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I’m so confused. I’m gen Z and I was taught not to think about skin color. Then I was told that while we shouldn’t judge based on skin color it’s fine to celebrate our heritage and ancestry. Sure. Now I’m being told that judging people on skin color is fine. What?? That just doesn’t make sense.
It’s all stupid identity politics
Comment by ifuckinghateratheism at 30/06/2020 at 16:14 UTC
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The way you were taught is exactly right! Don't let people on the internet change your good soul.
Comment by AquaticAvian at 01/07/2020 at 23:02 UTC
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I’m so confused. I’m gen Z and I was taught not to think about skin color.
“If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago and a racist today.” -Thomas Sowell.
Comment by caramal at 30/06/2020 at 22:34 UTC
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I have to disagree in all seriousness. I know it seems counterintuitive but being “colorblind” is problematic. Racism is much more complex than just plain old racial bias. White people enjoy countless advantages in nearly every task we take as adults. Sometimes recognizing that a person has had none of those advantages lets you evaluate them more accurately. If you start by accepting that we “swim in the waters of white supremacy” on a daily basis (to borrow Robin D’Angelou’s white fragility thesis) you start to see the errors in this path.