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We also have different people now from 20 years ago. And our understanding of how to handle diversity has evolved too. But, yes, generally I think we're in agr
by lostcolony 6y ago
We also have different people now from 20 years ago. And our understanding of how to handle diversity has evolved too.
But, yes, generally I think we're in agreement. I'm mostly just responding that "I'm colorblind", while possibly true, implicitly is distancing yourself from the problem. It's effectively saying "I don't recognize your skin color, so any experiences you ascribe to it will be alien to me". No, recognize color, accept that a person's experiences will be different from yours, especially those tied to skin color, and that your own experiences can't really touch that; a comment you find inoffensive they might find offensive, and you can't really adjudicate that. Etc.
But, yes, the best thing we can do is encounter those different than us and realize how similar they actually are.