Over the years I've seen many incredibly articulate explanations of racism, of prejudice and bigotry, fallen on deaf ears.
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"We need to get better at explaining..." won't help when people don't and most certainly won't listen.
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Getting better at explaining won't help people who are steadfastly convinced that racism isn't a problem, and anyone who...
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...brings up racism is apparently the real racist, being divisive, etc. You can't explain to that mindset.
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We've got a whole lot of people, who think Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization, who thought that Obama was a muslim
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who thought Mexico was sending illegal immigrants to take back California... There's heavy entrenched mindsets there.
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But there area many people with much more attachment to reality who nevertheless prone to racial resentment rhetoric
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I think part of the problem is that a lot of them view "racist" as an extreme; that unless you're an active KKK member...
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...who's lynching black people, you're not racist. The idea that racism can be more subtle, or more veiled, is lost on them.
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I think that's exactly right. But that's why it's so important to explain exactly what you mean when talking to them
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