race (xposted to fb)

[infoape]

Living in Portland I am not often exposed to deliberate acts of racism or hatred. I can say that I am not often exposed to subtle attacks thuogh they are relatively more frequent. What is frequent yet largely difficult to detect are acts of racism concealed so deeply that even the person behaving in this manner remains unawares. As far as they are

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[gribble_moster]

Interesting...Falla and I were discussing this yesterday. She had a student that didn't understand why learning English isn't a requirement for citizenship. I've come to the belief that racism is something that is going to have to die out with generations. Most people aren't capable of changing course midstream. Each generation is a little less soiled than the generation before them. The way I look at it is that it's my job to be an example of NOT fulfilling a stereotype. My words and my thoughts aren't going to have the same influence as my actions. Right now I'm undergoing a social experiment with my trainer. The first time he met me, he made some passive aggressive homophobic comments...not having any idea where I sat on that fence. I assured him that I would keep the details of my relationship with my girlfriend to myself just to make the point that he might want to not make assumptions about people. His assumption is that lesbians are man hated ball busters. I'm hoping that while he gets to know me, he'll see that his assumptions

[kashma]

Excellent discussion of a related topic today on talk of the nation.