Osipi
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- Jul 2, 2008
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- On the west side of North up from Back
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- United States
Since the days when history was clouded in the mists of time, there has always been the concept of "them" and "us". Differences that put "labels" on people. Some "labels" were set to elevate one kind of difference above another kind of difference to the "us" group while the "them" group thought the opposite. And so it permeated everything even up to today.
I think its more fitting to use the term "hate crime" rather than "racist". It simply could have been that Meghan was targeted for being "Western" or being "American" or for being in the "entertainment industry" and not because she's "black". Those that take action against anyone because of a "label" are doing so because they abhor those with a certain "label". Racism against people of color is actually one of many, many other reasons to dislike something about another person.
One way to solve this would be for a mass migration of entities from another planet somewhere that have three eyes and bluish skin and an ear on their forehead. That would definitely put all our biases against other humans into a unified "us" category with "them" now becoming the target of dislike because of being different.
I think its more fitting to use the term "hate crime" rather than "racist". It simply could have been that Meghan was targeted for being "Western" or being "American" or for being in the "entertainment industry" and not because she's "black". Those that take action against anyone because of a "label" are doing so because they abhor those with a certain "label". Racism against people of color is actually one of many, many other reasons to dislike something about another person.
One way to solve this would be for a mass migration of entities from another planet somewhere that have three eyes and bluish skin and an ear on their forehead. That would definitely put all our biases against other humans into a unified "us" category with "them" now becoming the target of dislike because of being different.