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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm saying acknowledge it, don't blow it off. "That's just how it was" is only useful if you're attempting to make past racism sound OK, or more acceptable/palatable.
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Could you explain more please as I do not see why saying that racisn in past was just the way it was is
ONLY useful if you're attempting to make past racism sound OK.
If I say "That is the way things are", it does not follow I agree with the way things are or absolve me from trying to change the situation if I think they need changing.
In relation to how things were in the past, I have no power to change the situation then so what can be said but "that was the way things were". Unless you think saying that should automatically be followed by a condemnation of the aspect of the past time concerned.