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<blockquote data-quote="Kaon" data-source="post: 74143147" data-attributes="member: 407930"><p>Someone asking you to say sorry for what your parents did may be them acting like a donkey; a white kid born after 9/11, for example, shouldn't have to apologize for slavery.</p><p></p><p>However, the problem is that there are many of us who are still reaping the benefits of segregation and racist law and practice. What causes problems is the <strong>ignorance of these things, or a straight out denial. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Too many people in America ignore the framework of racism and discrimination ingrained in systems because</p><p></p><p>1) it forces them to be responsible for their exploitation of a system that benefits them and detriment other groups</p><p></p><p>2) it forces them to confront their own involvement in <em>perpetuating </em>this system.</p><p></p><p>1) and 2) are where legitimate guilt can come in - especially if one is honest enough to examine one's self through these two alone.</p><p></p><p>It is clear America's little problem with people who are darker than a manilla folder, or have a name that sounds like they came from a $##@ country, but the problem is getting all the people who benefit from that system to fight the denial, and be honest about it - which would endanger the benefits in the first place.</p><p></p><p>At this point, there is no point in trying to mend race relations in America, because they cannot be mended until we are honest about the isms and discrimination in the nation, and how we passively marginalize these people with our complacency and ignorance - or by calling them liars every time they "play the victim" of something we don't pay any attention to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kaon, post: 74143147, member: 407930"] Someone asking you to say sorry for what your parents did may be them acting like a donkey; a white kid born after 9/11, for example, shouldn't have to apologize for slavery. However, the problem is that there are many of us who are still reaping the benefits of segregation and racist law and practice. What causes problems is the [B]ignorance of these things, or a straight out denial. [/B] Too many people in America ignore the framework of racism and discrimination ingrained in systems because 1) it forces them to be responsible for their exploitation of a system that benefits them and detriment other groups 2) it forces them to confront their own involvement in [I]perpetuating [/I]this system. 1) and 2) are where legitimate guilt can come in - especially if one is honest enough to examine one's self through these two alone. It is clear America's little problem with people who are darker than a manilla folder, or have a name that sounds like they came from a $##@ country, but the problem is getting all the people who benefit from that system to fight the denial, and be honest about it - which would endanger the benefits in the first place. At this point, there is no point in trying to mend race relations in America, because they cannot be mended until we are honest about the isms and discrimination in the nation, and how we passively marginalize these people with our complacency and ignorance - or by calling them liars every time they "play the victim" of something we don't pay any attention to. [/QUOTE]
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