A child’s uncensored racist commentary is a harsh reminder that while society has moved forward, the book on discrimination isn’t closed yetI try to be sympathetic, although not accommodating, to the fact that entire generations of Americans were explicitly taught white skin is superior. But it’s difficult to be sympathetic when those beliefs are expressed by a four-year-old.It was Friday night, 22 February 2015. My friend Nuha (a Sudanese American) and I (an Egyptian American) walked into a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. Both of us are different shades of non-white. The scene could have taken place anywhere in America. Continue reading…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/17/four-year-old-white-supremacist-racism-discrimination
0 Comments