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Spike: I just can't take all this mamby-pamby boo-hooing about the bloody Indians!
Willow: [Annoyed] Uh, they prefer to be called
Spike: You won! Alright? You came in and you killed them and you took their land. That's what conquering nations do. It's what Caesar did and he's not going around saying "I came, I conquered, [Whiny] I feel really bad about it." The history of the world is not people making friends. You had better weapons and you massacred them. End of story.
Buffy: Well, I think the Spaniards actually did a lot of— Not that I don't like Spaniards.
Spike: Listen to you. How you gonna fight anyone with that attitude?
Willow: We don't wanna fight anyone. If we could talk to him—
Spike: You exterminated his race. What could you possibly say that would make him feel better? It's kill or be killed here. Take your bloody pick.

Their entire ideology is composed of two tenets: The first tenet is that all white men are just the apotheosis of evil, unless they're willing to prostrate themselves and basically just live every day in self-loathing, like:
[Cut to him looking at his reflection in the mirror with disgust]
Why am I a white male?! WHY CAN'T I STOP OPPRESSING OTHER PEOPLE?! [punches his reflection] FUCK YOU! FUCK YOUUUUUUU— [trails off into crying]
[Cut to him whipping himself across the back with a leather belt]
[whip] I'm sorry I'm white! [whip] I'm sorry I'm male! [whip] I'm sorry I'm white! [whip] I'm sorry I'm male! [whip] I'm sorry I'm white! [whip] I'm sorry I'm male! [starts crying again] WHY?! WHY AM I A MONSTER?!
The Amazing Atheist, "Tumblr Feminists"

Damien: Hey, Mr. Robinson. Um, sorry to bother you. We ordered a new 72-inch Samsung TV and they say it was delivered, but it’s not in the lobby. We were wondering if you knew anything about that.
Mr. Robinson [turning to the audience] Don’t worry, boys and girls. Mr. Robinson knows just what to say in situations like this. [turns back to Damien and Mikka] OH, YOU THINK I STOLE YO TV 'CAUSE I'M BLACK!
Damien and Mikka: No! Oh my gosh, no! Of course not!
Mr. Robinson: [turns back to the audience, smiling] It always works, boys and girls.
"Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood", Saturday Night Live

Newt always felt guilty in the presence of black Americans, in case they blamed him for two hundred years of slave trading.

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