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Oh believe me I'm jaded as well. What we have going on right now is the opposite of progress. We're headed toward fascism on a global scale. We're already balls deep in the US.
I still think it's important to call out the positives, even in a flawed setting because that can give a glimmer of hope, and without hope we'd just surrender. Fuck that. I'm too petty for that, and wrong is wrong.
It's all the same or that's not good enough or it could have been better shouldn't get in the way of progress no matter how small. The difference between the north and south in that time may seem small now, but it was a massive difference for those that were affected. It was the catalyst that got us to the point we were at a decade ago (prior to the maga shift) which compared to north or south of the time is a monumental difference. Even a decade ago, we were no where near finished, but it was progress.
What is the difference between enslaving someone from not viewing them as equal and setting their house on fire with them in it, for not viewing them as equal? You bring up recent history saying things were getting better, even ten years ago. I disagree. The thing that brought it back out was electing a black president. And all those with racism in their hearts saw it as the end for them. So, they're gonna make everyone pay for that. Because America has always been racist. It will never stop until whites in america are the minority.
If you think it was better, you missed the part where we vehemently imposed cruelty on Arabs in the past three decades.
This conversation can't work if we're going to ignore reality
I agree