This is a common theme in a number of stories in this thread that I don't understand.
How and why does being a victim of racism translate into shame? When I am subject to injustice, my emotional reaction has always been fury and frustration.
>>s1arti+(OP)
I imagine the feeling of humiliation is a normal human reaction, no matter if the cause is racism, domestic abuse, rape or what have you. The first few times it happens you might get angry, but when it's the 100th time you'll instead feel tired, sad and humiliated.
>>lawn+84
I understand sad and tired, but still not humiliation/shame. Is it because the recipient is warn down starting to internalize the narrative of the aggressor?
>>s1arti+(OP)
Fury and frustration are part of the experience, but that doesn't exclude humiliation. From a quick Wikipedia search: "It is an emotion felt by a person whose social status, either by force or willingly, has just decreased."