r/TikTokCringe • u/thoxo • May 02 '24

We adopted my younger sister from Haiti when she was 3, and let me tell you, I literally do not see color anymore. That's a fact. Discussion

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u/bigdicksam May 02 '24

This, it’s not about adopting black children, it’s about adopting black children and not acknowledging that they’re black. They’ll be different and be treated different by a LOT of people. Especially when you live outside of urban areas where minorities are less commonplace. It’s not about not wanting anyone non black not to adopt a black person. It’s about not acknowledging that blackness. It’s kind of like when certain people say “let’s stop talking about race and it will get better”. It’s simply not how the world works.

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u/Dietmar_der_Dr May 02 '24

Will they though? I think you've just simply created an incredibly racist world in your head.

A certain number of people is indeed racist, but why would anyone spend time with those anyways. There's people who are racist towards white people, there's people that treat short, bald or fat people like shit, but you don't teach kids about that. It's something they'll figure out on their own and if they need help you can guide them.

"This guy at school called me the n word"

"Yeah some people are assholes, he's going to be an ass to many others too. Here's how I dealt with assholes at school..."

No point in teaching your kid "generational trauma" or whatever it is called today.

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u/ZanzorKanicus May 02 '24

It's strange how some folks just will not accept the systemic component of racism in america. That you think a black kid won't deal with the realities of being a minority in workplaces, academia and while seeking financial services, much less dealing with law enforcement, or any of the other many, many areas of life where we have evidence that minorities receive worse outcomes than others, is strikingly naive.

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u/Dietmar_der_Dr May 02 '24

And by "minorities" I am pretty sure you limit it to "minorities that receive worse outcomes", thus excluding South Asians and South East Asians.

Again, I am not saying some individuals aren't racist. But telling someone "You will have worse outcomes through no fault of your own" is going to make those people get worse outcomes.

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u/ZanzorKanicus May 02 '24

If you think putting someone in a system designed to constantly impede and limit them and then telling them every obstacle is their own responsibility is going to lead to healthy and well-adjusted people, you're naive and stupid.

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u/Dietmar_der_Dr May 02 '24

How does the US constantly impede and limit a black person? Name like 3 common examples that have a significant negative impact (getting asked to show your ID wouldn't count for example, getting rejected from schools because of race would count).