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blackbootz  ·  3567 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sometimes I forget why I'm here

    Or maybe I'm making a mountain out of a graffiti mole-hill! Who knows. I was told about a week ago that I "complain about this a lot." I didn't know how to respond to that. Well of course I do! And it isn't even complaining, I don't think. I'd like to think that I'm not accepting the parameters for engagement that I've been given. 'Cause they're shitty parameters! I'd like to believe that pointing this kind of garbage out means people will start noticing, but who knows.

I'm listening. As a white kid who grew up around black people (90% black high school), I find that I think about race a lot. The empathic distress module in my body is already over heated, I sincerely can't even imagine the frustration that comes with being the direct or indirect object of such persistent bullshit. I guess what I'm saying is, consider this comment a show of solidarity over the Internet, and know you have allies. And l second what kb says, find the advantage.