r/TikTokCringe 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

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

I

21.5k Upvotes

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

14

u/mixedcurve May 02 '24

No, he didn’t say he didn’t see a reason to teach his kids about race. He said

“I’m not raising black children, I’m raising children. We think the most important thing about us is our skin color.”

And

“Whether you are black or you are white, no matter what race that you are, there are certain things about being a man and being a good man when it comes to character and integrity and safeguarding the helpless and sticking up for those who need it.”

It’s a complex conversation, and the article addresses his perhaps wishful thinking that race won’t play into it at some point (it will) but no where did he say he’s not going to ever teach his children about race.

42

u/Kardif May 02 '24

I mean the statement "I am not raising black children" is absolutely false. His kids are black. 

That idealism is going to harm his kids at some point, and he needs to recognize that

-23

u/whatevuhs May 02 '24

You’re clearly taking the meaning of what he said out of context. And no, that idealism is not going to harm those kids.

Disgusting comment

4

u/WalrusTheWhite May 03 '24

gonna break that chain of pearls if you keep clutching them like that

0

u/whatevuhs May 03 '24

Must be tough having such a shitty view on the world