I grew up with a racist paternal grandmother, so I've had the experience of going to talk to my Filipina mother and then having my grandmother recoil as if I was suddenly contaminated. ::sigh:: They're both dead now, but my mom was way more gracious about it than I ever would be. I think about that a lot these days. (I pass for white unless you know I'm half-Filipina and it's summer and I've been in the sun.)
I really hope we turn back this godawful tide of hate, but part of me feels like we're reliving history we should have learned from.
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I really hope we turn back this godawful tide of hate, but part of me feels like we're reliving history we should have learned from.