An open letter to the black community of VGC

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John2290 said:

Pemalite said:

Morgan Freeman says it best.
Interviewer: "How are we going to get rid of Racism?"
Morgan Freeman: "Stop talking about it!"

It's only an issue because people make it to be an issue... If people stopped bringing up race entirely, stopped seeing race and see the individuals themselves, all the issues disappear.

I think VGC strives to be as equal-opportunity as possible regardless of political conviction, race, gender, sexuality, religion... You name it. And that is fantastic, but people aren't just those descriptors, they are people first.

I use this logic, try to spread it but it always falls flat. Not sure if it was Morgan Freeman who imparted it on me but man did he word that brilliantly and it comes off as wise beyond, even his years then. It's almost like it was a script written by a Tibetan monk. I often forget he is intelligent and godly of camera as he is on it. 

Of course it falls flat. It fails under scrutiny. If I said, "How do I plan to get rid of pedophilia? Stop talking about it" you would think I was outright batshit insane. And I would be. Ignoring an issue does not make it disappear. The hell is wrong with people that think like that? And I totes love Morgan Freeman's work but that line of thinking is absolutely insane and would still have American blacks stuck in slavery.