Kept ignorant and raised in a mostly white community, it wasn't until my mid-teens that I became aware of race. to be quite frank, I'm a little pissed off at my parents for that! I went through social mishaps and personal conclusions that should have been resolved way earlier in life. It's quick to think others as ignorant or different due to race... and it often takes a great deal of effort and realization to see otherwise. I am very sorry for those I've hurt in the past with my words or actions and hope that society as a whole wakes up and sees the harm they are doing!!!
I can easily see how racism is born and kept alive today... it's partly because of hateful people that are using race as a form of releasing their anger, but I think it is mostly due to pure ignorance and lack of caring. Is a kind soul born or cultivated?
Discuss
baraca yo-bama on February 2, 2008, 12:38 AM
I grew up in a relatively small town of 60k. It was a racial/cultural/economic diverse community. My public high school had students representing 149 countries. Kids whose parent’s companies had transfered them over here temporarily.
I was a social pot head, so I knew all the other pot heads from all the other countries, as well as my own. Reefer was a great levelizer. I wasnt concious of race at all, but I will admit I was alittle jealous of the local kids who had porche’s and mazzaratti’s.
3 years out of high school and 3 years away from pot, I joined the military. It was a racial wake-up call. I found out that alot of black people hate white people and pretty much vice-versa. There was a high level of distrust.
I grew up in a very unique situation that few can match.
Because of my travels around America, long ago I realised we live in a segregated society. In America, what day is the most segregated day of the week?
Sunday
Racism is an over used word.
I think people let fear of the unknown overcome them.
baraca yo-bama on February 2, 2008, 12:40 AM
Man ! You are brlliant.
Bruce Allen on February 3, 2008, 5:48 PM
I was brought up in peaceful society where we lived away from the ‘race debate’. From this outside-perspective, I perhaps see the problem a little differently.
Can’t help but believe the problem is CULTURAL, rather than RACIAL. A small example. American Rap-Music is, to me, a form of torture, whereas I have a great love of basic African rhythm and music. This might influence my thinking on race, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with it.
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