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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)Sit ins at lunch counters were confrontations. Bus boycotts. Marches with fire hoses and police dogs. Church bombings. Assasinations. The entire black struggle for equality has been one long bumpy confrontation.
It is counterproductive to have racism, not to dwell on how to solve or understand the damage that results from it. It's like you think it will go away if we don't talk about it. No. It will continue and WE will have to suffer in silence so that YOU can be comfortable. Saying yes there is racism, but no don't dwell on it to a person who suffers from it daily is discompassionate. I woukd not tell a man dying from Cancer that it was counterproductive to 'dwell' on it when it is running his life. Would you? It may be easier for YOU not to discuss it, but not for me. I am the squeaky wheel. I will get that grease if I have to scream at the top of my lungs. Till my last breath I will say, "This is wrong! I reject white supremacy!" Thank you.