In the times we live in, it has become easier than ever to point the finger of prejudice. If we look hard enough for evidence, we can find someone or something to blame for our troubles. We find any little shred that can be turned towards others. It has become a society of blame , accusations, and far out things. It reminds me of a generation of so ago.
I can look at my cats behavior and see the racism there. He likes to beat up his mouse. Given that the mouse has a rainbow skirt, he must be homo and transphobic. He paws at the yellow banana. Clearly he has no moral compass and hates the yellow people. Sometimes he lays on top of the white shelves. This is a sign he finds himself superior to all races by sitting on top of them.
I have tried to.talk to him about his behavior. Like all racists, he doesn’t see his gray privilege. He sits in front of his bowl meowing like a YouTube Karen. Other times he sits under the tv. Blocking the sun with white pillow cases. He seldom lets the other cat come and enjoy the space. He thinks he the only one to enjoy things because he is pure gray. The other cat has partial gray and doesn’t fit into his world view.
It just proves that it you look hard enough, you can find it anywhere. Although, I am in no way a fan of either party, social justice, or socialism, everyone should be heard. We have a right to be heard. Even if its wrong, disgusting, politically incorrect, and even rascist. We have a right to free speech not free speech that has to be approved by everyone. Is it a microaggression? To me that is made up and without merit. Yes, it makes things uncomfortable. Do you think the conversations of abolitionists were comfortable at first.
I guess when it comes to playing the blame game , we have a lot of history of the world to look at. One man comes up fairly quick as the master of it. A shorter German man who convinced a whole country that one race was responsible for all the things that were going on. They had Jewish privilege and that they were taking all the best for themselves. He made a game out of the propaganda of that. We see the same thing between the two Koreas. The South is to blame for the Norths problems.
If you are reading this and under 30, you may not understand all the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made to stop one man. One idea decimated a people for a very long time. If we had listened to people at the beginning, maybe more would have survived. Years later in 1977, those same people watched as Nazis marched through their town. They could have said no and but even they believed the people that hated them so much had a right to be heard.
I wish there was more to be said. Were there studies to be conducted to determine a truth we can accept and move forward. There arent . We are just guessing here. We always will when the cover is valued more than the book. When people.say they don’t see color, they want to tell you the truth they know. They see color but they will be damned if it will make a difference to them. They want to see the person behind the skin. No matter what they have lived and been feed. They want to see you as you. They want to be seen them same way.
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