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ismnotwasm

(42,510 posts)
13. I think we will change
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 05:03 PM
Feb 2014

I think not in this generation, not just yet. Not in my oldest daughters generation. But the young ones. the Steudenvilles aside, are being taught better, interact better.

My kids could care less who is gay or not. Color doesn't bother them, but one of my son in law's-- who moved from Southern California to a town 30 miles from Detroit had a learning experience and an epiphany. He went from using casual racist epithet's to understanding doing that was complete bullshit. He had never been around people of color and was quicker to learn than an older generation would be. My daughter's all know I'm a feminist, and that they were raised by a feminist. and that influences how they interact with society, the choices they they make for their children and how they teach them. We are making a difference. We just have to put up with a lot of shit for another generation or so.



You know how I love Sci-Fi-- not every story is a dystopia- some are what seem almost a natural progression, with gender as an afterthought or a plot device for romance. Sexually orientation doesn't matter either, nor does race. One auther, in one of his books will identify characters race, but will identify them as white as often as black-- in other words, doesn't use whiteness as the default. Pretty cool. Change is happening everywhere.
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Telling a woman to shut up [View all] ismnotwasm Feb 2014 OP
Returning to her distaff, she spun up the finest garotte Warpy Feb 2014 #1
Sometimes there's poison ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #2
honestly, I totally understand and get that desire but, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #5
I think that's the point though ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #8
I understand, ism. I do .... what I am saying is this: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #9
I think we will change ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #13
Yes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #14
As a practical matter Warpy Feb 2014 #12
Brilliant article. sufrommich Feb 2014 #3
thank you for this, ism. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #4
SO MUCH good stuff in this. redqueen Feb 2014 #6
It's such an intelligent piece ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #7
I love that Candy Crowley has a show on CNN. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #10
Tina Fey had something interesting to say about men who get pissed off when women tell (instead of bettyellen Feb 2014 #11
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