Controversial Opinion number A BILLION
I am not a slave owner. I have not lived the life of someone who has beat nor mistreated a person of color, I have not lived the life of someone who claimed to own another person. I have lived my own life.
Stop calling me a colonizer. The people who came to America or any other land where the people were slaughtered? That’s a colonizer. A person who colonized a place.
Stop calling me a racist. I do not willingly belittle my people of color colleagues and accept them as my friends, family, and my fellow Americans. I think that we are all equal- I try every day not to judge by skin color and hope for a world where one day that doesn’t have to be a constant thing, but more something of second nature to treat one another as equals.
Just because I am white does not make me a racist. I am not a stereotype. I am not odd, neither, there are plenty of good people in this world who are white.
Just because someone is black does not mean they conform to their racist stereotype either. Whoever is reading this right now, I hope you have a good life. One without prejudice. One where you can raise a child- or not- and know that their skin color and your own will mean nothing. That what will really, REALLY define you is you. Your likes and dislikes. Your eyes. Your laugh. Your talents. Aspirations.
There are bad people in this world and not all of them are white. You don’t have to be white to be racist.
You are not defined by your race. Break boundaries. Don’t allow history to repeat itself.