My point being, some people live in a fantasy world where they believe prejudice has been eradicated in America, and those who believe otherwise are living in the past.
That is wrong.
@nikkiole: Prejudice is very wrong, but many times the prejudice is just perceived. Some people live to feel hate from everyone they encounter and they immediately jump to the conclusion that it is prejudice towards them or their culture or their race or their looks or.....it is PERCEIVED BY THE INDIVIDUAL. These people love to be the victim of prejudice even when there is none. Yes, there will always be hate - it's been around since the beginning of time. Nothing will remove the hate from some people's hearts - but it is up to me to overlook that hate and keep on with my life. If I let others hate (aka prejudice) affect me then I'm just their puppet. It is their problem if they have a hardened heart. As for your comment about fantasy world where they believe prejudice has been eradicated in America, and those who believe otherwise are living in the past.Â
Couldn't the same be said about those who continually hold on to the past of their ancestors, claiming they are suffering because their ancestors suffered? That's a bunch of malarkey. Too many blacks (and Irish and Polish and Japanese and Hispanics etc) have had ancestors who also suffered and they do not constantly live that past, that they, themselves, had no part of. You make yourself what you want it to be. If you want to be the perpetual victim, then that's exactly what you will be. If you look for hate from others, then naturally, you will find it. You will tear other's words apart until you find where you feel they have made a direct insult to you....therefore they hate you and they are a racist. Doesn't matter that is not what their words intended, but you found it, therefore it is REAL...only because you want it to be. 4951