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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Equality is not about words, it’s about actions. Being told what we can and cannot say, what we should or should not say, or what is or isn’t offensive helps create division and further apathy towards true equality, be it race, religion or sexuality. Words are the low hanging fruit, gay bashing, religious persecution and police selection/ training and policies the issue.
What I would like to hear, and what would go along way in dealing with the ignorance within my own extended family would be something like. “You know what? Call me whatever the **** you want, but treat me equal!!” That would be a better bridge to build then saying “nope can’t use the word thug” or not using ethnicity when describing a suspect, or mandating X% of work force must be visible minority.
There is a massive part of the population who believe the pendulum in society has swung passed equal and gone to special. This creates further problems and ignorance among the already ignorant. Being told to say Black Lives Matter and you can’t say All Lives Matter is just one example.
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Special as in having your vote taken away from you, living in a system that makes it all but impossible you can claw your way out of poverty by making sure you get a second class education, unequal access to even decent food, minimal healthcare and the semi regular stop and frisk that white people with a dime bag of weed in their pocket never have to worry about, and for good measure the occasional murder by cop that is life for black America
hope to God I'm never special then.