I'm not going to sit and watch some random bearded redneck talk for 10 minutes. If you want me to care about what he has to say then give me a synopsis. If it sounds interesting, then I might be interested in investing my time towards his opinions.
Anyway, the best way to end racism is nationalism. Gays, blacks, hispanics, whites. If everyone is proud to live under a single banner, they will be able to bond easier. I am close friends with a black coworker. She's a die-hard liberal that HATES Trump and I'm a strong conservative that loves him. The reason we get along to so well is because we bond over Christianity and our desire to help others. We just see the world through different lenses and know this. Because of that, even though we have completely different political view points, we can still respect and trust each other.
All you need to find is one (maybe 2) common grounds and strengthen that resolve to the point where racism becomes a back seat opinion that can eventually fade away in a few generations. Something we all have in common is that we all live in the USA. If we're all able to forgive the crimes of past Americans and strive to make the USA a better place for ALL Americans through nationalism, then that can be a common ground for all races living in the USA to bond over. Some Alabama patriotic redneck with a MAGA hat is more likely to bond with a black person wearing an American flag T-shirt and open carrying, rather than hate on him.
However, that's just a hypothetical solution I believe will work. I'm not going to go around advocating for the federal government to push this agenda.
Of course, another solution would be for BLM to start pushing MLK's dream of judging people by character and not by skin color. That way, when another black teenager gets shot attacking a cop or Hispanic neighborhood watch guard, they should condemn the kids for attacking authority figures rather than revering them as martyrs. Rap music stop praising drugs, sex, and violence. Once urban communities idolize morality over vice, other communities will open their arms and want to welcome them.
Another white racist misquoting King. King did not say anything about ignoring racism so whites can feel good. And spare us the lecture about morality white... When whites like you begin acting morally come talk.
I can see why Silver Blooded's post would piss you off.
I got a little annoyed by this part:
That way, when another black teenager gets shot attacking a cop or Hispanic neighborhood watch guard, they should condemn the kids for attacking authority figures rather than revering them as martyrs.
The kid still died and a lot of people didn't seem to give a shit, including myself (which is a fault I failed to address in myself). What teenager respects authority? Should that be a death sentence? Why did Zimmerman get NOTHING? (that's a different issue, but still would rightly raise suspicion).
I also got annoyed with this part:
Rap music stop praising drugs, sex, and violence. Once urban communities idolize morality over vice, other communities will open their arms and want to welcome them.
Anyone who ever really listened to the hard "gangster" rap knows it was not really praising violence, but giving an outlet for anger felt by many black folks at injustice.
I was a teen when NWA released
Straight Outta Compton so, of course, I listened to it...a lot. Sure, it had a bunch of violent messages about guns and murder and all that crap, but it was really a somewhat healthy expression of anger that many white kids like me heard. I never had the sudden desire to grab a gun a commit murder. I started having a better understanding the lives and struggles of young black men. I suspect a lot of other white kids heard that message, and didn't suddenly become violent, sex-crazed druggies. How can that be a bad thing. I would ask Silver Blooded to take a much closer look at other forms of music to recognize his hypocrisy.
Silver Blooded did make a good point about unity being an avenue to
reduce racism (I don't think we can ever end racism). You see that proved in the military and in team sports. Teammates become brothers, regardless of race or background. The mutual goal of the team makes every team member's efforts important and valued (especially in the military, where lives of team members matter to the whole). Although Silver Blooded failed to address it and misappropriated Dr. King's message, he unwittingly did state a message that Dr. King advocated.
Unity.
Was unity not a key component of Dr. King's message?
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