While my parents weren't overtly racist, I was surrounded by it growing up. Couldn't stand it, even began thinking I was the problem. Nah, I wasn't the problem after all.
I didn't find out until after my dad died that he was a member of the KKK. It explains a lot of things I heard him say -- most notably, racist slurs I'd never been exposed to (I was a kid in the 60s).
I have worked my entire adult life NOT to be one of those people. Nobody chooses their skin color.
I still hear the casual racism rattling around in my head. I continue to suppress it, even twenty years later, because I know people are just people deserving of respect and equality and I'm the asshole. One of these days, I won't be the asshole anymore.
My dad was a racist and a bigot. I went to school with all nationalities and cultures so I knew he was wrong. Closed minds unwilling to admit they have changed their positions and ideas are the real losers.
My parents were accepting of ANYONE. That said, I had plenty of aunts and uncles whom needed to have their heads removed from their own asses, forcibly. One even died because he believe in an uneducated NeoNazi instead of actual DOCTORS. He will not be missed.
We were taught so much bullshit growing up! So many times I’ve learned about our past and present and have been shocked and disgusted. I can’t handle the racist folk in my family — they aren’t interested in truth.
Both of my parents were racists but I went to school and hung out with all races so I knew they were wrong and lying to me. I still can do better though.
My parents told me that it's ok to go out with them but you don't marry them. And the other line was just think about the problems they'll face. 2 from 2 were disobeyed and race realy never was and issue.
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Inbreeders shall fall..
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I have worked my entire adult life NOT to be one of those people. Nobody chooses their skin color.
"Racism is dumb... Because there's so many good reasons to hate people on an individual basis."
Actually earning my hatred takes a good bit of work.