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RE: So what is racism anyway? Can't you take a joke?
Well said bro! That was choice.
White Aussie male here...
I'm also a "Curly Tops" who was given a tough time for that in my youth.
Unlike being short though, adults praise the curls.
Done in fun, with a bit of jest, it was not a problem but when the intent was to hurt, it sure did, without fail.
I hated my curly hair as a result and it took me decades to finally enjoy that my hair is curly and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Thanks for that ;-)
Yeah it is odd what people use as a mean of singling someone out for ridicule.
I would have loved to have curly hair, or any other type of hair than the hair I had. No matter what I did with it, it always looked stupid.
I think most people have to deal with this sort of thing on some level.
So perhaps the trick is to remind people of what that felt like for them, and ask, if it felt so bad for you, why would you want to make someone else feel like that?
I think most people, when confronted with it like that, would probably understand and with any luck, change the way they look at discrimination, and modify their own behavior.
We can only hope. ;-)