Locopony - I understand your point about trivializing racism. I'm a mixed child in GA and I fully understand the benefits of having pink skin and straight hair. (Dad is half black, Mom is 1/4 Cherokee.) I dye my hair red and use special shampoo because its just easier to not fight white or black people about my identity. The joke is that i have Grandpa to thank for my butt, my sister got the curls, and my brother got the dick. Its too hard to explain to people though so i choose to be Cyndi without being a representative of a race. Christianity also preaches a lot that the church doesn't follow. I'm at the point of going to war with the Baptist church over what one of the group homes they fund did to my son while he was in care.
My point was that the war on racial inequality has taught us Americans something - we can say what's bothering us and we may get smacked down, but say it enough and to the right people, eventually something will change. Our country is relatively young for what we've gone through. In 250 years we have seen slavery, state enforced racism, organized crime, terrorism, women's suffrage, the right to use birth control, gay rights, industrial wealth and collapse, technological wealth and collapse, the creation of new forms of communication, the ability to make yourself something other than the station you were born to... Our society thrives on doing the abnormal because we have such a history - from every race and walk of life - of creativity and invention.
I often wonder what England thought would happen when they "transported" rebels from conquered countries to the colonies. Did the government really expect them to say "yes, your majesty" from across an ocean after forcefully ejecting them from their homes? As a result, our history is built upon defiance. When there is a struggle, the human mind reaches for a solution. Every now and again we achieve brilliance.
My point was that the war on racial inequality has taught us Americans something - we can say what's bothering us and we may get smacked down, but say it enough and to the right people, eventually something will change. Our country is relatively young for what we've gone through. In 250 years we have seen slavery, state enforced racism, organized crime, terrorism, women's suffrage, the right to use birth control, gay rights, industrial wealth and collapse, technological wealth and collapse, the creation of new forms of communication, the ability to make yourself something other than the station you were born to... Our society thrives on doing the abnormal because we have such a history - from every race and walk of life - of creativity and invention.
I often wonder what England thought would happen when they "transported" rebels from conquered countries to the colonies. Did the government really expect them to say "yes, your majesty" from across an ocean after forcefully ejecting them from their homes? As a result, our history is built upon defiance. When there is a struggle, the human mind reaches for a solution. Every now and again we achieve brilliance.
