So we recently are learning about how most people in America "prefer" white people over black. That white people are considered "pure" and if any trace of another race is in their blood, they're "tainted" in a way, or even "bad". When it comes to the terms of good and bad, growing up, i guess i was subconsciously taught that dark things are bad and light things are good. For example, heaven; we all see the typical image of light and white clouds and overall bright. Hell we imagine as dark and scary. Can this unwritten lesson be considered racist?
I remember when i started taking piano lessons and my teacher asked me what was the difference between the keys on the right side of the piano and the left. I played the notes on the left and then i played the ones on the right. I said that the lower notes on the left were darker sounding while the higher notes on the right were light. I had associated the low notes with darkness and bad and the high notes with light and good. Is this a subconscious way of being racist? I don't think that its something that anyonce can ever figure out so though i do agree that society emphasis that light = good, i don't know if it is particularly racist thing.
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My post this week was on the same thing we learned but I talked about my race and also being labeled as just an "Asian" in America.
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