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In reply to the discussion: "Wednesday was the worst day of my life…" [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)is deeply ingrained in all generations present at this time in american history. It will not go away. It can only be fought one case at a time, tooth and nail. Bigotry, ignorance and stupidity has been growing in this country last 6 years. Hmmmm, I wonder why???? Brown skin often translates to immediate threat. The native-american is a threat because the descendants of the perpetrators of the genocide of the many nations of native-americans, just like the descendents of slave owners has been holding on to their hate, for generations, and are fearful that somehow a balancing of the scales is coming up on their evil. That fear makes them get uglier and uglier. Every time racism and bigotry rears it's ugly head, I chop it off, metaphorically of course. Equality is not that complex a matter. Just takes tolerance and intelligence. Something still in short supply, I guess.