>(For those of you wondering, a lot of Americans are born in highly segregated communities, where there are few (or even zero) poc, like many suburbs, and it’s not by choice or fault of their own)
I was born in West Virginia. Growing up there were like no black people. My high school had one dude who was half black. Coincidentally he ended up being a coworker and my roommate after high school. I think it's true that racism has to be taught. I was never taught to be racist. Who would I be racist to? Or about? Everyone in my community was white. There was more contention about Ford vs. Chevy than race.
So if racism is taught, isn't the solution to not teach it? And to judge people by their character and not their skin? The more people talk about race like it's important, the more new people (kids) are going to think it's important, and that we're more different than alike, which just isn't true. There's so much racebaiting in the media these days its ridiculous. Imagine you're a kid growing up and the media is constantly highlighting race. You're going to think race is an important distinction to think about, and make decisions based on it. If it wasn't important to distinguish race, why is everyone talking about it all the time?
Basically, instead of being target fixated on the problem, focus on the solution. What would a racism free society look like? Would they talk about race all the time? Or would they look at you funny if you brought up race? The least evil option, IMHO is to simply be the person that looks at someone funny for bringing up race. To quote Morgan Freeman: "Stop talking about it." https://youtu.be/RosCZkH5uTI?t=25
I was born in West Virginia. Growing up there were like no black people. My high school had one dude who was half black. Coincidentally he ended up being a coworker and my roommate after high school. I think it's true that racism has to be taught. I was never taught to be racist. Who would I be racist to? Or about? Everyone in my community was white. There was more contention about Ford vs. Chevy than race.
So if racism is taught, isn't the solution to not teach it? And to judge people by their character and not their skin? The more people talk about race like it's important, the more new people (kids) are going to think it's important, and that we're more different than alike, which just isn't true. There's so much racebaiting in the media these days its ridiculous. Imagine you're a kid growing up and the media is constantly highlighting race. You're going to think race is an important distinction to think about, and make decisions based on it. If it wasn't important to distinguish race, why is everyone talking about it all the time?
Basically, instead of being target fixated on the problem, focus on the solution. What would a racism free society look like? Would they talk about race all the time? Or would they look at you funny if you brought up race? The least evil option, IMHO is to simply be the person that looks at someone funny for bringing up race. To quote Morgan Freeman: "Stop talking about it." https://youtu.be/RosCZkH5uTI?t=25