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Old 03-25-2009, 04:28 PM   #22 (permalink)
MidasGirl
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It will change. Change takes time. But we all want it to happen like yesterday. I view the issue of racism, and all it's subtle siblings, as part of the test of human evolution. Just the fact that a person can see themselves as superior to another because of a factor as arbitrary as skin color is enough proof that we really do have a long way to go. I mean think about it, it would be like Prince Harry seeing himself as superior as a human being because he was born a prince.

But you can't force spiritual evolution. It's a process. The problem also arises because black people, because of centuries of abuse and oppression, and now self-abuse, also sometimes play into the same insidious crazy game of seeing themselves as inferior to others. Which sometimes manifest as "being too negative" as someone pointed out above, or even aggression for self preservation purposes.

It's gonna be a long journey. We are all in it together. I'm very pleased that the majority of the younger generation is more and more unattuned to race as a divisive factor.

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