This is how society devolves and civilization collapses. I started school in the late 1960s in Alabama. Black kids, white kids, and me, looking not exactly like either of the other two. That was unusual back then. No one was talking about multiculturalism or appropriation or diversity or any of the other nonsense that infects society today. And keep in mind the time frame - my black classmates' parents have lived through the "colored only" era. So what happened? Nothing.
We were kids. We made it work, many of us going from first grade to high school graduation together. Along the way, we played ball together, socialized together, had lunch together, and so forth. About all that did not happen was interracial dating, as it was not as socially acceptable anywhere back then, not just the South. No one claimed victimhood or oppression or whatever else is in fashion today, and these kids were far closer to unpleasant parts of our history than anyone who's making noise today.
The one thing you will get from kids is honesty and often, honesty without a filter. They see what's going on around them. They notice who is doing what. Mostly, theirs is a self-centered world. If they have a couple of friends of the opposite race, then race is not an issue. But when they see kids who look alike acting in similar fashion, they will start to form associations. It doesn't have to be black kids doing bad things; it can be any group. That doesn't make one racist.
We have slid backward in this regard since the 60s, hard as that may be to believe for anyone who was not alive then. Race has turned into a cudgel today. Look at how the hapless Lori Lightfoot tried blaming her election loss as evidence of not just racism, but also sexism. Never mind that spike in violent under her watch that mostly impacted black people. Oh, no; the issue was not her, it's others. Her type of thinking has gained currency and spread to other minority groups. If a member has a negative outcome, it's never the person's fault, it's the result of some ism or phobia. No wonder kids today are depressed in unprecedented numbers. No wonder so many are suicidal. No wonder so many seek attention by claiming to have been born in the wrong body.
This is how society devolves and civilization collapses. I started school in the late 1960s in Alabama. Black kids, white kids, and me, looking not exactly like either of the other two. That was unusual back then. No one was talking about multiculturalism or appropriation or diversity or any of the other nonsense that infects society today. And keep in mind the time frame - my black classmates' parents have lived through the "colored only" era. So what happened? Nothing.
We were kids. We made it work, many of us going from first grade to high school graduation together. Along the way, we played ball together, socialized together, had lunch together, and so forth. About all that did not happen was interracial dating, as it was not as socially acceptable anywhere back then, not just the South. No one claimed victimhood or oppression or whatever else is in fashion today, and these kids were far closer to unpleasant parts of our history than anyone who's making noise today.
The one thing you will get from kids is honesty and often, honesty without a filter. They see what's going on around them. They notice who is doing what. Mostly, theirs is a self-centered world. If they have a couple of friends of the opposite race, then race is not an issue. But when they see kids who look alike acting in similar fashion, they will start to form associations. It doesn't have to be black kids doing bad things; it can be any group. That doesn't make one racist.
We have slid backward in this regard since the 60s, hard as that may be to believe for anyone who was not alive then. Race has turned into a cudgel today. Look at how the hapless Lori Lightfoot tried blaming her election loss as evidence of not just racism, but also sexism. Never mind that spike in violent under her watch that mostly impacted black people. Oh, no; the issue was not her, it's others. Her type of thinking has gained currency and spread to other minority groups. If a member has a negative outcome, it's never the person's fault, it's the result of some ism or phobia. No wonder kids today are depressed in unprecedented numbers. No wonder so many are suicidal. No wonder so many seek attention by claiming to have been born in the wrong body.
I find it hilarious that Lightfoot was actually voted in precisely because of her race, but then complains she was voted OUT because of it.