Ellen DeGeneres defends her Usain Bolt tweet some claimed was racist

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

153. O.K., sure. But the point is to change people's internalized racism and get them to see us as human.

We know we're human. But we will never be equal if others treat us as something other than REAL human beings with REAL feelings.

I know it's hard to see black people this way because the stereotype is that we are strong and resilient people. And we are. But the problem is that since people view us as "strong and resilient" they seem to forget--on a conscious or unconscious level--that we are HUMAN BEINGS!!

This treatment continues to this day.

Remember the Mike Brown killing, for instance? Remember how Darren Wilson characterized Mike Brown as a "beast" and a "demon" which made him afraid, and therefore he had to kill him?

Remember Tamir Rice? Remember the 911 caller described the boy as a "man" even though he was only 12 years old.

These are only a few examples of unconscious racism at play. We all suffer from this, even Usain Bolt. Even most black people on a subconscious or unconscious level suffer from **internalized racism** so of course he may not even be attuned to the significance of what happened.

This doesn't mean that Ellen is a racist. It doesn't mean that Usain Bolt is a racist. What it demonstrates is how society has internalized negative images of black people as something other than, again, human being.

Sure, Bolt is the fastest man on earth, but he is still a human being!!!!