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Originally Posted by SherzyK
Let’s just lay it all on the table and agree that we will never achieve the right amount of equality whether someone is male/female, black/white whatever. My focus was on the blackface but I guess you can see it from different standpoints. I just think that discrimination against black people is much more common but what do I know
I’ve never heard about the dream girls thing but it’s extremely wrong they did that. But I feel like this was a one off and not something that would be considered common. Nonetheless it’s wrong that she did get rejected for that reason
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In an ideal world no one would ever be discriminated against... but people are cruel and whatever's different about you, someone will hate you for it. My view is this: things are changing, very slowly maybe, but they are changing and we've gained a lot of ground in the last few decades in making people feel included and not singled out because they're different. It would be nice if there was a bit of celebration over that.
Being a Jewish woman, I have been abused purely because of who I am. But I don't let those instances define me because the people who hate me because I'm a Jew are ****ing slugs. Not even worthy of my acknowledgement even.
Specifically regarding the blackface thing, the only question that should be asked in my opinion, is this: is it meant to be insulting or degrading? And if the answer is yes, get rid. But the answer isn't always going to be yes.