racism

racism in an enlightened world?

I watched a DVD last night by PJ Harvey. A Dog Called Money.

The quote that she said as she was filming in Washinton USA…“when white people plant a tree, they imagine black people hanging from it”.

She was being ironic… But also pointing out the endemic racism in America. We have lots of it here too, but in the twenty-first century, how can racism still exist???

For me I find racism very odd. It’s so much like once you see something you can’t unsee it. People who have black skin can’t help it, so why would you want to be angry with them for having different color skin?

Here in Australia, I judge people on their behavior, not their skin color….so I see behavior not skin color.

I enjoyed the DVD. She is an amazing artist and singer.

Origin – an American biographicaldrama film written and directed by Ava DuVernay

Deference
noun

polite submission and respect.

“he addressed her with the deference due to age”

Synonyms of deference

obedience, acquiescence, submissiveness, docility, assent, compliancy, compliance, humouring.

it’s a brilliant film about the connection between the Holocaust and segregation laws in America and the caste system in India. It’s not racism, it’s caste. So much of what we think of as being racism is not racism. It’s groups of people who have been marginalized and placed at the bottom of the society (that they belong to). i.e. the caste system in India. No racism there, but a definite hierarchy.

slavery compared with the Holocaust, “subjugation” versus “extermination”.

Very though provoking, which I love. Will definitely watch this one again.