re: #31 HappyWarrior

You can’t see a post from ESPN, CNN, or whoever without a bunch of clueless whites complaining about crying about “attempting to divide us.” There was an article today on the discrimination that many Dominicans of Haitian descent receive and I had to see that crap again. I had a nice conversation the other day with my SiL’s older sister about colorism. She had posted a video about how colorism is present in telenovelas (those Latin American Soap Operas FWIW). I told her that I flat out don’t get it. I for one don’t see my white skin and predominately European origins as proof I’m superior to anyone. It’s just what I am. My ancestors were predominately European. So be it.

So many white people react with a sort of cognitive dissonance to any sort of discussion of racism. Just the idea that discrimination exists and that people are affected negatively by it gets them all defensive.