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comment by SadPandaIsSad

I can totally understand that. And I actually agree with you. It just bothers me that everything is a race or sex issue now. I know that they are still bigots out there. There probably always will be. However the race issue isn't as big as it once was (same with the sex issue) and it seems like this is all anyone focuses on. What about the masses of all distinctions? Isn't this a bigger issue for humanity than the pretty squabbling about what color you are or whose ancestors harness whose?

On a side note. I'm tired of being called racist for believing different than someone just because I'm white. My color should matter no more than yours. I also believe that (aside from some specific problematic areas, namely Texas and others that have consistent racial issues) the issues between whites and black's is a cultural one, not racial. But no one seems to understand that these differences are just things we don't understand about each other. I can also agree that black culture is directly in relation to slavery and racism having been (and in some cases still being) an issue but this is something we as humans need to get over and move on from.

I ask you, could we not move past it if we could stop pointing fingers about who did what to whom and when? There are many black people who feel personally wronged by white people and many white people who feel personally wronged by black people. Can't we just let it all go and coexist?

I know that as time goes on and the older generations die out this will eventually come to pass. But I'm tired of being the bad guy simply for being white.





j4d3  ·  3447 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think people are frustrated with David Brooks because a black guy wrote a book about the racism he personally experiences now and Brooks responded with: "Ugh! Slavery! Get over it! "

In the New York Times.

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3447 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The makes complete sense to me lol. I would be frustrated to if I was black.