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Originally Posted by Lhancelot
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Lora is well-intentioned.
If only racism could be destroyed by presenting television viewers with positive images of all the races... We'd not have racism. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I personally grew up as the only white boy on our street. I also went to public schools that had extreme racial violence some of which I witnessed and was part of so I feel very passionate on the topic. I also grew up with a mother that dated outside her racial lines so I not only lived in a black neighborhood but lived with a black man growing up.
I can tell you 100% that my actual experiences formed my thoughts on blacks, and that in no way shape or form would TV or any movies change that perception.
Racism is extremely complicated, I just lack the ability to put into words everything I want to say on the topic, sorry if my posts are jumbled or confusing, or perhaps a bit simplistic. |
I think your last sentence summed it up perfectly: racism
is complicated. To be fair my earlier "treatise" on racism did cover more than just the institutional part, but to reiterate ....
of course both having a black man in your life and going to a school with racial violence had a huge impact on your life and
of course both those things have a ... I hesitate to say "bigger" since it's apples and oranges, but ... they have a more obvious effect.
All I'm saying is that our brains are just as extremely complicated, and we have all sorts of stuff going on below the level of conscious thought. I truly believe that "the war against racism" can't be won a single front: it has to be won on the conscious level AND on the subconscious level (ie. on both the explicit and institutional levels).