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Not to wax philosophical, but how, exactly, do you fight racism? All these incidents aren't from people that became racist overnight. They ARE racist

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Nov 11 '16, 10:47

and yes, they do feel emboldened to be racist in the light of day but their thoughts and beliefs are not suddenly changed because of the election. 50% of the country voted for Trump. 100% of those people are not racists. Is it surprising that the large majority of racists voted for Trump? No. But one didn't create the other...

So how do you change these people who so obviously hold these horrible views and have for however long?

Responses:

require them all to watch American History X. -- nm - groiny Nov 11, 11:03 1
- still an awesome movie - Epiphany Nov 11, 11:07
The below plus encouraging empathy. -- nm - Roger More Nov 11, 11:02
show them that there are more of us than them locally and nationally. if you see something, confront it. [nm] - Mel Profit Nov 11, 11:01 8
- There are more of us - we just thought we were a bigger group than we were. - Epiphany Nov 11, 11:04 7
  - I thought I was done being shocked. - Mel Profit Nov 11, 11:16 3
    - whoa whoa. diva is a man??? (ha ha) -- nm - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 11, 11:20 1
      - MA lets hetero couples marry, surprisingly. - Mel Profit Nov 11, 11:24
    - I am sure you do not know what it is until you experience it first hand. - groiny Nov 11, 11:18
  - *ding* And I take that step further when I look at the county-by-county breakdowns Tuesday night. - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 11:05 1
    - I looked at the MA county results and was happy to see that not one went for Trump. I, frankly didn't think that was going to happen. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 11, 11:13
  - And the lever controlling how much of it seeps into our national cultural conversation just got pushed to full throttle. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 11, 11:05
I'd settle with not emboldening them to be racist in the light of day, for a start. - znufrii Nov 11, 10:56
After I get some stuff squared away, I may donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2017 -- nm - crash davis Nov 11, 10:54
Take away their children and reproductive rights and let them age out. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 10:51 12
- uh, have you heard of the 'quivers' they have kids by the dozen, the question is, how likely would birth control be take away from everyone? -- nm - z Nov 11, 11:00
- there are plenty of young racists. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 10:52 10
  - right, the thought that racists will just die out is a fallacy unfortunately -- nm - ty97 Nov 11, 11:01
  - There will always be some, but it really is changing. With each generation it has changed. From one where racism was institutional and a core belief - pmb Nov 11, 10:58 7
    - did I ever tell you about my friend's son's stepfather refusing to help him pay for school (the stepfather is a multimillionaire)? - spy cookie amanda jones Nov 11, 11:19
    - look at how texas textbooks treat it, we're going to have kids grow up not knowing about slavery -- nm - z Nov 11, 11:04
    - Uhm, you might want to avoid videos from schools for a while, then. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 10:59 4
      - Like I said, I'm not saying it doesn't exist. And I'm sure in some areas of the country it's different, but it is changing massively. -- (edited) - pmb Nov 11, 11:07 3
        
        A week ago I would have been right there with you. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 11:11 2
        
        Look at the voting numbers. Trump won because of the older voters. He lost the younger ones. Of course it's not like he got 0% of the younger vote - pmb Nov 11, 11:14 1
        
        I agree, but when I see a video of elementary kids in Detroit chanting "build the wall" and their latino classmates crying, I realize that maybe we - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 11:21
  - I didn't say it would be fast. -- nm - Doctor Spawn Nov 11, 10:57
by example. by not standing silent when people say offensive things. by education. -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 10:50 3
- Oh I am going to be anything but silent if I hear even an uttering of any shit -- nm - Epiphany Nov 11, 11:02 1
  - that's my girl. :) -- nm - Andie Nov 11, 11:07
- Also - i've seen a few posts about wearing a safety pin to signal that you are a 'safe space.' -- (link) - Andie Nov 11, 10:51
Immersion. -- nm - Max Nov 11, 10:49
Through education. -- nm - David Nov 11, 10:49

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