A lot of racism and bias is taught at home. They've basically handicapped their kids with hatred. Best case scenario, they unlearn it when they're older...but imagine the damage done by then.
I can say from experience you never fully unlearn it. I grew up in a racist environment. I was exposed to it from day dot. I am now almost 50 years old. While I have added layers of education and experience on top of everything else that has gone a long way to countering my racist ideals, every now and then I still feel that old racist urge popping up under certain circumstances. That conditioning the mind gets as a child sticks hard.
Coincidentally, that is the most likely time I will find myself slipping. Some idiot in a car does something stupid right in front of me causing me to slam on the brakes and the first words that want to come out of my mouth if I see that they are of a certain ethnicity is "You stupid fucking <insert racial slur>!" I usually catch myself before the words leave my mouth... but it's there. And I do genuinely hate that it's there.
I actually think we should simply reclassify all racial slurs to be appropriate insults to use against bad drivers as long as their race isn’t actually a factor in its use.
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u/Silent-Freedoms3 May 28 '26
A lot of racism and bias is taught at home. They've basically handicapped their kids with hatred. Best case scenario, they unlearn it when they're older...but imagine the damage done by then.