RE: Assholes in the news
March 25, 2021 at 12:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2021 at 1:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 24, 2021 at 10:31 pm)Lek Wrote: I really wish people would stop trying to tell me I'm racist and I just don't know it. Please get out of my face. And while you're at it, don't teach my kids that they are racist. They don't even know what it means.
Quote:No one person has come to me and told me I'm racist. What I'm referring to is the teaching of institutional racism.
Right, so we can strike the first part of this imagined offense out right away. No one is telling you that, no one is in your face, personally.
Quote:They're teaching the kids, starting in elementary school that our society is inherently racist to this day and if you're white you should feel guilty and ashamed. The current philosophy in the college's is that if you are a white American, you are inherently racist.Funny thing, I have kids from high school on down to the 2nd grade....and haven't noticed this at all. They certainly don't feel like racists and no one has told them that they should, or, for that matter..that they should feel guilty and ashamed. Is this also more of a generalized fear that isn't happening to you, personally?
How about the college thing. Are you attending a college that has it as their philosophy that if you're white and american, you're inherently racist?
I'm not really sure why there would be a problem with students learning about institutional racism, mind you - that's sort of why we send kid to schools and go to college. Education. The friend apologizing bit, meh, could go either way couldn't it. A hilariously inappropriate display or a show of genuine empathy. I'm racking my brain trying to figure out how you manage to take offense by whatever some friend of yours decided to do. Some people feel sorry and say sorry in general...which, given these remarks, you should probably feel comfortable granting. My wife tells me she's sorry when I have a bad day.
What do you have to apologize for, and who's telling you to apologize for it, and are you being told to apologize for the color of your skin?
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