There was an incident on campus yesterday, I guess “in honor”
of Columbus Day, where someone painted racial slurs on a space sacred to Native
Americans. It really bothers me that people would do such things, and then they
say, “There is no more racism in this country. So stop talking about it.”
Really, people are posting things like that on social media. They say talking
about racism is what’s causing it. I just say imagine that you had a nice
house, and I stole it from you and said, “Tough, it’s mine now – I’m stronger
and better, so that’s God’s will.” Or imagine that I dragged you to another
town that you had no connection to at all, and I made you get a demeaning job, and then
I stole your paychecks. Now imagine I had a daughter and she was still
benefitting from everything I stole from you. Would you be satisfied if she
said, “That was my mother who did that – I’m innocent”? Wouldn’t you still want
your house back, or your lost wages? All this time later, I am not sure exactly
how we would calculate what is owed to the people who had so much stolen from
them, but we still have their houses and stolen wages, and some people say it’s
ridiculous that they even want an apology, never mind what is rightfully
theirs. I think if you can’t understand their anger, you are not trying very
hard. To me the problem is painfully obvious.
Famous Hat
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