Comments | alton_lust: MLK day 2015

alton_lust

MLK day 2015

Jan 20, 2015 00:55

(Reposted from earlier)
MLK Day edit for comment. There is racism in this country. (When I hear it defined as 'white' I'm not sure that in itself isn't racist, but I'm /not/ bringing that up to distract from the conversation.) There is privalege(sp?)in this country and unquestionably the face of that is White. It is unfair and it is a problem. My ( Read more... )

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randomdreams January 20 2015, 06:41:47 UTC

Part of it is power: people want someone to look down on, even if (especially if) they are at the bottom of their local power structure.
Part of it is that a lot of people don't get the concept that a rising tide lifts all boats. They think that if someone else gets something, that means they must be losing something.
It's ugly.

And part of it is just fear of anyone different. If it weren't skin color, it'd be religion, and if not that, the people down the road who butter their bread on the wrong side.

bluemeanybeany January 20 2015, 16:04:20 UTC

"who butter their bread on the wrong side."

ah see, not living in a society that institutionalizes racism in quite the same way due to historical reasons, we our quite for judging people for breaded products and buttering knife based reasons.

alton_lust January 20 2015, 23:24:01 UTC

Only crack the hard boiled eggs from the proper end or there will be WAR, gulliver ( ... )

randomdreams January 21 2015, 02:31:29 UTC

I love Emo. He was/is so weird and creepy.

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