When I was growing up as a fundamentalist Christian, we were taught that the secular hated us, that they were persecuting us, that we would speak the truth and they'd figuratively spit in our faces. We were at constant odds with larger society, and this was viewed as good. 1/
Why are you focusing on race so much in this, nothing in this was about race.
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"You'll still be safe if the world hates you" doesn't ring very true in 2020. I understand it was about your family's experience and not race.
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It's not true in a lot of circumstances, in war, or if the people who hate you employ you, etc. It mostly only works if you have some bubble. I generally think race as a go-to for dividing the world is often inaccurate and harmful.
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