I never said 'everyone is racist.' I said everyone has prejudices of some sort. I can acknowledge both that my mother's intense dislike of blacks has unfortunately caused me to be uncomfortable around those I don't know (something I have always fought against within myself, and succeeded, though itws so little as to be unnoticeable), and that I think SUV drivers are mostly jerks on the road. Both are unfair generalizations. Everyone has these. I don't see a recognition of complicated, contrary human nature as a concession to 'not hurting feelings', an OK-ing of racism, as it were. Rather, I am saying, "everyone has prejudices, which is WHY it's so important to work with each other as peacefully as possible to combat them. We're all human." See the difference?
If you read snarkiness in that comment, I don't know what to say. I do believe everyone has their own prejudices to fight, and that often they are race-related - how can they not be, when we allparticipate in a society that still in in some ways divided by race? But I respect your right to disagree.
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on 2006-07-23 06:44 pm (UTC)If you read snarkiness in that comment, I don't know what to say. I do believe everyone has their own prejudices to fight, and that often they are race-related - how can they not be, when we allparticipate in a society that still in in some ways divided by race? But I respect your right to disagree.