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RE: Racism... Have you ever tried simply not referencing race?

in #racism • 7 years ago

I am in total agreement with this. You will get a number of arguments along the lines of "But there are other races, we just have to accept one another's differences". I don't agree with that logic, because now you're not just using 'race' you're using 'differences'. I think these bodies are like costumes. Yeah, there are different shapes, sizes, and colors, but they hold a spirit that has no race.

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     7 years ago 

    Yeah bigotry (of which racism is just one type).

    You can't fight bigotry with bigotry.
    You can't fight racism with racism.

    That is simply hypocrisy.

    Dr. Martin Luther King had a great quote that apparently MANY people do not understand. It is beautiful and puts it very eloquently.

    The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
    begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
    Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
    Through violence you may murder the liar,
    but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.
    Through violence you may murder the hater,
    but you do not murder hate.
    In fact, violence merely increases hate.
    So it goes.
    Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
    adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
    Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
    only light can do that.
    Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

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     7 years ago 

    Yes, this. Well said. I'm afraid that many people do not have the level of empathy it takes to evolve to the next level...yet. I'm encouraged after joining steemit though, to find a number of like-minded individuals.

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