Probably why I comment, along with my contrarianism.
Was raised to be colorblind, and mostly was. Never judged people individually, but never liked African art, whether it was big titty fat ass traditional sculpture, gaudy color schemes, or inner city music. Still don't judge people individually, and still don't like African art. I'm just not colorblind anymore.
It mostly changed when I got older, and the whole Zimmerman thing happened. It wasn't so much the incident, as the way blacks rallied around an individual because of his blackness, rather than the circumstances around the incident. This got me looking into UCRs a bit, and I was rather shocked at just how massive the black/white disparity was. Then we got to Mike Brown, and blacks rallied the same way, even though the evidence was even more damning towards this particular Nuffin. Racial solidarity was apparently a powerful force, and beyond such trivialities as fact.
By this point, I started to realize just how indoctrinated I had been. The differences are real, and stark. I thought for a long time fatherlessness and culture were the base issue, but studies on genetic disparities in IQ and impulse control between racial backgrounds (even twin studies with unrelated environmental factors) were showing a different picture.
In some ways, I commend what they tried to indoctrinate me with, because it was effective. The lies and omissions were the only hope for a multiracial society. But a system that relies solely on lies and omission is an immoral one.
Probably why I comment, along with my contrarianism.
Was raised to be colorblind, and mostly was. Never judged people individually, but never liked African art, whether it was big titty fat ass traditional sculpture, gaudy color schemes, or inner city music. Still don't judge people individually, and still don't like African art. I'm just not colorblind anymore.
It mostly changed when I got older, and the whole Zimmerman thing happened. It wasn't so much the incident, as the way blacks rallied around an individual because of his blackness, rather than the circumstances around the incident. This got me looking into UCRs a bit, and I was rather shocked at just how massive the black/white disparity was. Then we got to Mike Brown, and blacks rallied the same way, even though the evidence was even more damning towards this particular Nuffin. Racial solidarity was apparently a powerful force, and beyond such trivialities as fact.
By this point, I started to realize just how indoctrinated I had been. The differences are real, and stark. I thought for a long time fatherlessness and culture were the base issue, but studies on genetic disparities in IQ and impulse control between racial backgrounds (even twin studies with unrelated environmental factors) were showing a different picture.
In some ways, I commend what they tried to indoctrinate me with, because it was effective. The lies and omissions were the only hope for a multiracial society. But a system that relies solely on lies and omission is an immoral one.