I was born in 1985. Never went to class from kindergarten through graduate school that there weren't black kids in class with me, and I never recall it being a 'thing' aside from jokes in every direction. My best friend in high school was black, and I also lived with him after college. All of this blows my mind. The rhetoric, finger poin…
I was born in 1985. Never went to class from kindergarten through graduate school that there weren't black kids in class with me, and I never recall it being a 'thing' aside from jokes in every direction. My best friend in high school was black, and I also lived with him after college. All of this blows my mind. The rhetoric, finger pointing, and virtue signaling are all just that. And I'm glad that when my television and computer are off, racism doesn't seem to exist. I hold the door for black folks, and they hold the door for me. "Thank you, sir." "You're welcome."
But by today's broad definition, I may very well be racist. I have absolutely no problem wearing that. Nothing shuts down some idiot calling you a racist quicker than responding with "you're damned right!" I do judge people based on their appearance and behavior and avoid or welcome them based on my values, and the values I want to instill in my children.
Separating history into black/white/whoever seems to perpetuate the issue. Anyone who loves history wants as much information from as many different perspectives as possible. Anyone who doesn't love history, regardless of skin color, sleeps through class.
I was born in 1985. Never went to class from kindergarten through graduate school that there weren't black kids in class with me, and I never recall it being a 'thing' aside from jokes in every direction. My best friend in high school was black, and I also lived with him after college. All of this blows my mind. The rhetoric, finger pointing, and virtue signaling are all just that. And I'm glad that when my television and computer are off, racism doesn't seem to exist. I hold the door for black folks, and they hold the door for me. "Thank you, sir." "You're welcome."
But by today's broad definition, I may very well be racist. I have absolutely no problem wearing that. Nothing shuts down some idiot calling you a racist quicker than responding with "you're damned right!" I do judge people based on their appearance and behavior and avoid or welcome them based on my values, and the values I want to instill in my children.
Separating history into black/white/whoever seems to perpetuate the issue. Anyone who loves history wants as much information from as many different perspectives as possible. Anyone who doesn't love history, regardless of skin color, sleeps through class.