[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Redway

Unfortunately, we live in a world full of bait and so many racist idiots. That’s why I wanted people to listen to that video from Anyika Onuora (someone whose family I have a close association with, even-though I’m only really close to her younger sister). Some of her half-brothers are football players, her full bro. was a basketball player back in the day. So it’s a family full of various sporting abilities, but the one thing they have in common is that they’re black. I imagine most of them have negative stories to tell about how white people have vilified and disrespected them along the way but Anyika’s opinions and experiences about the whole thing are more accessible. Besides her book (and corresponding audio-book to boot), she’s spoken about this in so many podcasts and the rest, the misogyny and racism she had to face in her athletic career and just personal life. It’s a side of life that many white people just haven’t had to reckon with, ever, so whenever someone speaks about their experiences and what they mean for them, it can sometimes get dismissed as being “out there”, or they’re gaslighted into thinking that they’re just sensitive over-thinkers who need to shut up and learn to just get on with it. But that’s not how it works when someone’s been abused time and time again throughout their life. That’s trauma, and it does deserve an outlet, even if not everyone fully understands or wants to. (None of that’s directed at you in-particular, by the way; I’m just speaking in general terms.)

I understand what you mean.

I think that as a society we need to have an honest discussion with some of these racists, and try to get them to understand why it's wrong to hold such horrible views.