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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
This is where the disconnect really lies. I say "it's fair it's fair to judge the past through today's lens," and you (and others) seem to think I'm saying, "erase the past! Change it! Make it so nobody else can read it! Ban it! Burn it! Bowdlerize it!"
I'm saying nothing of the sort. 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. Being a racist was never OK, even if it was more common.
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I don't think anyone in here is saying racism is or was okay. Saying "that's how it was" acknowledges that that's how it was.
Barry