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humanodon · 3928 days ago · link · · parent · post: Willful Ignorance - On the Perception of Race From Someone Too White to Be Black and Too Black to Be White
I get where 8bit is coming from and I see your point too. It's hard to make it clear to people that passive racism cuts a lot deeper for some than overt racism. Talking about it won't change the fact that things are the way they are. Discomfort is sometimes a sign of growth. Just as often, that growth is a cancer. Well-meaning people have told me that they forget I'm not white in the same tones they've used to tell me they forget I wear glasses. Even if a lot of people say they don't see color, that they're "colorblind", some of us can't un-see it. Living abroad, I got to see some of my friends experience that for the first time and be utterly shocked by it. All I could do was shrug and say "now you've had a taste. How is it?"