Around every corner, behind ever ignorant joke lies some hint of racism. We may try and say I'm not racist, but most of us are. What matters is how you approach every day situations. Since I've moved to South Dakota I have never experienced such a denial of said racism. I have never felt so much anger towards a group of people because of how they feel about others, but I just can't help myself when it comes to being here.
I grew up in the South, clearly a place that knows racism and knows it well. The key difference from the people home and the people here are that they recognize that they are racist, hell they'll tell anyone and everyone that they are. What does that mean? It means while it is ignorant to be racist, they acknowledge what they are doing and saying whereas South Dakotans are oblivious.
It's not okay, and we can't stop it until we take a look at ourselves and accept the fact we may be a tad bit racist.
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