tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post3802617371403715712..comments2024-02-09T06:15:27.088-08:00Comments on josh barkey: you be racist, foo!JOSH BARKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02056229250824359708noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-29128430556262424042012-08-26T11:19:12.670-07:002012-08-26T11:19:12.670-07:00I know you're right. It's easy to talk wh...I know you're right. It's easy to talk when you are white and you don't have it thrown in your face. But being that focused on racial issues seems to me a self fulfilling misery, and way too much work. I mean as a black person she has to find a way to peace somehow. As a guy who is completely disabled, I can tell you there is prejudice out there, there's people who think you're retarded because you're in a wheelchair, people stare at you, people look away on purpose, BUT you have to let it go and not let it ruin your life, I mean being angry and bitter about what you cannot change will devour you from the inside. <br /><br />I deal with prejudice all the time, and I can tell you that if you're a nice person and an interesting person and a person who doesn't take everything personally and isn't on a crusade, people start to see who you are and accept you, and next thing you know these people who you have won over with a positive attitude, these people are now your advocates and they are challenging prejudice for you, because they personally know the stereotypes are bullshit. Positivity is just as infectious as negativity. It sounds naive, but it works. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583559761171040090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-77078531994825409392012-08-26T06:48:51.654-07:002012-08-26T06:48:51.654-07:00Meh. I don't entirely buy it, because I don...Meh. I don't entirely buy it, because I don't think disengagement is particularly possible, and because having only experienced prejudice ONCE where I really noticed it (being a white male has its perks, they say), I don't feel I have a right to tell the oppressed that they shouldn't be vocal and angry about race issues. JOSH BARKEYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02056229250824359708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943366568013445284.post-80520572200566935902012-08-26T03:14:32.745-07:002012-08-26T03:14:32.745-07:00She sounds racist to me. To disengage and look pas...She sounds racist to me. To disengage and look past her background and accept her as a fellow human is to love. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583559761171040090noreply@blogger.com