Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

shared and debated. Because I believe the best ideas will eventually always win, and racism is definitely not the "best idea". 9/

Racism is abhorrent, ignorant and ugly. But racists are not irredeemable. They can change. The only cure for ignorance is education. 10/

You can't educate by force. You can't defeat ideas by force. You can only defeat them through dialog. So, I understand why people 11/

want to tear these statues down. I understand the pain these statues represent. But I'm asking people to look farther down the line 12/

with hope and resilience that can turn these racist relics against the white people who today view them POSITIVELY as "muh heritage" 13/

and create a reality where the same relics will be viewed NEGATIVELY as "our shameful heritage". 14/

Because at that point, this society will be a good and fair society. And I hope at that point the white people will WANT to remove them 15/

And I hope they POC will fight them on it, just as racists today are doing. That's what I want. End racism. Not just relics, but racism 16/