Not PC ponderings
My black skinned dog seems to be helping me with my racism. Now I, like any white, do not see myself as a racist. In my mind, that's someone who acts on it knowingly. Who lets it be a model for their world, or lets it answer questions (who should I hire?) and so on. Meantime, the POC folks keep telling us we're all racist even so. Because we benefit from the system that is built on racism. Because we have unconscious bias from racism. I say they're pretty damn racist too because they colour every moment with it. But they rejoin that this is because they never get a moment to forget what colour they are, why should we? Well it's all rather frustrating for us all and in the end, systemic kindness is the only that can fix it. You can legislate people to be nice. However, you can legislate the government to be nice, and anyone being paid by it. Like how in the medical system, right down to the pharmacies, I can actually demand male pronouns. Side story from to...