"Yes, bigotry persists, but to compare it to 50 or 150 years ago is absurd"
This. Well...mostly this. It shouldn't be forgotten that some people of colour in some parts of America have experiences far worse that that of your wife. And live in circumstances that are directly related to things like redlining that you wouldn't necessarily se…
"Yes, bigotry persists, but to compare it to 50 or 150 years ago is absurd"
This. Well...mostly this. It shouldn't be forgotten that some people of colour in some parts of America have experiences far worse that that of your wife. And live in circumstances that are directly related to things like redlining that you wouldn't necessarily see. Racism isn't a fixed quantity that affects everybody the same.
But I'm very confident in saying that almost everybody privileged enough to be writing pseudo-intellectual books about racism or waxing lyrical about it in the comments sections of my articles has never faced anything more serious than you're describing here. In fact, some of the people who most fiercely hold the idea of rejecting victimhood have had it the hardest.
"Yes, bigotry persists, but to compare it to 50 or 150 years ago is absurd"
This. Well...mostly this. It shouldn't be forgotten that some people of colour in some parts of America have experiences far worse that that of your wife. And live in circumstances that are directly related to things like redlining that you wouldn't necessarily see. Racism isn't a fixed quantity that affects everybody the same.
But I'm very confident in saying that almost everybody privileged enough to be writing pseudo-intellectual books about racism or waxing lyrical about it in the comments sections of my articles has never faced anything more serious than you're describing here. In fact, some of the people who most fiercely hold the idea of rejecting victimhood have had it the hardest.