Naah, that's not really true. You're just pursuing a line of argument that some people find highly objectionable. That's not the same thing as a subject being taboo.
Mind you, you do have a point, in that many people share your views, and are just more shy about saying so.
I personally think that your views are more hopelessly misguided than anything else. They seem predicated on a view of the world that utterly underestimates the trillions of dollars of damage done to black families in America by racism, and underestimates the current toll in human suffering exacted by racism each day.
It's a human failing, really; problems that don't pinch us personally, tend not to be real to us.
If I shared your view of the scope of the problem, I might share your view as to what constitutes an appropriate response. An icepack is an appropriate remedy for a bruise, but not multiple broken ribs and a pierced lung.
To me, with respect to this topic, America is coughing up blood and wheezing in the eyes of the world daily, but keeps muttering about band-aids and Tylenol. To react to this situation with horror, to wince as one dodges blood-flecked sputum, is normal. It does not constitute making a subject 'taboo'.
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Re: Tiresome
Date: 2007-08-08 04:47 pm (UTC)Mind you, you do have a point, in that many people share your views, and are just more shy about saying so.
I personally think that your views are more hopelessly misguided than anything else. They seem predicated on a view of the world that utterly underestimates the trillions of dollars of damage done to black families in America by racism, and underestimates the current toll in human suffering exacted by racism each day.
It's a human failing, really; problems that don't pinch us personally, tend not to be real to us.
If I shared your view of the scope of the problem, I might share your view as to what constitutes an appropriate response. An icepack is an appropriate remedy for a bruise, but not multiple broken ribs and a pierced lung.
To me, with respect to this topic, America is coughing up blood and wheezing in the eyes of the world daily, but keeps muttering about band-aids and Tylenol. To react to this situation with horror, to wince as one dodges blood-flecked sputum, is normal. It does not constitute making a subject 'taboo'.
Just my viewpoint.