tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post1494679839259079888..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: Jaclyn comes out as a liberalBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-85767769464439633402013-09-06T11:18:31.124-05:002013-09-06T11:18:31.124-05:00Nothing has been more important than race in Ameri...<i>Nothing</i> has been more important than race in America, m1nks. That kind of thing doesn't vanish in an instant.<br /><br />Racism wasn't as big a problem in other countries, because they didn't have a big population of different ethnicity. This is still a lingering effect of slavery, too, of course. For all our talk about a 'melting pot,' America has had a caste system at least as difficult to overcome as anything in India.<br /><br />This old guy was always a racist, and probably always an idiot, and he's certainly not going to change now. But even racists love their grandchildren, and <i>vice versa</i>.<br /><br />You can't choose your relatives. If they're distant relatives, you can avoid them,... but grandparents? You can despise their thinking, but they're still your grandparents.<br /><br />That's why I liked this, I think. I sympathize with Jaclyn. I don't sympathize with her grandfather, though his friends probably do, if they're still alive (wondering what has gone wrong with the younger generation).<br /><br />This guy will be dead soon. We do progress (and this has been a huge change in attitudes, accomplished mostly peacefully - we can be proud of that). What I find depressing is when I encounter <i>young</i> racists.<br /><br />Still, in my lifetime, I've seen enormous progress. Do you think we'd have elected a black man as president even twenty years ago? Heck, I've got socks older than that! :)<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-39904839665555431502013-09-05T14:05:33.251-05:002013-09-05T14:05:33.251-05:00I couldn't watch all of it. The bigotry of th...I couldn't watch all of it. The bigotry of the old man really got to me. I forget it all the time but things like this really drive it home - I just have not been exposed to outright racism to the extent that seems to exist in America. Either in NZ or the UK. It might exist, I just don't seem to see it or read comments from people who have these sorts of views. I know bigots, I know racists, I know ignorant people but the extent to which that man was all three is so shocking to me. I have never encountered anyone like that. And I find it very depressing that America seems to be full of them.<br /><br />m1nkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349479059917642644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-73388753468663864942013-08-31T12:08:34.896-05:002013-08-31T12:08:34.896-05:00That's exactly what I thought, Gregg. I'm ...That's exactly what I thought, Gregg. I'm glad you enjoyed it.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-78554953742865998812013-08-31T10:01:35.201-05:002013-08-31T10:01:35.201-05:00That's hilarious, but also kind of touching. ...That's hilarious, but also kind of touching. You can tell the old man really loves her, but he's so trapped in bigotry and ignorance that he just doesn't get it.<br /><br />Great video!Gregg Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024020470731804949noreply@blogger.com