re: #151 Shiplord Kirel

I think you’re confusing emphasis with honesty. It is true that society in general, and the education system in particular, pay a great deal of attention to race. Much of this, most of it, is aimed at overcoming racism.

That is not the same as teaching people to honestly address their feelings and attitudes. Much of it in fact probably works to the detriment of healthy dialog. The lesson is often not so much that you shouldn’t be a racist, but that you shouldn’t be honest about it. This contributes to the kind of transparent denial we see in the poll results above.

Brilliant statement SK. Many have locked onto the emphasis and not the honesty part, myself being guilty of being too caught up in the emphasis previously. I have been transitioning in the last few years helped along on LGF.

Just because there’s a Black History Month and not a White History Month doesn’t equate to reverse racism. To say so is ignorant of this point, or worse, demagoguery.