Final-Fan said:
Ignoring that type of problem won't make it go away. The more you talk about racism, the more racists get upset. If everyone just shut up and treated each other equally, that would indeed solve the problem, but how are we supposed to stamp out injustices that no one is allowed to talk about? |
Bolded - a straight up example of the overanalysing mentioned in Shiken's post. It doesn't help.
It's true that talking about racism will not make racism and racial inequality go away. It's also true that ignoring it won't make it go away. But doing something positive that will unite all groups, will certainly go a long way into making that happen.
Nobody can deny that there has been progress towards complete equality between groups, and nobody can deny that there's still a long way to go. Unfortunately, it will take generations before that goal is achieved, because the horrific way in which various groups have treated other various groups are still within living memory. And it will never be achieved until all groups realise that history is in fact something that should be learned from, not something that is used to antagonise one another and perpetuate rifts. Until that is realised, there will still always be groups, meaning that people will never be able to work together to stamp out racism and inequality. All they'll do is keep talking about it, accusing one another of it, and racism in all its various guises will continue to flourish.