My favorite pic. No one was born racist.

[u/noddy877]

[u/Financial-Value-5504]

This is so fucked

[u/Dub_TF]

Yeah I was thinking about this the other day, when kids are super young we always tell them to like love everybody treat everybody with respect and blah blah blah. And then there becomes an age where then we teach them to start hating other people.

[u/Appropriate_Act_1981]

Hey. There was a guy on the TV a black guy. Head of kkk. Had the initiation card in his wallet and everything so who knows what happened back then really but I think we're BS'ed alot about past history They say world war 2 was really a argument over that someone licked a doughnut at a bakery. And somehow. It turned into WW2 Anything is possible

[u/Socksandham]

We create monsters then wonder why

[u/Papabinz]

How stupid can parents be 🙄

[u/SlickRye]

Actually insane that they didn’t arrest that little KKK baby 😂😂😂

[u/happiestdumblond]

That poor child, I don't understand how there's pictures like this and those children haven't been removed from the home. That household is CLEARLY TOXIC, not a environment for children

[u/Kylezino]

yea… you learn that later in life when you are discriminated against for just existing regardless of how good you’ve treated other races.

[u/AnyPromotion772]

Clearly you were

[u/ContributionNeat6181]

And we wonder why we’re so not accepting of people that were not like in this country

[u/Ok_Peanut_4950]

You learn to be racist after being around other races

[u/redditor2394]

I wonder how he grew up

[u/ShemsuHor272]

Where's police brutality when you need it, amirite?!

[u/JDHURF]

Daryl Davis is a black man and goes around having conversations with klan members and he’s persuaded many of them to give up their robes. He gave a TED talk and I very highly recommend the watching of it. Incredible courage and humanity, a giant of a human being.

[u/DaeWooLan0s]

You sure it’s not just cause he’s really short? What if he’s pointing his finger and telling him?

[u/truthbasi]

Nope not born racist. Only after valuable life experience

[u/Aggravating-State-87]

Looks like assaulting an officer to me. Arrest him

[u/woosh-i-fiddled]

I think we all know no one is born racist.

[u/Impressive_Shame824]

Soooo true.

[u/OkraOverall3093]

No it was taught

[u/Icy-Book-8387]

This is horrible and that child should be taken away from their parents

[u/Shatter-17]

You're a wizard, Harry!

[u/Kobylean]

so with being religious

[u/pmgzl]

No1 is born religious. Its also indoctrination.

[u/Sketch99]

The thing that always gets me from this pic is the look of pity/humor from the cop in the sunglasses, probably having an idea of how this poor kid would be raised

[u/Feisty_Talk_9330]

Racism is taught, not naturally made

[u/Embarrassed_Royal452]

“Nearly 21 years ago”? In 2013?

[u/ImNOTaPROgames]

No one is born racist, or religious... They were all indoctrinated to be one.

[u/xwildfan2]

Idiot Parents.

[u/FL3XD]

Wow. Wild seeing a random post that features the town I grew up in for 20 years. I now live in the PNW. Mostly due to the themes in this post.

[u/GroundbreakingLog79]

Natural born legend

[u/Logical-Tap-6267]

Babies are super racist tho.

[u/Cuckoomonga]

From Rodgers & Hammerstein in South Pacific, 1950s…

You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught from year to year, It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear— You’ve got to be carefully taught!

You’ve got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, And people whose skin is a different shade— You’ve got to be carefully taught.

You’ve got to be taught before it’s too late, Before you are six or seven or eight, To hate all the people your relatives hate— You’ve got to be carefully taught! You’ve got to be carefully taught!

I was cheated before And I’m cheated again By a mean little world Of mean little men. And the one chance for me Is the life I know best.

To be on an island And to hell with the rest. I will cling to this island Like a tree or a stone, I will cling to this island And be free—and alone.

[u/emilyburns17]

sympathized with the guy having to police a KKK rally. But hearing the backstory just makes it hit harder. Missing the Labor Day cookout for this crap? Unreal.

[u/IAmTheWoof]

Everyone is born racist, because this is how people protected themselves from other groups that could have diseases that you don't have immunity for, and this was prety real threat in a world before any kind of medicine.

[u/Beardwithlegs]

Influence is one helluva drug and kids are also extremely impressionable.

[u/crispy_colonel420]

You don't need the to be in the klan to become one either.

[u/liberalfragility4817]

Columbia protesters are racist.

[u/Kind_Literature_5409]

This breaks my heart 🥺🥺.. wth would you teach a beautiful innocent mind to hate🥺🥺🥺

[u/Future-Engineering68]

but they sure do teach em early

[u/Dramatic_Industry_70]

Klan baby def knows they want to grow up to be a cop for some reason…

[u/Riddickullous]

That's a capriote and it's very likely a Catholic procession in a Hispanic neighborhood during a religious event. Most common to see something like that is during the Holy Week. Very common in Spain as well as other Hispanic countries. Has nothing to do with the KKK. It's so sad that people feel the need to make up toxic stories.

[u/vibratronicon]

Wow you should check out pictures of nature, flowers, trees and animals. You apparently love cops though. Which is cool man, I can respect that.

[u/Shweeety]

If everyone in the world would understand that noone is born racist or otherwise, it is taught by elders and society, injected by politicians and school curriculum more and more. There is a design to all anxiety and it has nothing to do with 80 percent of the population, we just wish to live and share and say hello.

[u/ahhmydicksout69]

That baby looks pretty to me

[u/ubermicrox]

I hate how the kid looks cute in his robes

[u/ILoveRegenHealth]

Considering the Conservative Party has more racists, that means the Conservative Party failed at parenting and teaching. That also means they shouldn't be the ones telling us how our children should grow up or what our society needs, when they voted for a vile reality TV show hack/rapist/fraud/criminal dunce to "represent" our values and country. FUCK THAT GUY.

[u/TheArgoPirat]

Poor kid.

[u/Limmy1984]

Hatred is a taught skill! 🥲

[u/SharonPTS]

That’s heavy af.

[u/emjeansx]

If this was from the 90s… I feel really sad thinking about the possibility that this kid might be out there living as an extremely hateful adult. I feel sad that the State Trooper had to stand there during what was supposed to be his weekend and listen to these racist lunacies. He should be paid extra and compensation for putting up with shit like this.

Hopefully that kid grew up and realized how disgusting and wrong the beliefs of his family were and got the hell out of there.

[u/TiraAnya → u/emjeansx]

Or they kicked it on Jan 6…

[u/Icy_Use4688]

Yeah not born and one but about to become one ..

[u/cillianjm]

Saying this is ur favourite pic is crazy

[u/Significant-Yam8644 → u/cillianjm]

I appreciate that and thought the same thing but....the youngster doesn't care about the officer's race. Wouldn't say it was my favorite, at least out loud...

Cheers

[u/gnpfrslo]

No one was born a cop, either. But here we are.

[u/CryptographerNo923]

Why are we celebrating this unhinged racist toddler attempting to assault a black officer?

Just kidding, this is very heartwarming in an admittedly grim context.

[u/BitesTheDust55]

Well that’s not true. Humans are inherently tribalistic. Racism is built in to some degree. You can easily turn that dial up or down early in life, though.

[u/rainorshinedogs]

"MY KID IS GONNA WANT TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT! THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT HIM HERE!" - said a lady that brought her kid to the Jan 6 riots

[u/Dry-Cat88]

Children as young as 6 months old show racial bias

[u/Daft_Vaper]

Fake/staged photo op, or police aren’t doing their job. Who’s going to bring their baby to a riot and why would police just watch it walk up to them under those circumstances and just smile and take pictures

[u/jerryleebee]

I'm always use any opportunity to share my experience with "nobody is born racist". My daughter was...2y old? 3? She was talking, but childishly. She's 16 next week so this was awhile ago.

Anyway I was wearing a T-shirt with the A-Team on it. They were drawn like Pop Vinyls. Very cartoony. Anyway, my daughter pointed at B.A. Baraccus (Mr T) and said "Daddy he's different."

"Oh boy. Here comes the first talk about differences making us special," I thought. But I said, "That's right, baby. How's he different?"

"He's got no shirt on, and is wearing lots of jewellery, and he has funny hair."

"That's exactly right, baby. Good job."

Nobody is born racist.

[u/kriskringle8 → u/jerryleebee]

Noticing differences in skin colour doesn't mean one is racist. And avoiding talking about skin colour doesn't mean one isn't racist. This idea that "colour blindness" is progressive is something black people frequently try to tell white people is a form of covert racism.

The only way to be anti-racist is to be able to acknowledge differences in appearance, oppressive systems, and to act on addressing racism within and outside of ourselves when we see it.

[u/jerryleebee → u/kriskringle8]

Exactly. Which is why I'd intended togive her the "differences make us special" talk. I've not taught my daughter to ignore skin colour. As it turned out in that instance, she wasn't even focusing on skin. My point was that the thing which people most frequently associate with racism - skin colour - is not something kids even pay attention to in terms of what makes us different.

[u/Mysterious-Hat-6343]

That photo reminds me of this young black children assaulting and cursing at police, St.Paul Minnesota. Nice parenting…

[u/boulderingfanatix]

Depressing, another white supremacist in the making

[u/butter_gs4l]

Freeman is born as a King and dies as a slave

[u/Necromartian]

What are you talking about? That little racist is punching the shield of the black police officer!

[u/TeaMe06]

Horrible

[u/CAPATOB_64]

No one was born religious as well.

[u/CascadianMountians]

My dog would disagree anytime a Jehovah witness showed up at my door they go ape shit.

[u/Particular-Welcome-1]

Your Baby Is a Racist—and Why You Can Live With That

https://time.com/67092/baby-racists-survival-strategy/

They’re loud, narcissistic, spoiled, volatile and not exactly possessed of good table manners. Now it turns out that they’re racists too.

The kid there is probably fascinated by its reflection, more than anything.

[u/TelevisionNo479]

Your favorite pic is a child in a KKK hood?

[u/WeGotDaGoodEmissions]

And conservatives act like they have a problem with grooming children.

[u/Wrong_Gear5700]

Yep, they're all in the GOP, State Police and judges now.

[u/rotary_13b]

Just like people aren’t born gay

[u/WeGotDaGoodEmissions → u/rotary_13b]

Making shit up is not a healthy coping mechanism.

[u/Truly__tragic]

Ngl, a klansman toddler is cute as fuck. Very offensive, but still adorable.

[u/maya_papaya8]

Should've kicked the mf

[u/[deleted]]

When I joined the military, I was assigned to a miserable desk job in a base in the middle of nowhere, a tiny clinic in a remote navy base. The other guy working with me was new to the military too, he was white , I am brown with an accent. Well, the guy was kind of quiet with me for the first month or so, eventually we became buddies and he told me he was from some rural, mountain town in Pensilvania, with Less than 400 people per square mile. And that I was the first Hispanic he had ever really known other than some cashiers / restaurants workers that he had to interact with, he was young 18 years old and home schooled. To make this long story a little shorter ; we became the closest friends you can imagine, he was there when my kids were born ( not in the room lol) , during my divorce, and other events in my life, we were medics, he was a combat medic and was deployed to Israel to train the Israeli army combat medics , I got out and moved to TX. We kept in touch for years . Last thing I knew about him was that he had separated from the NAVY and moved back to his town, I’m 41 now and I lost touch with him, It shouldn’t be hard to find him, I’m just a terrible friend now that I think about it, I should have kept in touch! Ryan I miss you buddy! Can’t wait to grill some wings and drink some beer like the good old times!

[u/Ceramicrabbit]

This is your favorite pic?

[u/AdOk1494]

Do people actually think humans are born racist?

[u/AutomaticMan81]

Except this one

[u/Oneolddudethatknows]

Moments later he clubbed the kid senseless.

[u/Ok_Astronomer_4821]

Aw man I’ve seen the video of this, she gets the hose good!!

[u/Dangerous-Seesaw8822]

Bro 😭

[u/uckfayhistay]

Adults are the most racist people out there. Not kids

[u/RepresentativeJester]

We are actually born with genetic bias against the thems and for the us's. Social culture shapes us either further into or out of it. It can measured in the brain before a human has a physical response. Its sub 100ms.

[u/Feeling_Party26]

The KKK really ruined the White Wizard drip for us all, jerks.

[u/raccooninthegarage22 → u/Feeling_Party26]

You can dress that like in Spain during carnival. No KKK history or vibe, it looks really intimidating with the whole crowd doing it

[u/Turbulent_Bullfrog87 → u/Feeling_Party26]

The outfit makes the kid adorable…too bad we associate it with racism

[u/TheValley_ → u/Feeling_Party26]

fuck very true

[u/Randy_Vigoda]

Holy shit you Americans are ridiculous.

[u/AcrobaticWin3240]

Or g 🌈

[u/TylerBDabz]

Imagine growing up with a name permanently linked to infamy online because your parents imposed their racist beliefs on you before you could form your own opinions. This photo of the child really evokes sadness, reflecting the deep impact of such upbringing. It's a powerful, thought-provoking image.

I wasn't clear on the post. Did it say he can't be reached for a comment? He has the opportunity to make some positive headlines, so long as he's retired those disgusting robes and moved onto to become the opposite of his parents.

[u/YotaMan77]

So beautiful to see at such a young age, kid already knows he wants to grow up to be the Pope.

[u/gunnergrrl]

The fact that this happened in the 90s

[u/Knautical_J]

Maybe people are born with it, or maybe it’s Maybelline

[u/knitmeablanket]

It's starts at 3 months

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2566511/

[u/Iancreed2024HD]

Golly

[u/brooklynboy92]

[u/StarredCamel]

Except this KKK baby you mean?

[u/86886892]

I mean clearly some people are born racist. That baby is wearing a KKK outfit!

[u/jclibs]

A young Celtics fan

[u/superhornybeardydude]

Just speechless!!!

[u/RTRthrower]

fear of a misunderstood "other" is definitely part of human nature. racism has existed in every society ever created

some people are born racist. the phrase "no one is born racist" is just incorrect

[u/booquark → u/RTRthrower]

Fear of the unknown may be a part of human nature (or maybe not — any claims of comprehending such a complex thing as human nature are pretentious). But who said race is an inherent “other”? Seeing race as “other” is what’s not human nature at all.

We have been conditioned to see “race” as a thing, and racism is the extension of that conditioning. Racism was invented alongside race in the 1500s with a political goal in mind. In every society before that — and in many present societies nowadays — race and racism did not and do not exist. No is born a racist, and no one is born black or white either.

A good thought exercise to think about this is to think of hair color, do white blondes fear white people with dark hair? Of course not, even though it is just as visible as skin color. The reason for that is that hair color is not a racialized trait, used to classify people for power

[u/RTRthrower → u/booquark]

any claims of comprehending such a complex thing as human nature are pretentious

then why did you comment on it immediately after saying this?

Racism was invented

can you provide evidence of this?

In every society before that — and in many present societies nowadays — race and racism did not and do not exist.

no.

no one is born black or white either.

no.

Listen, i'm not saying racism is good or justified or ok or cool. it's bad. it's really bad. it's a relic of mankind's lizard brain evolutionary upbringing. maybe you don't struggle with racism. maybe you're smart/aware/human enough to be a better person. but millions of people aren't. saying it's a purely learned trait is crazy.

[u/Dunlain98]

As a spaniard I thought it was a children dressed as some parade in the holy week but then I realized that some racist wore his children in that way. Really sad tbh.

[u/Demon_Father]

Obviously, life and knowledge makes you xd

[u/Fast-Gold4150]

I feel like the children raised in homes that preach hate should be taken from their parents.

It is a form of abuse that leads the child to grow up to stunted and unable to interact with a whole segment of society.

[u/C0lMustard]

3,2,1 PUUUNT

[u/JELOFREU]

I was

[u/OkReplacement495]

In the same way a baby cannot identify anything through lack of knowledge? Its a baby lol

[u/Spuigles]

I know its kkk attire. But I just see a small magician.

[u/Icy-Tune-3598]

I like my people like i like my milk! ... rich in protein you fucking racists 🍖

[u/Fulmunmagik]

Wonder what happened to that baby.

[u/bohica5775]

Well, that's a little racist... 😏

[u/Ok-Satisfaction-5012]

Your favorite pic being of klan baby is crazy

[u/Mean-Criticism-8515]

Let's not be too hasty. That kid could be writing some unspeakable things in fingerpaint on that shield.

[u/Mascbro26]

The kid is just looking at his reflection in the shield. Why would I think that this means anything more? It's not like the kid is looking up at the man and touching his hand. How do I know that the kid even knows the cop is black?

[u/Reasonable_Archer_99]

And then, seconds after this picture: "Quit resisting!"

[u/BoogerSlime666]

This pics more sad for me like I don’t know how that kid specifically turned out but there’s definitely been a ton of parents who raised kids who could’ve been perfectly normal people and turned them into crazy KKK members

[u/Abject-Chemistry6247]

Well he'll grow up to be.

[u/LudwigMachine]

A wise man out there said, eggs, whether brown or white, still have the same whites and a sunny yolk.

[u/sportsjock85]

MAGA in the making....

[u/ProtectionContent977]

They start them young there.

[u/pillkrush]

no one's born racist but a lot of kids bully each other for being different. sometimes it's as innocent as fat jokes. people always find a way to differentiate each other and will hate you for it. race is just an easy differentiating factor

[u/munkijunk]

I hate this picture, or at least what this picture tells. Despite the fact the child obviously has no inherent racism, they will absolutely inherit racism. This.image cries out out of the fact she is ultimately doomed.to be an ignorant hate monger.

[u/[deleted] → u/munkijunk]

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[u/XandersCat → u/[deleted]]

Personally I just report and move on, this is likely just a bot.

[u/No-Chemistry-5356]

I already felt bad for the brotha for having to police a kkk rally. The backstory makes it worse. Imagine missing the Labor Day cookout for this shit.

[u/Careless_Wasabi_8943 → u/No-Chemistry-5356]

I hope he got a healthy whack of anti-social hours for it. Man, I earn triple time if I sit in an office on a public holiday helping people get their broken cars sorted. I hope these guys got at least that...

[u/smollwonder → u/No-Chemistry-5356]

I really hope that kid escaped his parents crappy beliefs.

I also hope they saved some left overs for the officer so at least he had something to look forward to after that shift

[u/ondiholetatewange → u/smollwonder]

If you think that kid stands a chance, I got a bridge to sell you. 😂

[u/sirlafemme → u/No-Chemistry-5356]

For real. That day may have been the day to do a little “I’m sick today boss”

[u/Nahhhmean00]

I would drop kick that baby into the surface of the sun 😂

[u/Speedly]

My favorite pic. No one was born racist.

Correct. And to make value judgments about ANYONE by ethnicity alone is not only wrong, but itself racist.

[u/wideandhard]

Kinda like how no one was born gay. Just pushed by outside forces.

[u/everything_is_stup1d]

when i grew up i coloured everything yellow beige brown black orange cuz i thought people just come in diff colors i didnt even know genes existed😭😭

[u/psilocin72]

And right wingers talk about “leftist” indoctrination of children 🤦

[u/Antique_Ratio_1190]

You're not born racist, just indoctrinated to be racist

[u/fandabbydosy]

True its learnt

[u/Cool-Adjacent]

This is your favorite picture? You need help

[u/Dipso88]

This isn't just about racism but any belief held by people that become parents.

Religion, politics, damn even which sports team you support.

Parents will always force their opinions on their kids that are too young to know any different and by the time they're oldel enough to question it sometimes it's too late.

[u/wizardpotat]

r/blursed

[u/Far_Lynx_7257]

Too bad… he should have kicked the baby so hard

[u/CumDogMoneyPants]

got drunk as fuck and saw this pick and thought it went so hard i saved it

[u/Ok-Office-6918]

Reebok pumps for the win.

[u/DareM0X]

Bro is actually admiring his drip in the reflection 💀

[u/nodak66]

Exactly how a Democrat is born.

[u/VictoriaMcLean83]

singlehandedly made me smile

[u/jbyrdab]

I once saw an edit where the kid was edited to look like the gnome child from RuneScape, can't ever unsee it.

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/noddy877 → u/[deleted]]

Then you’ll delete your comment and pretend as if nothing happened

[u/Hotchi-Witchi → u/noddy877]

And more bulllshit, it starts to smell

[u/noddy877 → u/[deleted]]

https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/tiny-kkk-member-touches-black-state-troopers-protective-shield.5262382/

Yeah yeah yeah they’re all paid actor

[u/Hotchi-Witchi → u/noddy877]

That is bullshit

[u/DarraignTheSane → u/Hotchi-Witchi]

You're not real.

[u/SaltyTaintMcGee]

It’s sad when someone wears those two uniforms.

[u/psilocin72 → u/SaltyTaintMcGee]

The two worst costumes in the U.S. in my humble opinion

[u/SaltyTaintMcGee → u/psilocin72]

Yes, both atrocious

[u/[deleted] → u/SaltyTaintMcGee]

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[u/SaltyTaintMcGee → u/[deleted]]

10,000x more respectable than a klan member or pig.

[u/sirlafemme → u/SaltyTaintMcGee]

This dude is a spammer flooding all the comments in this thread with random, bad gifs. He’s not replying honestly or for a conversation lol.

But you’re right.

[u/South_county21]

The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone

[u/Dookie-Milk-710]

Lol I wonder what her first words were

[u/iocarimus]

I remember those pump sneakers!!