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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)I've been confronting racism for quite a while with white people, since I am one, and that is the prism I see the world from. I can't imagine, nor do I try to, what you have gone through. I try to understand and confront it, educate when I can.
What I am seeing is an escalation. Perhaps I have been wearing rose colored glasses, but I have never lived in a utopia, unless you consider Indiana, Missouri and Oklahoma utopia for people of color. I have never felt we were void of racism, I'm not that out of touch . What I do feel is the brazen way it is showing itself now makes me more concerned than ever for the safety of all of us. You cannot solve problems with so much anger and animosity in the room. You can't get people to listen, and listening is the beginning.
I don't minimize what minorities have gone through. If the projections are correct white people may see what it is like soon enough. I can only hope the new majority will handle it better than we have.