Quote:What do you do to change the affects of it?

 

Or do you think that because Obama is president; racism has been solved and there is no issue?  Do you think we are a post-racial country?

 

I am not black.  I see things in terms of class.  But I'm not dumb enough to think that race doesn't exacerbate the class struggle for black dudes in terms of law enforcement and black women in terms of social standards--specifically in the avenue of beauty.

 

But if you think that's not the case, please explain why.

I asked a man who consistently brings up race and how it's an issue and who leads us to believe it affects his daily life a simple question. I didn't get a simple answer. In fact, I got no answer at all. Instead, I get a reply from someone else asking me what I do to change it. Not only is that a poor response by attempting to shift the "blame" for lack of other words, but it implies that it's my issue to change solely. You later in your post claim to be "not dumb" so surely you understand it's not a one man effort or even a one race effort to solve it. And, I'd agree with you there! Throughout my life, whenever I have had struggles big or small, I've been proactive in making changes in my life to better the situation. So, I'll go ahead and answer the question since no one pulling the race card or equality card will. My answer is, not a a damn thing. If one isn't willing to try to help themselves, I'm not going to break my back to meet you over on your side or hand things out. There needs to be a joint effort.


In reference to your Obama, I laughed. Do I believe racism has been solved because of him? Of course not, he's making it worse. So, don't try to use that against me. For the record, Obama isn't the solution to anything, let alone race relations.


As to your last paragraph, I believe that's been covered more than enough in another thread to put the time and effort into trying to explain it here.


I'll ask again, for those who are feeling that they are having daily struggles due to their race what are you doing to help the issue? I'm not looking to bait anyone into a pre meditated argument. It's a simple question that I'm curious to know the answer to.

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