• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I think I get what you’re saying. If we don’t talk about things, it ceases to be part of our culture. Reminds me of something Morgan Freeman said:

    “Stop talking about it. I’m going to stop calling you a white man,” Freeman says to Wallace. “And I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman. You wouldn’t say, ‘Well, I know this white guy named Mike Wallace.’ You know what I’m sayin’?”

    I don’t know if it’s practical in a world culture of billions of people, but I understand the thought process.

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      11 months ago

      You got it. Racism is treating people differently based on race.

      The only way to end it is to stop drawing on differences.

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      11 months ago

      You got it.

      We can’t beat racism by continually pointing out racial differences. This is just more racism and isn’t helpful.