Re:America’s Shameful Human Rights Record (2012)
by figglesonrails on Monday June 24, 2013 @02:45PM
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I'm not suggesting self-flagellation and I'm not suggesting everything is "all better now". I'm aware that there is a great disparity. Like I mentioned before, all of my questions were completely serious and not meant to demonstrate a point -- I really want to know what the answer(s) are / could be.
In short, I'm saying "Help me understand what the right thing to do now. I can't undo history." I hear far too much debate about guilt assignment and not enough about practical advise.
But when talking about issues like white privilege, it's important to realize that centuries of discrimination and mass theft have a lasting effect, and you can't simply say "well the offending laws themselves are gone, now it's all a clean slate!"