Random thoughts inspired by coffee and news consumption...
Why don't we round up all the white supremacists and blatantly racist twats in the US and put them on a boat, sail them to the African continent and drop their asses in a place where they can experience first hand what it is like to be a minority for a while. Could go a long way towards removing a significant amount of hate from our society.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I think we should create a Zoo for bronze era thinkers.
PondartIncbendog
Level 8
June 13, 2020
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I have a feeling you're going to receive the same kind of reception my post did that was trying to remind the police supporters that they were getting the same treatment as black Americans. It is so hard to say the right thing anymore.
Lorajay
Level 9
June 13, 2020
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You're right. I think part of the problem is that the 'right thing to say' too often doesn't fit neatly into any of the designated boxes we have created to define the things in our lives. God forbid we be willing to work with a venn diagram. 
This is naive and hateful, and puts you on their level. WTF?
Why not try to educate them as to how they have been played, brainwashed, to hate people with common interests? Or try to get them to understand that we are all one. Race is a political construct.
Mitch07102
Level 8
June 13, 2020
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Is it really? It's not like I suggested we sell them into slavery, all I said is it would benefit them to experience what it is like to be a minority. I don't exactly see many white supremacist and blatantly hateful racist people willingly signing up for that class. Each lesson you mentioned is most effectively learned through immersion. I have seen many people change their mindsets, but I have only seen it happen when people are willing to go outside their comfort zone and better get to know those who they see as so fearfully different. I have seen it with racism and homophobia. But if you are not willing to take that step outside of your comfort zone, you will likely never get to see that the differences aren't really differences at all. SO, yes, in my fantasy land of a mind, I wish there was a way to push them outside of their comfort zone of racist hate and force immersion so that they have a chance to see things differently.
That's merely a dream...
Cutiebeauty
Level 9
June 13, 2020
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I know. But not just a dream, a fantasy.
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