re: Why can’t people just acknowledge that ‘things were different’

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All I’ve asserted is owning slaves is shitty

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Hot take.

Stop focusing on the past and what you can’t control. What can you do today to address systemic racism? Do you think investing your time on lobbying to remove a statue is more productive to your goal vs going into areas of poverty and broken families to be a mentor to a community in need?

The reality is people don’t want to do what it will really take to solve the problems. It’s too hard and requires real effort. Much easier to sit in your comfortable living room signaling all of this virtue. Go do something.