this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
221 points (99.1% liked)

News

33378 readers
2637 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

A new national survey conducted by conservative think tank Manhattan Institute found that Millennial Republicans are more likely to call themselves racist than Baby Boomer Republicans.

A total of 34% of Republican survey respondents between the ages of 30 and 49 answered “I am such person” when asked for their views on individuals who openly express racist views. Only 3% of Republican survey respondents over the age of 65 answered “I am such person.”

A total of 23% of Republican survey respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 and 6% between the ages of 50 to 64 also answered “I am such person.”

top 31 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

Now ask both groups if they believe dinosaurs existed for millions of years.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

Seems obvious. Boomers are racist but dont even know it. Millennials who are racist choose to be.

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 28 points 9 hours ago

Alternative title: Millennial Republicans More Honest Than Boomer Contemporaries, Study Finds

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

"Republicans are racist" ftfy

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I think this is also a reflection on self awareness.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

Big "I'm not racist, but..." energy from boomers

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 156 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Could it also be that boomers, while racist, do not consider themselves to be racist? My racist boomer father would tell you he absolutely is not racist, but that everyone loves a racist joke.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

My mom refuses to admit that she’s racist.

Oh, but when I brought a black man home, she asked me afterwards, “Why do all your boyfriends have… a tan?”

Don’t worry, I let it out on her. I’m practically 100% Slavic if my brother’s DNA test is to be trusted (it lines up with the family tree I’ve got, so yeah.) I asked if she’d rather I marry a “nice Polish boy” that I have nothing in common with, like she did, like her sisters did, like her mother did. Because why should personal compatibility matter so long as our ancestries are the same?

She backed off and hasn’t made a peep about my “tan” partners ever since.

[–] Sektor@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You can make mental gymnastics why it is so, but the fact is that ye old boomers grew up in a racist world and is expected from them to be racist. Le millennials had 50 years of efforts and sacrifices to make the world less racist.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

There are still areas in the South where people grow up in a racist world. Family are racist, friends are racist, school if not actively racist is doing nothing to dissuade it.

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 43 points 17 hours ago

That's how I read it to begin with.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 26 points 16 hours ago

thats basically it.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago

We give a fuck how old racist shitbag republicans are?

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

My new political alignment chart compares racism with caring about being seen as racist.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

So do we actually care anymore that being racist is the problem here or is it just finding new distractions such as intersectional infighting like ageism for hairs to split now?

[–] human@slrpnk.net 32 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

What the fuck is this entire sentence?

David Hirsch, former Republican candidate for New York State Assembly, on X: “While there are a lot of positives in this poll, there are some disturbing trends being influenced by the Woke Right like rising Holocaust Denialism, and that 12% are antisemitic and 19% accept them. We can fix this and other issues.”

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 12 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The Woke Right? Isn't that firstly an oxymoron, and secondly a label they would never self-apply?

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 hours ago

Bibi used the term pejoratively when talking about MAGA folks who were criticizing Israel recently. Don’t know the term’s origins though, I’ve been seeing it more lately.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Woke right is groypers because they're "critical of Israel". Cause they're nazis

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Woke Right huh

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 14 points 16 hours ago

Zionism is Nazism, as such they're upset that some racists don't like them.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago

That is some premium copium.

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If anyone my age says they're a racist to my face I will punch teeth in.

[–] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 11 points 14 hours ago

They probably don't have a lot of teeth to begin with.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not at all surprised by this, TBH. For all the dunking there is on boomers, they spent their formative years during the Civil Rights era, no?

And Gen Y (at least the younger ones) spent their formative years just when things like social media and forums and so on really got going. Where people are and have been trying to curate and groom more white supremacists. Often behind screen names, etc...

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It's not that boomers aren't racist, they just don't believe they're racist. Their version of racism is very narrow, basically limited to calling for the outright murder of all black people. Anything short of that is just "normal" in their eyes.

Millenials have grown up with a more nuanced definition, though, so those racists understand that they're racist and also know how to hide and obscure it.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] dhtseany@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

This just sounds like more of that "millennials killed X" shit from 10 years ago. They've been dogging us since the start, man.

[–] DaMummy@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why would a millennial identify as a boomer?

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 1 points 8 hours ago

Isn't that what we are to zoomers hah

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago