Here how the shit goes.
Cubes didn't say shit that black people themselves - old AND young - don't think themselves, let alone practice. I seen it firsthand, walking down Fulton St. in my black hoodie at 1 AM to go the damn ATM at the bank. Old people stared me down like I was about to rob everyone on the street in 2.3 seconds, based solely on my appearance, and nothing more. If our own people can have these thoughts (and make jokes about them), what makes it so atrocious that people from another race could have the same brain pattern, especially given that it's been openly portrayed so much in media and society?
The problem with this whole thing was that the people of this country over the last 15 years got trained so much to spot in traces of "not positive language" in pretty much anything said publicly (or made public, anyway), that anything can now be taken as "offensive". From saying 'every kid shouldn't get a ribbon just for showing up' to 'Homosexuality is not in my God's plans" (just an example; don't go on that tangent) can get a person pretty much villianized in media in less than a day, because people - especially black people (with gay folk not far behind) - take ANY perception of disrespect to extremes, most of which are illogical as fuck to comprehend, but done to stay "loyal" and "true" to their side.
Now, do I admit that in the 21st century, racism is alive and VERY fucking well? Damn right, I do. No one's that naive. Do I also believe that if overt racism is shown, then that person should be judged by society accordingly? Hell yea. It's called personal responsibility.
Do I feel that everything should be lawyer-like scrutinized and the mere hint of dissension of the general population's view should have someone make an apology for it? Fuck no. It's also called free speech, which means free to voice your displeasure about something without being label a bigoted or prejudiced monster for it.
Learn. Apply. Be Better. And stop getting so fucking sensitized to everything.
Cubes didn't say shit that black people themselves - old AND young - don't think themselves, let alone practice. I seen it firsthand, walking down Fulton St. in my black hoodie at 1 AM to go the damn ATM at the bank. Old people stared me down like I was about to rob everyone on the street in 2.3 seconds, based solely on my appearance, and nothing more. If our own people can have these thoughts (and make jokes about them), what makes it so atrocious that people from another race could have the same brain pattern, especially given that it's been openly portrayed so much in media and society?
The problem with this whole thing was that the people of this country over the last 15 years got trained so much to spot in traces of "not positive language" in pretty much anything said publicly (or made public, anyway), that anything can now be taken as "offensive". From saying 'every kid shouldn't get a ribbon just for showing up' to 'Homosexuality is not in my God's plans" (just an example; don't go on that tangent) can get a person pretty much villianized in media in less than a day, because people - especially black people (with gay folk not far behind) - take ANY perception of disrespect to extremes, most of which are illogical as fuck to comprehend, but done to stay "loyal" and "true" to their side.
Now, do I admit that in the 21st century, racism is alive and VERY fucking well? Damn right, I do. No one's that naive. Do I also believe that if overt racism is shown, then that person should be judged by society accordingly? Hell yea. It's called personal responsibility.
Do I feel that everything should be lawyer-like scrutinized and the mere hint of dissension of the general population's view should have someone make an apology for it? Fuck no. It's also called free speech, which means free to voice your displeasure about something without being label a bigoted or prejudiced monster for it.
Learn. Apply. Be Better. And stop getting so fucking sensitized to everything.
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