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People think they're doing good by letting racists side is an okay action if they're doing for the greater good. I completely disagree with that line of thought. We keep letting them get away with thinking that if we know who we are inside but not flaunt it that we're just being practical, that we're grounded in reality because it's a cruel harsh world that we're living in that will not change through the efforts of one person.

Now I understand that and in some ways, I even agree to a certain point. But what I disagree is that one person may not be able to make a difference, but they certainly won't if they don't try and change people's perceptions. That makes you as bad as all the ignorant people out there because you're enabling them, allow them to think such behavior is okay. We can never get to a point where all people are treated fairly if these people within our group is silently validating these people's actions.

At best people are being ignorant when they say such things like "Where did you come from?" or "Your English is very good." But it's still offensive and it makes me like shit. I don't make assumptions that you weren't born in America or that you have crappy English so I'll thank you to have the same courtesy. Is that really so much to ask?

I really hate racist people. Ignorant people who don't realize they're being racist also bug me. But today, I'm more disappointed in people like my sister who doesn't seem to get that she's part of the problem. It's people like her that isolates and divides people more than they try to bring them togetherr. In her line of thought, the battle has alreay been lost and there's no point in trying to better things. Maybe there's no hope for my generation but refuse to be a party to destroying the hopre for future generations. Things have been getting better, we have made progress. I may not have made a sizable difference in this fight but I sure as hell refuse to condone the perpetuation of the status quo. If you're not part of the change, you're part of the problem. I've always believed that and never more than I do today.

Diana, she makes me want to weep. She'll never know how disappointed I am of her.

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