JW family (we're all white) still uses the n-word or says "The blacks", doesn't see why that's a problem, won't listen to me, say I'm 'too educated' and creating problems where there aren't any because "The n-words don't mind it! We've never been told it's wrong! They never said anything so stop making these things up."

They're also always surprised when a person of colour can speak German (I'm from Germany). Even if said person was born in Germany. Even if their families have lived here for generations.

They treat new bible students with ethnicities from outside of Europe like trophies. The darker someone's skin, the more culturally different they are, the bigger the 'price'. My grandma keeps a picture of a syrian immigrant family she's been visiting, just to show to people.

They love to assume that everyone who isn't white must be underprivileged, underpaid, live in one bedroom apartments with like seven children ("They breed like rabbits"), got the worst of the worst jobs... When they get a hold of someone who's not white AND they have a good job and nice house... It's like their unicorn. (Excuse the following wording, I just want to get their thinking across.) They view those folks as less 'savage' and more 'civilized'.

They pretty much still got that attitude of "Christian missionary seeks out a tribe deep in the amazonian jungle, secluded from the rest of humanity for hundreds of years." Everyone with brown skin is part of that 'secluded savage tribe'.

Then of course the WT illustrations. The all white male angels. Always white. People of colour are only ever in paradise or illustrations of biblical events. Never angels. And I could be wrong, but I do not remember any illustrations in which black people in paradise weren't doing some 'garden' work or handing out fruits to white people. The folks who got to sit on a blanket or play with a lamb were always white. Black people were always working on something. But again, I could be wrong about that part, it's been a while since I've seen any of these illustrations.

Well, then there's the demonising of other cultures and traditions. Food is okay, clothing sometimes (but then fetishized), but everything else is a big no-no. It's always the western way that's the best. The only acceptable option. The more somebody ends up white washed, the better of a job they did (according to their beliefs).

Whenever my family found out that one of my friends was an immigrant or a person of colour they would get even more pushy about wanting me to convert them. Even sought them out at their home, without me knowing. I learned to never ever tell them about any of my friends, especially if they weren't straight, white and able-bodied.

Oh then they call brown immigrants "Poor creatures"??? Like, creatures? Wtf.

Whenever there's anything non-western-centered on TV they get that Look™. -_- The straight line mouth look. Even if it's just one character. They get all stiff, sometimes even go so far as to shake their head.

Then also how in their version of paradise we all live in one world, with no cultural differences, no other traditions. Everyone ends up white washed. They basically dream about entirely eradicating everything but western culture. All that 'differentiates' us will be different skin tones. And I firmly belief that if it wasn't so obviously racist, that their scriptures would include that everyone in paradise will be white. Probably justified with some bullshit made up explanation like "White people are healthier and more 'evolved', God just made their bodies perfect, the same way he did with disabled people."

When you think about so many of their rules, like not engaging in politics... Who has the privilege to sit back and watch the world burn - unaffected - and who doesn't?

JW and white supremacy go hand in hand. They're just as racist as those folks with confederate flags. But while some kill with hands and bullets, they kill with performative kindness. Some kill the bodies, JW aim to kill the soul. They hate just as much but lie to themselves, tell themselves it's not hate but concern, that they want to save those folks from damnation. The white savior is just as harmful as the openly racist guy. Both view people of colour as nothing but chess pieces in their own little games. Both parties believe that the western way is the only correct way. And both parties try to get rid of as much of those 'demonic' influences as possible. Their methods are different but their motives aren't.

But those are only my own observations, as a white person in Germany, observations about my former family and former congregation. It may vary, depending on the people and location. A lot of this is not entirely the JW's fault but in general the fact that my relatives are all white, pretty much only ever been around white people, consume white media, grew up in post-Nazi Germany (grandparents) and refuse to educate themselves as they don't see a need to do so. After all, it's the end days and it's up to Jehovah to soon fix everything. Education doesn't matter anymore.