New York Magazine cover of Cosby's accusers

It’s probably not a coincidence that all the people I know who fit comfortably in the idiot-conservative* camp think that racism in America is dead and exists solely in history books, because “(insert any of like 3 rotating names of black Americans who are absolutely shit-rich and maybe commented once or twice about life being ok) said racism is just used as an excuse to avoid working hard. Cuz they worked hard and they made it and they’re black, so racism must not be real…and remember that’s coming from a black person.”

It’s such an infuriating thing to hear, because yeah, being a rich black man in America probably is quite a bit better than being a non-rich person of almost any kind, living almost anywhere. But for idiots to take that notion and use it to argue that it’s not the being rich that made a person’s life easier, just good old fashioned hard work and a complete lack of racism…it’s either just fucking insidious or it’s absolutely moronic.

Footnote: idiot-conservative does not describe all conservative people or ideas. Simply all goddamn idiots who are conservative (and typically use conservatism as the spearhead of their personality.)

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