Racism Isn't Ignorant

We are fully aware that the amount of melanin in one’s skin does not effect their character.

As adults, most of us have taken the mandatory anatomy/physiology and basic science classes in high school. Even if the system skipped you, you still have the common sense you were born with. You haven’t lived under a rock, and you have eyes and ears.

Ignorance is defined as being unaware of something. So... If you’re racist, you’re simply being mean. Racism is defined as a form of hate. Meanness is hate in it’s simplest form.

Do you know what hate feels like? Of course you do. Back to school again, don’t you remember being bullied? You were just an innocent child, why did that happen to you? It happened because of hate. Someone wanted to pick on you, simply to be mean. And wait... As an adult, what do you tell your child the reason is, that their bully picks on them? That the bully has a problem within themselves, and that there is nothing personally wrong with your child. That’s what I tell my son.

Racism hurts. Pain effects quality of life. Life is short. Racism is mean and immature. You are an adult and you are not ignorant, so cut it out.

-F. Tate