If America isn't a racist nation, I wonder why Tim Scott ran for his life

[Johonny]

instead of bouncing up the the senate chambers to say hi and exchange warm hugs with all the friendly white nationalists that stormed the capitol on January 6th. They all looked like people in search of Republican bipartisanship.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Or why he was "RACIALLY profiled" as well by police

At various points in his life.

America has the HIGHEST number of RACISTS living within its borders.

[sop]

3. And South Carolina is the epicenter.

[Treefrog]

10. No. It isn't.

[Blue Owl]

2. And you can't tell me he has no fear of being pulled over

A country MIGHT be racist if African Americans feel like they could die during any routine traffic stop

[betsuni]

4. He tells us of his experiences with racism in America and then says America isn't a racist nation.

Weirdo.

[SharonAnn]

11. Guess he's just "a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders"

[JuJuChen]

5. Love how the pubs use their ONE black guy

even black people be like, "who's side this muthafucka on?

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. I don't know how he can be so unaware

[Traildogbob]

13. Some say...

He may have used some Rudy hair dye to enhance his shade a bit for Trump style theatrics.
He is a disgusting human to play black man for the GQP. Like Lindsay said, blacks can go anywhere and do anything, if they are republican. His words about no racism in MurKKKa. Ya think Smuckkker Smarlson would have Tim and his family
over for dinner, off camera?

[StarfishSaver]

6. You should ask that question of some people on this board

You know ... The ones who get really pissed off when we point to examples of systemic racism because that's the same as "accusing all white people of being racist."

[JustAnotherGen]

7. Plus 10000 eom

[ismnotwasm]

8. Yup.

[Ford_Prefect]

12. Tim Scott drank the Kool-Aid and joined the golf club long ago.

He's no different than Josh Hawley in that he's reached that point the plan where he gets all the privileges of ownership because he's on the team.

[CharleyDog]

14. Things we'd like to see: ole Tim Scoot on with ole Tucker Pucker talking about

how America's besties are white people and racist police violence is just militarized boys being boys.

[Caliman73]

15. The human mind is an interesting thing.

We tell ourselves all kinds of things in order to justify our choices and actions. We turn a blind eye to things, we attribute actions and decisions of others to their "core being" while attributing those same actions and choices to ourselves and our friends to "circumstances".

Our brains are wired to protect us from harm, both physically and psychologically, sometimes in very interesting ways. Tim Scott is a Black man who I am sure has experienced the racism that is, in my opinion baked into the cake of American Society. That is not to say that everyone in America is racist or that the racism endemic to America cannot be purged. It is to say that it is all around us. In our history, in our systems of government, in some of our laws, past and present, and certainly in our traditions. You have to actively monitor your surroundings in order to notice and repudiate the small bits of racist information that seem to flow in by osmosis in media, art, politics, etc... That is hard work and can be exhausting.

Scott has experienced racism and discrimination, yet he subscribes to a party that almost completely rejects the notion that racism exists or that it has had any negative effects on people. I mean look at him. He is rich, a powerful Senator, etc... how can racism exist when he has achieved so much. That is an example of the cognitive dissonance (psychic discomfort) that is present in many people on the topic of race. He has had to, I am sure, use multiple psychological defense mechanisms to keep himself from having an emotional breakdown, and I am sure that it is almost natural to him now.

People who are honest emotionally and psychologically with themselves about race in the US, still struggle, but ultimately, they do not have to hold contradictory thoughts in their mind and contort their experiences to continue moving on.