Oh holy crap. I read Metafilter daily. How did I miss this? (This is me telling you that you rock hardcore.)
And you're right. A lot of the stuff being discussed is racism 101, and some days, I feel like digging deep into those multiethnic issues (as you so wonderfully summarized), is the equivalent of...grad level courses.
Which sort of means I'm asking for a pony, yes.
There's just that part of me that feels like, well, does it really have to be like that?
Also: Oh god, I sometimes really, really hate the "poster children for a post-racial world" thing. Which can't really exist if children come up to me asking for help on their Spanish homework, simply based on my skin color. (True story! 2nd day of high school. That sort of set me up for further disappointment for high school being more enlightened. I was dumb as a young teen.)
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And you're right. A lot of the stuff being discussed is racism 101, and some days, I feel like digging deep into those multiethnic issues (as you so wonderfully summarized), is the equivalent of...grad level courses.
Which sort of means I'm asking for a pony, yes.
There's just that part of me that feels like, well, does it really have to be like that?
Also: Oh god, I sometimes really, really hate the "poster children for a post-racial world" thing. Which can't really exist if children come up to me asking for help on their Spanish homework, simply based on my skin color. (True story! 2nd day of high school. That sort of set me up for further disappointment for high school being more enlightened. I was dumb as a young teen.)