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Dels posted...

i'm naive too so maybe i give people the benefit of the doubt when i shouldn't.

this is basically what I'm saying!

I just don't see the need to offer such a benefit when seeing how deeply ingrained racial ignorance is in society. This "stupidity" is everywhere, like sure I'm not going to just see a person and immediately assume they must be racist, but if you're saying or doing racist shit then yeah I'm not going to pretend it was something else.

And for the record, I don't at all believe being "racist" is some mark of death that means you're racist now you'll be racist forever. It's all entirely about education, and if you can catch yourself and reflect on your misjudgments. I'm not going to lie say I've never had a racist thought cross my mind, or I haven't overheard something stupid from a friend or family member but you just gotta call that stuff out, even of yourself, and see these problems for what they really are. You have to be able to accept when you're wrong, which is why I don't like attributing these mistakes to a benefit of doubt, it's letting people off the hook without a need for reflection. It does nothing but maintain a problematic status quo.
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