racialicious #2

i think you can’t expect people to be empathetic. the lady was put into a strange situation and she freaked. she put a wall up between herself and the issue, and then defensively insulted the nanny until she no longer felt threatened. that’s pretty normal behavior. it isnt helpful or healthy, and it is self destructive. but it’s not the nanny’s job to fix her employer. the nanny should just pick herself up, find someone else to work with and get on with her life. also the longer she’s in america the more she’ll get used to racism. me as a brown-skinned indian descent person, i had a bit of a rough change-over, but the key is to think of how you’d consider another races’ racism, and then apply that to yourself no matter how squeamish that may be. there’s bad things in the world and there’s healthy way to react to them. and you shouldn’t expect to recieve help from an unqualified stranger. it takes a surprising level of understanding to make a difference in these situations.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-not-all-about-you-or-the-case-for-empathy/#comment-2047865

someone brought up family. things were kosher between me and mine until i grew old enough to understand the religion they raised me in and noticed some hypocrisies in the practice. eventually i grew to emphatically exclaim how i wanted to move away from certain practices of the faith and this didn’t sit well with mom and dad who convinced me not to trust my own gut instinct at 13. these sentiments stayed with me until 17 where i was in college and free enough to carry out my plan. the resulting shunning and pain due to that was intense. you could basically say the result was a three year break from having any family whatsoever. the only thing that really brought us together was a death that i experienced. things are better now but that was definately a dark time. and i can definately relate with losing the respect of your peers and support system because of making a decision to be outspoken.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/20/quoted-resistance-on-club-membership/#comment-2047868

the most powerful thing in the article is the video. the japanese internment camp period was something ive read about but never something i’ve immersed myself with. i’d say the video is the single greatest reason to avoid palin-esque antics. fear mongering leads to improper treatment. let due process be the method by which we dole out justice. mob mentality can lash out in some pretty terrible ways which can hurt alot of innocent people.

http://www.racialicious.com/2009/11/19/good-to-know-sarah-palin-believes-in-racial-profiling-glenn-beck/#comment-2047870