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GiqueCee

(4,062 posts)
7. The man spoke...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:47 AM
Jan 31

... the absolute, indelible truth.
I've had to deal with the weakness of character that is "White Privilege" – BLATANT RACISM – in my own family, but it's like talking to a single brick in a wall of denial; it's impossible to penetrate. I've just had to excise them from my life altogether.
I am a 78-year-old white man with bad knees and a worse back, and it's hard to know where to begin fighting this despicable mindset. Grand gestures only satisfy our own egos, so all I can do is live my life in accordance with my principles as best I can, and do good whenever I can.
In our final conversation on the subject, my elder stepson – I've been his stepfather for 39 years – asked me what I'd do when the race war they so fervently desire begins. I told him that I'd have a Black man on my right, a Black man on my left, and one of his asshole buddies in my crosshairs. He knows I'm an expert marksman. We haven't spoken since, and I doubt we ever will.
His mother is just as disgusted with him as I am.

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Powerful... but not NEARLY the whole story some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #1
Not for everyone. Keepthesoulalive Jan 31 #8
Truth has many roads. Truth is many of us are good people. Many are exhausted from overstimulation. Clouds Passing Jan 31 #12
Sorry Keepthesoulalive Jan 31 #13
Don't be sorry. The onslaught of bad gets exhausting and depressing. Clouds Passing Jan 31 #15
It's right THERE in your name some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #16
The last line is what stuck with me... OddMom20 Jan 31 #2
They don't want things to change as badly as they might be saying that they do. OldBaldy1701E Jan 31 #3
Phrasing NJCher Jan 31 #6
"I feel sorry for people who think that all there is in life is money." OldBaldy1701E Jan 31 #21
Revolutions are fought by those whose ribs are easily counted. BattleRow Jan 31 #11
I believe we're SEEING it.... the will to right things again some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #17
K&R Solly Mack Jan 31 #4
As a 67 year old black man...... richdj25 Jan 31 #5
i am certain it's a whole different world for the black population some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #18
The man spoke... GiqueCee Jan 31 #7
And THERE you've said it, GiqueCee! some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #19
Kurt Anderson, in his book, "Fantasyland".... Escape Jan 31 #9
i agree, Escape. some_of_us_are_sane Jan 31 #20
Love Kurt. progressoid Jan 31 #22
Well, evil has been here, on this soil, for centuries.... Escape Jan 31 #23
K & R democrank Jan 31 #10
America has never fully addressed its predatory and racist history dlk Jan 31 #14
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