tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post734515100693441231..comments2023-07-02T06:32:27.648-07:00Comments on The Dead Letters: What a difference a generation makesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-35436646071996534922007-05-29T21:03:00.000-07:002007-05-29T21:03:00.000-07:00There is nothing like spending quality time with m...There is nothing like spending quality time with my bubby, a Holocaust survivor. You'd think that someone like that might understand how dangerous racism and stereotyping is, but she is probably the most racist person I know. You can't spendd 5 minutes with her without her slandering some other ethnic group. My granny told us a few years ago that women who go home with their dates deserve it if they are raped. It's insane to think that either of these women hold such thoughts, just like your friend. <BR/><BR/>I just have to hope that these things get weaker and die out eventually. We have made some amazing strides in the past 50 years, and while I moan and groan about the amount of work that still needs to be done, it does seem like we are getting somewhat more progressive with each generation.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279999850117456433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-79356351477539174342007-05-24T21:34:00.000-07:002007-05-24T21:34:00.000-07:00Des: Or is that what social change is all about? M...Des: Or is that what social change is all about? Making the changes in a way that everyone can accept them? Finding a way to institute change so that all generations accept them and are comfortable with them and breaking the cycles. <BR/><BR/>Once we identify the problems, we can work to change them. Who knows how many people have said tiny little things without believing them harmful and yet they are perpetuating a centuries old cycle of hatred. <BR/><BR/>It's something I had never really given thought to until now. A new window on how I view social change.Serena Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179752219711641865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-42239253580235654562007-05-24T19:12:00.000-07:002007-05-24T19:12:00.000-07:00I don't know if there is an answer to this. My gr...I don't know if there is an answer to this. My grandma on my Dad's side often made racist statements without thinking about it. She grew up dirt poor with little education and got married very young. She worked, had 5 kids and lived a pretty hard and uneventful life. <BR/>My German Grandpa on my Mom's side lived a full life before he got married. He fought in WW2 for the U.S, unceremoniously got thrown in an internment camp for 6 months when his service was done, lived all over the U.S, worked hard, married and then had 4 kids. He was accepting of ALL people. Color, age, whatever. He just liked people. <BR/>Two people, same generation, yet very different. <BR/><BR/>I think a lot of it depends how much they have interacted with the world in general. My experience has been that people who haven't traveled, haven't just gone out & experienced life have been too sheltered and therefore scared of anything that's "different". <BR/><BR/>But really, who knows?Whiskeymariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16680444919622976790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-66454578591213500362007-05-24T19:11:00.000-07:002007-05-24T19:11:00.000-07:00This raises some excellent points - far too many t...This raises some excellent points - far too many to be addressed here. We can try educating the older generation, but I don't think it'll do any good because they don't need to be educated. But you're right - serious social change can't come about for precisely this reason.super deshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04347176046518919059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-76470590506261966142007-05-24T16:51:00.000-07:002007-05-24T16:51:00.000-07:00I had always thought of racism as a blatant thing....I had always thought of racism as a blatant thing. Something I could spot and be angry about. Something I could point at and tell my children to avoid. Now I'm seeing that it is far more imbedded in our society than I thought.Serena Woodwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179752219711641865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225450.post-12885549762311422102007-05-24T16:42:00.000-07:002007-05-24T16:42:00.000-07:00I don't know, but you ask important questions here...I don't know, but you ask important questions here. My mom says things that make me go eek, but she is also a good person and would help anyone. Actually she's more willing to help than I am, but also more offensive at the same time. Weird, huh?Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352412943602159027noreply@blogger.com