I'm 61 years old. Racism is ingrained. I breathed it in with my ABCs despite the fact that these days I have African American friends and I was once engaged to marry an African American man. If someone harassed me relentlessly in public, attacked my family physically, and pushed all my buttons, there's a possibility that I would respond with a racist epitet. I'd like to think I wouldn't. But I might.
I don't think that says anything about my present-day sensibilities. But many would disagree.
My own feeling is that the celebrity in question here was bullied. Ironically enough, I think he was the victim here.
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I'm 61 years old. Racism is ingrained. I breathed it in with my ABCs despite the fact that these days I have African American friends and I was once engaged to marry an African American man. If someone harassed me relentlessly in public, attacked my family physically, and pushed all my buttons, there's a possibility that I would respond with a racist epitet. I'd like to think I wouldn't. But I might.
I don't think that says anything about my present-day sensibilities. But many would disagree.
My own feeling is that the celebrity in question here was bullied. Ironically enough, I think he was the victim here.