Thank you so much for being so honest about your experience. Only recently I encountered a very racist post on Steemit talking about how immigrants are more likely to commit crime quoting statistics which provided little proof to back it up. When I tried to voice my opinion on the matter in a civilized manner, I felt attacked by the so called right wing steemians. I was baffled how we can be so progressive on one hand and so ignorant at the same time. It is difficult to reason with people who have these deep rooted prejudices. I feel they have other fears which they
are projecting on people who may look different from themselves as a group. In the end I decided to just unfollow that person. The experience rattled me as I didn't know there were people who felt so angry towards someone they don't know but I felt I would not be able to change their views and my voice will only cause them to dig their heels in.
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I think that is part of the tactic that keeps people silent. The turning of that energy on you and the anger that comes your way can actually be frightening. That's what this post is about. The irony that the person speaking up against racism is treated as the asshole and attacked. If you are going to raise your voice you have to be ready for that. You have to be able to weather that storm. Good for you for speaking, it is not an easy thing to do.