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Originally Posted by tstew
Now I'm really going to test the waters
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And I'm going to dive in.
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I recognize that there are many white people who now feel like the system is unfair to them because there is a small portion of some institution and opportunities that may not be available to them.
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Wrong is wrong. Always.
Discrimination is wrong. Always.
Period.
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Multiply that reality and sentiment by 100 and extrapolate it over decades and generations. That may give some insight into what fuels a lot of emotion.
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Why decades and generations? My life experiences are not defined by what happened to my parents or my grandparents or my great grandparents.
Why should we have to battle through generations of pent up anger while we have a black man in the White House.
At what point can we realize that we are moving on?
How long must we continue to pay for and make provision for the sins of a decade ago... a generation ago.. a century ago?
If there is discrimination in anyones life today then they should speak out and we should all do what it takes to bring that discrimination to an end.
But neither my feelings nor anyone elses should be based upon a decade ago, a generation ago or a century ago.
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