Why I Have Trouble Taking BLM Seriously

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(10-07-2016, 01:16 PM)PhilHos Wrote: A week ago, I had to take a mandatory diversity awareness training course for my job (EVERYONE had/has to take it, though I tried to get out of it by saying I'm already aware there's diversity in America). During one of the discussions, a friend of mine (who's black) talked about how, when he wakes up and looks in the mirror, he sees a black man.

I found it interesting, because I never look at myself as a white man. Yes, I know I'm white, but if you ask me to identify myself, I almost never refer to my race.

So, yeah, I think many people think of themselves as their skin color first. 

(10-07-2016, 01:30 PM)PhilHos Wrote: My friend lives in Hartford in a predominantly black neighborhood. He works at a place where there's almost no white people. He may be a minority in AMERICA, but in his neck of the woods, he is NOT a minority, yet he still notices that he's black?