As long as people allow themselves, or actively choose to be categorised by the colour of their skin, then they will always be underrepresented in society as a whole.
If a person choses to be defined by the colour of their skin, then that's on them. And nothing anyone says or does is likely to positively influence any misunderstanding around that.
Hmmmm...that's one point of view, I suppose. But, coming from someone who's never had to give the colour of their skin a second thought, it's maybe a one sided point of view. Even if a person decides not to be defined by the colour of their skin, their going to be pretty disappointed if everyone else defines them that way.
Hmmmm...that's one point of view, I suppose. But, coming from someone who's never had to give the colour of their skin a second thought, it's maybe a one sided point of view. Even if a person decides not to be defined by the colour of their skin, their going to be pretty disappointed if everyone else defines them that way.
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This is nail meeting head. Not always, but a lot of the time, a white life will not have ever given their colour of skin a second thought. The reasons behind this would be what is referred to as white privelege. A lot of black people will have given their colour of skin a second thought, and not because they chose to be defined by it, but because of something else in society that causes them to. The point of BLM is to bring about change so that they don’t have to, in the same way a white person wouldnt have to. It’s not make white lives mean less, it’s make black lives mean the same, and if a person thinks that BLM is going to make a white life mean less by either bringing the two closer, or some other way, that should only serve to illustrate the point, not set you against it.
What Hamilton is doing - really, it’s no different to a tv personality hearing about a friends 2 year old kid who is going to die if they don’t get a heart transplant and then using their platform to ask people to be tested for comparability, draw attention to related charities, etc. Would it stop me watching their program if I enjoyed it, no, of course not.
The overall issue is much too big to ever be solved within the next few years, but everything starts somewhere.
I’d also argue, if someone famous stood up and started spouting off about views or a cause you agreed with or supported or matched your views, it wouldn’t turn you off them, it’d probably make you like then more and so I’d say feeling uncomfortable or having the reaction you’ve (the op) had to Hamilton says something too.