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- Sep 24, 2014
Try taking a college sociology class in your 30s. I was raised on the 90s diversity training that was based on Dr. King's vision of the world. When I ask the asian professor why the definition of racism stayed the same for hundreds of years but drastically changed in the last 10 years, the class full of teenagers look at me like there's a dick growing out of my forehead. I couldn't just tell him he was full of shit, but I could ask a ton of questions that forced him to give illogical answers. If racism requires a position of authority or power, and I'm the subordinate in our teacher/student relationship, is it impossible for me to be racist to you, or is defying the person that holds authority over you punching down? It was a shit show but I think a few of the youngin's caught on.The way I see it, I don't feel right talking about racism against Blacks if I don't speak out against racism towards any race. Blacks can be racist, Whites can be racist.
Racism is literally discrimination based on race. That should outrage anybody. It should not be "that does not count because it's X race doing it." It defeats the purpose.
This is based on my principles.