What do you see in this picture?
Most people would answer: A baby!
Yet, for some, the answer is: A white baby!
And, of course, it's a triggering and offensive image.
The picture was released by the ACLU as a campaign ad for its new range of clothing.
The image unleashed a storm of protests on Twitter, as enraged SJWs considered this as another proof of white supremacy and discrimination.
I, for one, saw a kid in the picture and I would've seen a kid even if it were the photo of a black or brown one. They're just kids. Why do we feel the need to push our distorted views upon them and raise them to be prejudiced?
In case you're wondering: The ACLU apologized for its "white supremacy"! Ah, well...
Sure, we don't have many black people where I live, but we do have gypsies. Quite a lot of them.
Over the years, we've had many debates about discrimination, whether it's OK to call them gypsies or not. We've even had some violent incidents, too, but, thankfully, these are rare. On the whole, we get along together.
If a do see a Gypsy child, I still see the child first.
As I was writing this, I was wondering if I'm honest, if I'm not hiding racist views from myself. So I decided to ask my nine years old son whether he knows what gypsies are. Turns out he has no idea, which is good, it means that he has not been exposed to racist views. As he is homeschooled, most of his notions come from family environment. Had he been in public school I'm pretty sure he would've heard by now the word gypsy used as a racial slur.
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