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I think you have misunderstood me. I don't feel any hate for others and wish for an integrated world where genetics don't give people advantages. I do think I
by lrvick 6y ago
I think you have misunderstood me. I don't feel any hate for others and wish for an integrated world where genetics don't give people advantages.
I do think I am sometimes ignorant and am unintentionally offensive and am in need of correction. Sometimes bigotry is baked into our very language and social norms but doesn't nessesarily have hate attached. I also think my lifestyle and sometimes laziness likely contributes to making the lives of others harder and I think a lot about how to set that right.
Also yes, in some of the very racist small towns I grew up in, I got jobs because I spoke good English and because I was white, while others that worked harder didn't.
I even literally had an ex tell me a motivator for dating me was because her parents didn't approve of her ex because he was black.
That sort of thing is pretty messed up, but not being a part of any oppressed groups gave me priority treatment sometimes without question.
This was especially apparent when I would go to court for traffic tickets and get off scot-free every time while black and Latino people in front of me would get the book thrown at them for offenses more minor than mine. Many studies have shown black people get harsher sentences on average and I have certainly seen evidence of this.
I don't think white people -should- have an advantage and I agree it is evil that they do, but dominant racism in our country creates that advantage.
Also I never once made any statements or assumptions about you however you keep making them about me, like assuming I had an easy life. Not sure why.