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Originally posted by KB.
I don't want to bring any drama to our home, BUT:
You are right to say, at least for me, that I come from a wealthy family, but to say that I never experienced racism because of that is completely ignorant.
My dad was a lawyer and I was raised in a gated, predominantly white community. Why were we the only family in that subdivision that never got a warm welcome to the home owners association? Why was our house avoided even though it was very inviting on Halloween? Why did we receive death threats the in 2008 when President Obama was first elected? Why were we subjected to disgusted glances and frowned down upon from the day we moved in? Please tell me. Because I guarantee it was unwarranted.
It doesn't matter how educated, civilized, or wealthy you are. That doesn't make you resilient to racism. That's completely ignorant. The basis of racism is one being raised to believe they are superior to you and oppressing you. They don't care about your socioeconomic background just as long as you are coated with an inferior skin color.
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Like Doc said, I don't want to cause trouble. Not that I would need to because this was a very thoughtful post and I don't see any reason to fight it.
Honestly, I think I'm a bit racist. I don't think I'm one of those people who hate all black people and want them to burn. I was raised in the South. I, myself, have never belittled or made fun of a black person. What I'm think I'm racist about is that I joke about race a lot. Which with a lot of people, could be deemed as racist and I understand it.
I think part of my problem is that my 2nd family is black. My best friend is black and for the past few years her family has been raising me. If I was allowed to move into their home I already would have. I sometimes forgot how insensitive it is to joke because I have said "******" and told several black jokes in the household. As they have. They never told me that it was racist to say. So, I sorta learned that it was okay to say.
That being said, I don't think I'm in the right. I think that blackface is wrong. I've never experienced and I asked my friend's family and they didn't mind it either. It was foolish of me to not think of it as a bad thing just because one family doesn't think of it as wrong. I apologize. I hope that no one really holds me against what I said tonight. Il try to be less ignorant about my comments because it isn't right to say them.
That was fast. Welp.
) but that doesn't mean I sit around here acting like black people suck and that I don't wanna claim them etc... No. I still enjoy my background and rich culture.
