I think a lot of my hope lies in what I see among young people that my kids hang around with. I know it doesn't apply everywhere, but all these high school/college students accept one another for who they are, celebrate their differences as well as the ways they're alike. They strive to teach each other through student unions and clubs and college gatherings designed to explain beliefs and cultures to others.
When I see race fail going on online, it's mostly late 20's through middle age that are really slinging the worse of the sh*t, I think.
Maybe it's naive of me, but I hope that, if they don't breed or don't raise kids to believe as they do, there really might be hope for the future if we continue to work toward fighting racism and oppression today.
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Date: 2009-09-17 07:12 pm (UTC)I think a lot of my hope lies in what I see among young people that my kids hang around with. I know it doesn't apply everywhere, but all these high school/college students accept one another for who they are, celebrate their differences as well as the ways they're alike. They strive to teach each other through student unions and clubs and college gatherings designed to explain beliefs and cultures to others.
When I see race fail going on online, it's mostly late 20's through middle age that are really slinging the worse of the sh*t, I think.
Maybe it's naive of me, but I hope that, if they don't breed or don't raise kids to believe as they do, there really might be hope for the future if we continue to work toward fighting racism and oppression today.