exiledbear (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} exiledbear) wrote,@ 2009-06-07 20:39:00 |
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Never forget, America is a racist country
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/us/07
You think all that hate went away in the '70s, when they passed the final series of laws guaranteeing civil rights to all? Nah.
It just got suppressed. And when hate is suppressed, it doesn't go away, oh no. Everything goes somewhere. Everything. Nothing is lost.
The old 20th century racial atrocities were so crude, so blunt, so stupid, so obvious. Welcome to the 21st century, where everything has become oh so more subtle, so much more refined, so much more indirect and unobvious now. But the burning hate that fuels it, that hasn't changed it seems.
I'm not sure what the answer to any of this is. Maybe like that ghosty guy said in the '02 version of the movie Solaris, there are no answers - only choices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/us/07
You think all that hate went away in the '70s, when they passed the final series of laws guaranteeing civil rights to all? Nah.
It just got suppressed. And when hate is suppressed, it doesn't go away, oh no. Everything goes somewhere. Everything. Nothing is lost.
The old 20th century racial atrocities were so crude, so blunt, so stupid, so obvious. Welcome to the 21st century, where everything has become oh so more subtle, so much more refined, so much more indirect and unobvious now. But the burning hate that fuels it, that hasn't changed it seems.
I'm not sure what the answer to any of this is. Maybe like that ghosty guy said in the '02 version of the movie Solaris, there are no answers - only choices.
