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A lot of white people my age and younger in America don't really understand racism well. And how would we? We were trained from a young age to just repeat the r
by jeffdavis 9y ago
A lot of white people my age and younger in America don't really understand racism well. And how would we? We were trained from a young age to just repeat the right answers and not ask questions.
Without asking questions, there's no way to learn the topic well enough to apply it to real situations.
But there's no safe place to ask questions. If you ask an academic, they will give you incredibly confusing and vague answers that you aren't meant to understand without studying for a PhD in sociology. If you ask anyone else, they just brand you as a racist and move on.
It doesn't have to be this way. Even other sensitive topics like religion allow for ways to ask interesting, challenging, or practical questions. A priest will give a sincere answer to a sincere question.
- labster 9y agoConsider yourself lucky that priests will answer questions like that for you. In the old days, asking sensitive questions about faith was a good way to get stoned to death for blasphemy. Some parts of the world are still living in the old days. Also just FYI your name is racist. Consider changing your account to something less Confederate.
- locopati 9y agoThere is so much information out there that one needs to do some legwork on their own before expecting others to answer their questions, questions that probably have been asked many times, answered in other places, and were often asked as ways of attacking or dismissing. A sign of good faith is needed, in other words.