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I think one of the most damaging effects Americas omnipresent racism has on a persons psyche isnt the brief pang of hurt that comes from being called a slur, or seeing a picture of Barack Obama portrayed by a chimpanzee. Those things are common and old-fashioned, and when they happen I tend to feel sadder than angry, because Im seeing someone who engages with the world like a wall instead of a human being. Rather, I think whats far more corrosive and insidious, the thing that lingers in the back of my mind the most, is the framework of plausible deniability built up around racism, and how insane that plausible deniability can make a person feel when wielded. How unsure of oneself. How worried that you might be overreacting, oversensitive, irrational.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:48:09 +0000

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