Yeah absolutely. I think it's often forgotten that the most important battle in the fight against racism is for the minds of future generations. It's figuring out how to stop ourselves from passing all those years of anger and distrust and hatred onto our children.
In a perverse way, I think people like Ray are enjoying this moment where …
Yeah absolutely. I think it's often forgotten that the most important battle in the fight against racism is for the minds of future generations. It's figuring out how to stop ourselves from passing all those years of anger and distrust and hatred onto our children.
In a perverse way, I think people like Ray are enjoying this moment where white people are being demonised for the colour of their skin. After all, it's not even a fraction of what people from his generation experienced. I don't think he wants to let go. I think he wants payback.
But of course, all it leads to is more anger and distrust and hatred. I wonder how many white children growing up today are learning to think of black people as the enemy because of how they're being treated over things they had nothing to do with. On and on it goes. We desperately need to break this cycle.
This phrase I use is neither racist nor anti-racist. Just ironic. Came off the top of my head one day. Used it with six people, I thin'. You're either the sixth or seventh, Steve. The first I used on two different occasions, with Mehmet.
Yeah absolutely. I think it's often forgotten that the most important battle in the fight against racism is for the minds of future generations. It's figuring out how to stop ourselves from passing all those years of anger and distrust and hatred onto our children.
In a perverse way, I think people like Ray are enjoying this moment where white people are being demonised for the colour of their skin. After all, it's not even a fraction of what people from his generation experienced. I don't think he wants to let go. I think he wants payback.
But of course, all it leads to is more anger and distrust and hatred. I wonder how many white children growing up today are learning to think of black people as the enemy because of how they're being treated over things they had nothing to do with. On and on it goes. We desperately need to break this cycle.
Sorry again for the brain-dump, and TYTY for the "American Dream" speech.
This phrase I use is neither racist nor anti-racist. Just ironic. Came off the top of my head one day. Used it with six people, I thin'. You're either the sixth or seventh, Steve. The first I used on two different occasions, with Mehmet.
You're diamond amongst coal, Steve!
You don't know me WELL, but You might surmise that I don't flatter. Never was any good at it; don't see it serves any purpose in the long run. Besides, fundamentally it's against my principles: https://medium.com/illumination-curated/why-im-constitutionally-incapable-of-lying-f5016015993b
All that to say... Jen's and Your writings are priceless.