Reply #19: and, per your new thread

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continuing the dialogue about the centuries-long problem of police abuse of african-americans, in particular. one of the problems with that dialogue is that having racist thoughts and feelings is so taboo that people can't voice them and work through them. i am not talking about people who are happy being stuck, i am talking about people who want to change. i am often struck by patterns that continue, in the workforce, for example, even though the people who perpetuate those patterns are women or people of color. for example, the company i work for always hires a male for the cfo position. surely there are qualified females who likely applied, but there is something in the culture of the company (which is reflective of the culture we live in) that dictates a male must hold that position...even an incompetent male, like the idiot we have now :argh:
until we, as a society, begin to examine these unconscious (and perhaps, conscious) patterns, we cannot move beyond them. people who learn to hate black people need a space where they can unlearn that hatred. likewise with people who learn to be resentful of white people. we will not evolve until we can talk about issues, e.g., race, without being resentful and taking it personally. i think its totally understandable that some people are racist...why wouldn't they be? i think it's totally understandable that some people are resentful...again, why wouldn't they be? AG Holder was right...we need to stop being cowards and confront our racial problems.