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Burying our head in the sand about the nature of our history won't make the racism we have today go away. If anything, it will aggravate it further as racists w
by norea-armozel 11y ago
Burying our head in the sand about the nature of our history won't make the racism we have today go away. If anything, it will aggravate it further as racists will find this a tool to promote their agenda.
- yequalsx 11y agoOf course it won't make racism go away. Its banning has the positive effect of making overtly racist symbols less socially acceptable. It will aggravate anger amongst racists but I don't think it will spread said racism.
- norea-armozel 11y agoI'm fairly sure that racism in America is pretty much alive. Racism doesn't always mean calling someone a racial slur or re-enacting the curb stomping scene from American History X, more often it means looking at other people as less than you or more dangerous or unemployable. That racism is still very normal in America and it will take more than a generation for it die out.
- jrs235 11y agoI concur, and I think it might be doing even more disservice as many will shortly be quick to say "Racism? Racism isn't a problem. We got rid of the Confederate flag." By removing the visible signs of issues, you remove the easiest ways to talk about and educate others about the issue.
- norea-armozel 11y agoExactly. No one really talks much about how biracial people are mistreated in the US, but it happens all too often (A couple close friends had to deal with it all their lives). And yet I've had people tell me "But Obama is President, so there can't be racism now." Pfft!
- vonmoltke 11y agoLast night I saw (without sound, because I was at the gym) Bill O'Reilly making almost that exact argument.