Quote from: Niggerhontas on December 08, 2019, 08:07:42 AM
I think I'm racist
Yeah I know "Blacks can't be racist" because of this and that and blah blah blah
But the other day I saw this young Black homeless guy laying on the street on my way to work and I felt compelled to stop and give him something. And I never do that. Usually keep it moving cuz a lot of those people be on drugs and stuff...and scare me tbh.
but maybe it's not racist or prejudice...I think I see myself in a lot of other Black men..even hetero Black men. The difference with this guy is that he was young and Black...usually the typical homeless person laying on the streets of Manhattan is older.
Maybe it hit home very quickly for me because of his age.
But I felt bad about it afterwards because that's not cool to wanna give to someone just because they're young and Black too and pass everyone else up on the streets. It made me question my character...but at the same time, it has logic to it. Why wouldn't it touch you more deeply and hit home more if you see someone who looks more like you and is apparently closer to your age?
So when you view this from the lense that in your reality that you see...everything you are seeing and experiencing and other blobs of energy you interact with (ppul in your world) are your own energy being reflected back to you and it is our subsconcious that does this not our concious mind
so when something triggers you or resonates with you its because you have a glimpse of awareness that this is connected to you in some way
so when you say that they are young and black and for whatever reason seing them in their conditions
sparks you in a way that that same typical situation normally would not well hey it speaks to ur own views of how you see yourself
in alot of situations in which someone suddenly has the desire to take someone under their wing
and offer them guidance
The first connection they made with them was " I see so much of myself in him"
so back to the i think i am racist
One could never be racist for adding to or exemplifying or feeling empathic to those we view as ourselves
its resonance and there is nothing wrong with that
WHite folks and lots of other ethnic groups have no hiccups with this
but alot of our BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS have been hijacked with the alignment of humanity in others
so its created a reverse guilt about still having resonance with yourself (& kind)
Thats not racism its self love which could never be racist