"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Friday, March 20, 2015
Post Racial America
As our Supreme Court has informed us, and as Bill O'Reilly and his similars remind us pretty much daily, race is no longer a problem in the US, and anyone who says otherwise is playing the race card. Which is why none of the following things, culled from a couple minutes' looking over just two recent days, happened.
Not this.
Or this.
Or this.
Most certainly not this.
And this never happened.
Nope.
Good god, not this.
This didn't happen.
This didn't, either.
Nuh uh.
No way this happened.
None of it. Because we're exceptional and it's all good.
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This is advice for everyone who doesn't think they are racist and is uncomfortable talking about race. Everyone who doesn't know how or where to start to talk about race. Especially those folks that are not comfortable around someone with a different skin color and/or especially starting ANY KIND of a conversation with people who are of a different color.
ReplyDeleteHere's my advice...
Think of them as you would anyone else, including yourself.
Starting with...It's not a sin to be ignorant and afraid.
Don't over complicate it.