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Post by future on Jun 8, 2012 14:46:53 GMT -5
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 8, 2012 17:51:42 GMT -5
He's right, in a sense. Probably a lot of people do feel the way he does, but they wouldn't be willing to say it on the record. And that reluctance is a good thing. Once upon a time people would say stuff like this without it even occurring to them that it might be wrong. Now at least they are defensive about it.
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Post by TheSantaBarbarian on Jun 28, 2012 15:03:12 GMT -5
Archie Bunker lives.
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Jun 28, 2012 15:28:36 GMT -5
Have a black friend who grew up in the south and moved to Nebraska when he was in his early 20s. He said a big difference he had to get used to was the way people hid their racist attitudes in NE. His experience in Alabama was that generally speaking, people were pretty open about their bigotry and thus, easier to deal with as their behavior was more predictable. He said in NE and other northern states his traveled to the people are a lot less open about their bigotry. As a result, it takes him longer to develop meaningful relationships. Regarding the man in the video, while my buddy would disagree with his views, he would respect him for being open and honest about them. It's only when people are willing to open up that any meaningful dialog can begin to possibly change their attitudes.
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Post by mikegarrison on Jun 28, 2012 16:48:34 GMT -5
Have a black friend who grew up in the south and moved to Nebraska when he was in his early 20s. He said a big difference he had to get used to was the way people hid their racist attitudes in NE. His experience in Alabama was that generally speaking, people were pretty open about their bigotry and thus, easier to deal with as their behavior was more predictable. He said in NE and other northern states his traveled to the people are a lot less open about their bigotry. As a result, it takes him longer to develop meaningful relationships. Regarding the man in the video, while my buddy would disagree with his views, he would respect him for being open and honest about them. It's only when people are willing to open up that any meaningful dialog can begin to possibly change their attitudes. I understand the sentiment, but I disagree with it. Many people don't seem to realize that politeness is a step along the path to real change -- not necessarily for individuals (though it can be that too), but for society and culture. It's hard for attitudes to change without behavior changing, but it's easier for behavior to change without attitudes changing. So if you want to start somewhere, you should start by working on behaviors. |
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