"that guy in all the old pictures that made black and white people ok with each other". I told her black and white people are absolutely not ok with each other but i pulled up MLK's picture and she said "Yeah him!" Then i looked up "MLK color photos" and she was blown away they existed. - ThreadSky

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brifacekillah.bsky.social • 6 days ago

"that guy in all the old pictures that made black and white people ok with each other". I told her black and white people are absolutely not ok with each other but i pulled up MLK's picture and she said "Yeah him!" Then i looked up "MLK color photos" and she was blown away they existed.

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brifacekillah.bsky.social•6 days ago

I explained to her that it's done on purpose, to make it seem like it was a lot longer ago than it was and that her Grandmas were alive at the same time, color photos absolutely exist, and that it wasn't that long ago. She couldn't believe it.

brifacekillah.bsky.social•6 days ago

She asked a bunch more questions and we went off on all sorts of tangents, at one point with me explaining the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and showing her sketches of what slave ships looked like. She took in every word i said, and kept asking questions.

brifacekillah.bsky.social•6 days ago

She asked if one of her friends was black (he is absolutely a pasty white boy) and she expressed concern for two of her friends that are black. We talked about racism being very much alive today and that we don't judge or hate anyone. We have a long way to go, but i'm looking forward to our talks.

brifacekillah.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm not really sure why i made this thread, i guess just to document our slow progress. So thanks for reading if you got this far!

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