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Originally posted by Luzianne
As a black kid in the south, in predominately black schools, you better believe that history teachers made sure we knew about slavery, the civil rights movement, etc. Atlanta was the heart of said Civil Rights movement. I wasn't racist as a small child. But upon learning about these things for the first time, getting that first sense of the dynamics of the world and how my appearance affects how I might be treated, and seeing how some people even today still have the audacity to be so mean to black people after the centuries of what they already put us through, it was easy to be inclined to be a little racist. I had old teachers, black of course, who told stories of how they were mistreated, getting spit in the face, beaten, among other things. It made me resent the world a bit.
I'd wonder why my favorite animes (excluding the ones set exclusively in Japan) never had black people. And why immigrants coming to the city were not fond of black people. It was clear that racism in the USA influenced the whole world's view of black people. Things are improving with time, though. And ironically I've always been more attracted to other races. And as a kid /teen, even while I harbored some grudge and envy about the history, I was not mean to anyone because of race. And I laugh at race jokes some times. The impact of Chappelle's Show, Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, The Boondocks, Black Dynamite...Adult Swim in general.
OP, you've yet to share your story/experiences.
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Sorry yeah I havent share mine
I was very prejudice with black people and brown hispanics when I was a kid/early teen, but because a lot of my friends were, my family always taught me about respecting everyone, but I NEVER hurt anyone with bad comments about race or skin color unless I was fighting back or feeling attacked by that person. Since I was about 18 race isnt a factor for me anymore. I threat everyone else the way they threat me no matter race or skin color.