is bliss. Or so they say. I, on the other hand, cannot tolerate stupid ignorance. You know the type. Someone who should know better, doesn't. And never will.
Someone I know, who shall remain nameless, is completely ignorant in the worst way. This person is completely prejudicial against any race other than their own. This person makes disparaging and degrading remarks about groups of other races constantly feeding into long held stereotypical beliefs. I think it is rather rude. And ignorant. And I seriously wish this person would get a clue before I let them have it. I have continued to keep my comments to myself because I prefer to be non-confrontational until I am pushed too far. And then I have been known to push back.
As a wife and mother to two of my favorite people in the world who are not caucasian and in this certain person's skewed view my husband and son are not considered to be as "worthy" as they are, I take offense. Seriously take offense. And I am seriously feeling as though I am being pushed. I am ready to enlighten this person and educate. However, I am afraid that my voice and opinion will fall on deaf ears. You cannot change those who are unwilling to learn. And expand their narrowed views.
I cannot believe that anyone could still have these beliefs in 2010. I know racial stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination will probably always exist in some form however I am still hopeful that it will one day be eradicated completely.
How ignorant can you be to judge someone based on the color of their skin? To miss out on learning about other cultures based on the color of a person's skin. To ignore someone based on the color of a person's skin. To actually hate someone solely based on the color of a person's skin.
And discrimination doesn't stop there. I won't even begin to delve into how people discriminate based on religion. And discriminate based on sexual orientation. And even discriminate based on gender.
Well I have a message for this person. You lose. You are the one who loses the opportunity to learn something that you know nothing about. The opportunity to learn fascinating things about other cultures. The opportunity to witness cultural traditions. The opportunity to meet new and interesting people. Yet the funny thing is you are too ignorant to realize it. So yeah YOU lose.
The other issue I have with your comments is that they always seem to be underhanded. Underhanded but let there be no mistake, they are heard. Heard loud and clear. You do not even have the courage to say your comments to another's face. And if the person who the comments were underhandedly directed at ever decided to confront you, I truly believe you would never own up. An ignorant coward. That is exactly what you are.
And while I'm at it, please do not make the mistake again about assuming anything about my son's birth mother. My son is not trash and was not "dumped" like trash. My son's birth mother kept him for six weeks. Six.Long.Weeks. And I cannot begin to explain why or how she could ever part with such a beautiful child. But what I do know is that he was left where he was sure to be found. And with a note attached. We will never know the answers as to the whys and hows. And the unfortunate thing is that this is something my son will have to live his life not knowing. I will never be able to answer simple things about the day that he entered this world like how much he weighed and how long he was. And I only have one tiny, microscopic black and white picture of him as a newborn. As a matter of fact, I have only five pictures of him before the age of two. Another glaring sad reality. So make no mistake, my son is absolutely not trash and is loved beyond measure by his momma and dadda, his nana and grampa, his abuelo, his aunts and uncles, his cousins, his extended family and by many close friends.
So it is quite unfortunate that you still have your head in the sand. You really don't know what you are missing out on.
And just so you know, we are all of the same race. It's called the human race.
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