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Systemic racism in the USA: Are whites "guiltier" if they had slavery in their past?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ana the Ist" data-source="post: 77179085" data-attributes="member: 302807"><p>There's a mentality that I recognized in some few peers of mine growing up that I always shook my head at. A sort of "I'm too good for that" mentality towards work that is menial or something that our society overlooks. Sadly, it appears that this mentality hasn't diminished but instead has proliferated.</p><p></p><p>I was taught the value of money first, and was told that for completing the few chores I had as a child I would get I think about 5 dollars a month which I could spend as I pleased. To a 6 or 7yo...I thought I was rich. Then around 9 or 10 I recall the day when my father didn't give me my allowance and I asked why. I was told I hadn't really earned it, my parents had wanted to teach me about money, and the chores I did were what everyone does (or should) without pay, when they are older. I protested angrily that it wasn't fair and blah blah blah and my father told me not to worry, he had some "real" work I could do. He took me outside, showed me how to start the lawnmower, told me I would have 10 dollars a week for mowing the entire lawn. It's about a 2.5 hour job, that wasn't pleasant on hot humid days....especially with the steep hill in the backyard. It was an old heavy push mower. I did this every week for 2 years before my dad stopped paying me and I didn't protest, because clearly, this was simply something I should be doing anyway. When I was 15 I got my first job, bagging groceries, at minimum wage and I've never been ashamed of it or any other job since.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am frequently told by coworkers I'm annoyingly liberal or leftist. On here, I'm imagined to be some secret fascist far right lunatic by a few posters who have subtly insinuated as much. </p><p></p><p>It's all relative. I do hold a few rather extreme views....but I don't know what political ideology they would neatly fit in, nor do I much care. I wouldn't share them on here.</p><p></p><p>I think most people adopt the socially acceptable political views of their peer groups, rarely think hard about any of it, and imagine themselves under whatever label they like best (because they appear to not actually understand what the labels meant). This has only recently become an issue because those people decided they should become much more politically active....whatever that means to them....and they have transgressed any values they might have once held.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ana the Ist, post: 77179085, member: 302807"] There's a mentality that I recognized in some few peers of mine growing up that I always shook my head at. A sort of "I'm too good for that" mentality towards work that is menial or something that our society overlooks. Sadly, it appears that this mentality hasn't diminished but instead has proliferated. I was taught the value of money first, and was told that for completing the few chores I had as a child I would get I think about 5 dollars a month which I could spend as I pleased. To a 6 or 7yo...I thought I was rich. Then around 9 or 10 I recall the day when my father didn't give me my allowance and I asked why. I was told I hadn't really earned it, my parents had wanted to teach me about money, and the chores I did were what everyone does (or should) without pay, when they are older. I protested angrily that it wasn't fair and blah blah blah and my father told me not to worry, he had some "real" work I could do. He took me outside, showed me how to start the lawnmower, told me I would have 10 dollars a week for mowing the entire lawn. It's about a 2.5 hour job, that wasn't pleasant on hot humid days....especially with the steep hill in the backyard. It was an old heavy push mower. I did this every week for 2 years before my dad stopped paying me and I didn't protest, because clearly, this was simply something I should be doing anyway. When I was 15 I got my first job, bagging groceries, at minimum wage and I've never been ashamed of it or any other job since. I am frequently told by coworkers I'm annoyingly liberal or leftist. On here, I'm imagined to be some secret fascist far right lunatic by a few posters who have subtly insinuated as much. It's all relative. I do hold a few rather extreme views....but I don't know what political ideology they would neatly fit in, nor do I much care. I wouldn't share them on here. I think most people adopt the socially acceptable political views of their peer groups, rarely think hard about any of it, and imagine themselves under whatever label they like best (because they appear to not actually understand what the labels meant). This has only recently become an issue because those people decided they should become much more politically active....whatever that means to them....and they have transgressed any values they might have once held. [/QUOTE]
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