I have a confession to make: in my day to day life, I deal with liberal leaning people. When I hear “racism” I usually think of discussions about how (or IF) to use things like ACT scores, what the “best strategies for “inclusion and diversity” should be” (not IF we have them..that we should have them is a given…just what TYPE) is it good to use the word “Latinx” (I do not describe myself with that word; “Mexican-American” works for me)…I think of the dumber battles over “cultural appropriation” (yoga, Indian food, etc.) and the like.
Things like supporting “Black Lives Matter” are kind of taken for granted in my circles (“how could you not?”) and my idea of an extremist is someone who pushes back vs. BLM.
Never did I think that this sort of thing would be an issue in 2020. Trump retweeted a video of his supporters yelling WHITE POWER at protesters. Really.
Closer to home, there was this.
Let me make myself clear: I am far from a perfect person. I still have work to do on refining my moral character. But this stuff isn’t nuanced: it is textbook Racism 101.
And I’ll close: yes, I am imperfect person who sometimes has vile thoughts about others; spiritually I am not where I’d like to be. But to me, part of being a good citizen is to keep such thoughts to myself, especially in public. I do not have a right to leak venom onto others, especially to those I do not know.
And here, well, I did. When I saw the Trump supporter video, I did NOT have the sound on…I just saw angry old people in golf carts and I mocked that…when in fact, there WAS something that was worthy of condemnation..but it was invisible to me as I focused on the superficial.
But back to racism: I had not idea that it was this bad or this widespread.
I wonder if the hard core racists are feeling cornered?
Life of an old goat 