open and honest about it.
I'm kinda stuck between both your stance and his, but I thought I'd chime in for this bit. I didn't gain access to the internet until the mid-2000s. I engaged media far more heavily than my peers during the 90s, but it was pretty much just vidya and cartoons. I avoided many types of media like the news because I learned real early how to spot emotional manipulation. So my experience seems to contradict your view, since I believe I got to have the colorblind thing.
Looking back, however, I understand that the reason no one around me had anything to say about other races was because my town was 99% white. There was no reason to bring them up outside the context of some hellhole city on the other side of the country. I interacted personally with one black kid during school, and he was a real jackass, but he was nothing like a city nigger. I got red-pilled on that stuff after I left home and worked side by side with real scum.
I consider that to be the truth behind the colorblind experience: you have no reason to think about race until you're given a reason. Get those socjus college kids to work a summer alongside some hood rats and they'll learn quick. I consider it common knowledge that anybody seriously advocating for open borders-tier nonsense has never had to experience another culture. I'm glad I got some bliss out of my ignorance, and I think it's fair to strive for providing that kind of shelter to the next generation.
I think most people knew not to trust it fully, but it was their only access to the greater world so they had to filter it to some extent. Think of your angry boomer dad watching Fox every night, complaining about things he knows are mostly lies but still talks about to his buddies tomorrow.
Yeah its also hugely dependent on your area of the world. Mine was the Deep South Louisiana with a huge population of Blacks AND Indians literally intermixed. Your first time as a child getting screamed at by an angry black woman at McDonalds for daring to want to order something leaves a mark on everyone there. And those examples just add up. You can't NOT think about race because anytime you walk down the street you might hear a drawn out "whiiiiite boyyy" and a solid fear for your safety kicks in. You learn what streets the cops won't even come look for you on, and what Denny's you are allowed to eat at peacefully.
So a lot of people wouldn't have reason to learn to distrust the media preaching its colorblindness because they never had those experiences early on.
They have stopped hiding their true intentions nowadays.
Things feel worse now since the wokeness is everywhere and it doesn't ever stop.
They were way more subtle back then.