Do you understand why your step father might have had a problem with white people? Or do you want to ignore the possibility? .
So you want to think a 7 year old kid should be concerned with why his step father has a problem with white people? And what conclusion should I have come to? we all have perspective based on our life experiences. You have yours, but I have different conclusions based on my own experiences. I've seen Mexicans be quite discriminatory against other Mexicans based on God knows what. He was terrible to some of the guys he used to hire to work for him who were also illegals because they were illiterate... Ive heard Mexicans say the shittiest things about black people when I was a kid, crap talked about whites.. about my biological father... and at the time none of it made sense. You know why? because racism is bull shit and it doesn't make any good sense. I don't believe in guilt by race and I base this on my own personal experience. You don't think I've had time to consider why He had a problem with white people? you think I wouldn't consider when Ive had a life time to think about everything? If I don't come to the same conclusions as you however, I cant help you there because you've had your own experience with white people so you live with that then. My conclusion is that there are some people in this world who love to pick on and discriminate against others, and race provides a pretty good opportunity for them. But I don't believe the color of someones skin predetermines them to anything... its only in the way they get brought up and in the way they choose to face the world that determines whether they are going to be a racist or not. I know you disagree, and I get the whole 400 year debt whites have to pay. But Im sorry. I see the world the way I see it and I cant change that one bit.
I think a grown man should be able to think deeper than you do as to why your father had problems with whites. You are here talking about your experience, but mine tells me that skin color does determine a hell of a lot of things. Prejudice by whites led to laws and policies created that enforced white supremacy. That's what I call racism. Racism is more than slurs and no matter what your opinion is, the fact that laws and policies were created. That laws and policies are sill made at every level that hurts communities of color purposefully. Here is what a poster has said here and it's one of the best posts I have read,
“This discussion thread points out the difficulty in doing anything about racism in America. Any discussion of the problem provokes a reflexive, violent denial of the responsibilities of its perpetrators and beneficiaries, and the very existence of the problem itself. As long as our society cannot accept this country’s sins with the same equanimity as its virtues, no progress can be possible.”
You have been calling prejudice racism.. I call you white and you think that's the same as me getting turned down for a business loan with all the necessary things. It's not. And you can change the way you see things.
I absolutley have thought deeper, I'm sure not going to put everything into one post, and the Topic of this thread was why do kids or teens get along better with each other. True, I have not lived the black experience as you have lived. thats not what I claimed, but that does not mean that I have not experienced racism... it was a lot more than being called white. Sure i can change the way I see some things but what Im talking about is on a personal level. What defines us is a whole lot more than your race. If I stand before God he's not going to tell me "well you did pretty good as a white man" You know what it is that defines you... and its something inside yourself that maybe you share with others or maybe you dont. I understand the conversation always goes back to economics and reparations, admission of GUILT for white people. Thats a whole other discussion , but tell me what laws are still being made today that are purposely hurting people of color?
the fact that it is easier for you as a white man is simply fact. it is not racist.
white male victims... *shakes head*
Why don't you get off your high horse? Go back and read the post that prompted IM2 to ask me what kind of racism I experienced. I'm not going out of my way to say I'm a victim. Just was trying to have a discussion and just gave real life experience as part of that in an attempt to discuss something. Maybe yes as a white man I should just keep my mouth shut right? I shouldn't talk about anything that has to do with race unless it falls inside the accepted parameters right?
I did read your post. you were whining that someone insulted you by pointing out that life is easier for white men.