RE: Ask an Ex-racist
April 10, 2018 at 7:46 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2018 at 9:16 pm by Whateverist.)
I just have to repeat what others have said, that is commendable to have pulled yourself out of that indoctrination .. just as you did with religion.
I had it easier in that both my parents were vocal in their anti-racism. My father was in the navy and knew plenty of black men, some of whose families we'd visit and we kids would all play together. But for all that, there were very few black families in any of the navy housing suburbs I grew up in. In high school near D.C., my just younger brother and I scored jobs bagging groceries and helping customers out to their cars while we were in high school. Most of the other boys (definitely plenty of sex discrimination still) were black. So I got to experience a few environments in which I was the odd one out. All very positive.
Later I discovered there was plenty of racism in my mother's family and still is in some cases.
You had it a lot tougher and still found your way out. Well done.
I had it easier in that both my parents were vocal in their anti-racism. My father was in the navy and knew plenty of black men, some of whose families we'd visit and we kids would all play together. But for all that, there were very few black families in any of the navy housing suburbs I grew up in. In high school near D.C., my just younger brother and I scored jobs bagging groceries and helping customers out to their cars while we were in high school. Most of the other boys (definitely plenty of sex discrimination still) were black. So I got to experience a few environments in which I was the odd one out. All very positive.
Later I discovered there was plenty of racism in my mother's family and still is in some cases.
You had it a lot tougher and still found your way out. Well done.
