Explain this phenomenon

[A.J.]

What do you call it when an individual(myself as it happens) continually encounters animosity and bitterness from people belonging to a certain ethnic group(Glaswegians/West coast-types of Irish descent) despite that individual bearing no ill-wll(at least initially) towards the aforemetioned group?

"Reverse discrimination"?:confused:

[DudeImNeo]

Hahha ykno, there are definitely assholes in this world, not in just one specific group but in general so you could have experienced an asshole or two from tha same background n u made ur own correlations from that.. But be real...have you began to notice it more now after u came up wit that conclusion ? Our minds create our own realities...if you look for something hard enough, you'll find it !

[BIXX]

Hahha ykno, there are definitely assholes in this world, not in just one specific group but in general so you could have experienced an asshole or two from tha same background n u made ur own correlations from that.. But be real...have you began to notice it more now after u came up wit that conclusion ? Our minds create our own realities...if you look for something hard enough, you'll find it !

IDEALISM!



What do you call it when an individual(myself as it happens) continually encounters animosity and bitterness from people belonging to a certain ethnic group(Glaswegians/West coast-types of Irish descent) despite that individual bearing no ill-wll(at least initially) towards the aforemetioned group?

"Reverse discrimination"?:confused:

I'm assuming you're white?

Maybe you're a lower class? I honestly have no clue. Maybe it's cause you are doing something offensive without realizing?

[Sea]

An Irishman, drunk and roudy? They must all be drunk and roudy! (even if they weren't)

A Brit, assuming and rude? They must all be assuming and rude! (even if you weren't)

Vulgar reactions of association.

[Jimmie Higgins]

IDEALISM!No really, I think it was more an example of the "Don't think about a barn" syndrome or like people who become obsessed with some number or pattern and then see it everywhere. When it comes to common stereotyping on a basic level, yeah I think that's often how they spread. It doesn't necessarily have to be tied to larger systemic racism or sexism or whatnot, but it plays into that too... like the constant propaganda in the US that young black men are violent or that black women are angry. Then people go out and they see some yuppie white woman throw a fit and they think, "what's her problem?" but then they seen a black woman throw a fit and they think, "why are they always so angry?" They see some white kids being roudy and they think, "oh those kids are acting dumb and wild" but then they see some black kids acting similar and they think "ooh sociopathic gang-members".


What do you call it when an individual(myself as it happens) continually encounters animosity and bitterness from people belonging to a certain ethnic group(Glaswegians/West coast-types of Irish descent) despite that individual bearing no ill-wll(at least initially) towards the aforemetioned group?

"Reverse discrimination"?:confused: I call it rudeness or animosity. It wasn't as though discrimination of the Irish was basically just bad attitudes of the English, it was a social-power dynamic. Racism in the US isn't just people being rude or having animosity towards blacks, it was that black people were controlled and restricted in jobs, housing, rights, and movement. In the US no group of black people have that kind of systemic power over whites, so there's no such thing as "reverse-racism" no matter how much the media and politicians try and promote this idea. So it's not "reverse discrimination", it's rudeness and animosity and it sucks. I also doubt it could be generalized to a whole group of people.

[Ose]

Where exactly are you from? Could it have anything to do with your accent? We know that the working class is, by capital, systematically divided over geographical lines, so could it be because you're viewed as an outsider because of this? The powers-that-be have successfully made it appear as though national divisions are more important than class divisions, so as a result of this people may automatically lump you in with the British capitalist class, in which case hostility from working class people of Irish descent is kind of understandable.

Of course, depending on where you're from and the exact dynamics of the situation, I may have missed the mark completely, but it's an idea.