Racism, its hiding in plain sight.

How do you deal with racism in your own family? I don't know if the advice given here by this columnist is the best advice, but and interesting dilemma. You want to have the older generation be apart of their life, but their prejudices get in the way. I think I would openly, but rationally demonize the statements that grandma says so the kids know what is right, and grandma can learn or rather unlearn her old ways. I believe everyone has a potential to unlearn their hatred. The thing about racism is there are gray areas with it. It isn't like you are are either KKK or the most PC person on earth, some people just have negative stereotypes in their mind which make them somewhat racist, but that doesn't mean they are burning crosses. I think these are the people who can learn most from things like this blog. It is important to talk openly about these things and not just push them under the rug to fester.

I think I've been to this place in a nightmare. A story about the Crossroads of the West Gun Show from the San Diego City Beat.

Statistics are statistics. Cops are still racist. Here is a commentary about that report that was put out recently investigating how police dealt with race.

This is an article from 2005, but it is about these kill whitey parties in Williamsburg Brooklyn where white kids try to "kill the whiteness inside." "What that means, precisely, is debatable, but it has something to do with young white hipsters believing they can shed white privilege by parodying the black hip-hop life. In this way, they hope to escape their uptight conditioning and get in touch with the looser soul within them." This relates to yesterdays post in some ways. These people are acting out what they perceive black culture to be, but the problem with that is, their perception is not very flattering. "His street fliers come emblazoned with the words "Kill Whitie" across a woman's backside. Another flier offers free admission to anyone with a bucket of fried chicken."