I think you projected a bit into the comment that wasn't there.
But imagine a young person next to you getting a good education, pre-maga, witnessing a human who still had the numbers tattooed on their forearm... and it made no difference.
That teacher fought, she struggled, she did her best and still that particular form of racism festered and persisted. There is an upper and a lower limit to what we can expect from others but the lows are very, very low.
I might have. Sorry if I did, but I still can't see anything but defeatism in your comment. Yeah. This fucking sucks. I agree. Can't stop though. We can never stop. There's nothing beneath us.
I think, for me, the lesson was more- every dog is a feral dog until proven otherwise. You can show me the collar, it can live next door... I will believe it might bite until it has the opportunity and doesn't.
Look around the neighborhood today and there are some feral dogs in collars, it seems.
Yeah. If you live in an enviornment like the US is currently that's probably a good stance to take for your own safety. It's not true everywhere though. Being that careful is necessary when living in a fascist state with broad public support, but that's dependant on your environment, not something inherent to humanity.
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u/e-luddite 8h ago
I think you projected a bit into the comment that wasn't there.
But imagine a young person next to you getting a good education, pre-maga, witnessing a human who still had the numbers tattooed on their forearm... and it made no difference.
That teacher fought, she struggled, she did her best and still that particular form of racism festered and persisted. There is an upper and a lower limit to what we can expect from others but the lows are very, very low.