Lies and Charlottesville

When I was in school, learning about racism, the teacher would always mention that there was such thing as reverse racism and would listen to students who said that it was just a bad as racism now, even though that's simply not true. People said this because they couldn't say a word that black people could, or joke about black people the same way black people joke about white people. We were taught that racism was over when Martin Luther King J.R died because it wasn't in the forefront of the news or in our minds. It was purposeful ignorance and this past weekend and election proved what happens when people give voice to these lies.

If only other white people did a better job arguing against racism and white supremacy. And haven't we learned what nationalism does to nations that go that route? It's sad that these people have a platform now. It's sad that they're still here. The only consolation is that these people will lose power, and dies out. We'll beat them eventually.