14/06/2020
Decency - Want to stop racism – stop using racist language.
By: J. T. Pettersen
I have always wondered why I think differently from most people. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in Canada in the 50’s. I have never understood why people use terms of “black or white” Colour has never made any sense too me. So you have brown hair or blond, blue eyes or green or whatever. So what? You are either a decent person who puts others before yourself, or some rat-arsed self-serving S.O.B. Yes this is how most of us were raised in Canada in the 50’s. You are either decent or not.
I read the news on a daily basis and cringe every time I happen upon a journalist using terms like black or white and think, brother is that the best you can do? Have you really been so unreflective that you just go along with the general flow and not understood that by using racist language you are perpetuating racism?
There is only one race, the human race! Ask any biologist or geneticist. Yes, there are different groups and cultures. There are even different ethnicities tied in with types of cultures. But believe me when I tell you that there is no white culture or black culture. This is not only dumb and offensive but is pure crap. Believe me when I tell you that I have nothing in common with the Slavic culture as I’m sure any of my close family of afro-scandinavian background feel they have anything in common with Ethiopian Rastafari culture. Colour makes no sense!!!
So if you really want to make a difference. If you really want change – stop using racist language. Stop using terms like black and white. You are either a decent person or not. Everything else is nonsense!
