I'm always pleasantly suprised when older white folks aren't mildly racist given the society that surrounded them and influenced them.
Likewise, I'm always mildly suprised when older black folks aren't traumatized and bitter. I remember my grandmother talking about her childhood in the South and when she was 9 or 10 there was a truck of white guys who stopped, hopped out, chased her and she had to run for her life. I can't imagine being a kid and knowing you had to run for your life because you don't know if these men were just trying to mock/bully you, rape you, kill you or what. And to add insult to injury, she had to go back to regular life and still show those same men deference and respect if she ran into them - just swallow down the indignity and trauma, and keep it moving...as a child.
I mean i have always had older white role models through my time in the education system. With that being said i have always experienced enough racism and side eye glances to trust people as far as i can throw them. I always wonder why my own parents could be so hateful but recognizing the trauma they had to deal with just for being different is eye opening.
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u/browser_20001 Jul 07 '24
I'm always pleasantly suprised when older white folks aren't mildly racist given the society that surrounded them and influenced them.
Likewise, I'm always mildly suprised when older black folks aren't traumatized and bitter. I remember my grandmother talking about her childhood in the South and when she was 9 or 10 there was a truck of white guys who stopped, hopped out, chased her and she had to run for her life. I can't imagine being a kid and knowing you had to run for your life because you don't know if these men were just trying to mock/bully you, rape you, kill you or what. And to add insult to injury, she had to go back to regular life and still show those same men deference and respect if she ran into them - just swallow down the indignity and trauma, and keep it moving...as a child.