permaculture

[Kelda Lorax <kelda@riseup.net>]

I am quite racist, in the sense that I have unbidden racist things pop 
into my mind and thus I scrutinize my mind heavily. Not because I want 
to oppress but because I no longer want to be the oppressor. If you 
think it's because I Want to think people of color are lesser, than you 
don't understand my meaning.

On a gentler note, my husband and I were talking about this whole string 
and he said "Well, everyone feels defensive at first"
-spoken from a man who was Seriously Annoyed every time I pointed out 
how racist he is, but now looks for it himself and helps other white 
people see theirs.



On 2017-04-30 12:19, Lawrence London wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Kelda Lorax <kelda@riseup.net> wrote:
>
> > Lawrence and Darrel, there could possibly be a non-racist white person 
> > who
> > grows up in a diverse community in the woods and never encounters 
> > books,
> > images, magazines, movies, or walks through any kind of public place.
>
> I see racism dripping from all of those things.
>
>
> What an insult to all the intelligent, good, people in America.  How do 
> you
> manage to come up with such opinions?
>
>
> > As a white mother I desperately don't want my child to be racist, but 
> > she
> > is, as I am.
>
>
> You admit to being racist after all this?
> So, when do you plan to change to a clear thinking person who respects 
> and
> benefits from cultural diversity.
> Nitpicking to the degree you have expressed about racist tendencies in
> society, real or imagined, would lead to regimentation bordering 
> fascism or
> communism.
>
> Funny thing. Angela Merkel said to the media that cultural diversity 
> just
> doesn;t work in Germany. They they led the pack in accepting refugees 
> from
> the Middle East.
>
> Knowing that we're swallowing culture with all its training is the only 
> way
> > to pick out and address how that training is deficient.
>
>
> I don't worry about any of that, much less swallow culture dripping 
> with
> racism.