11th July 2020, 11:41 AM
Darunia, history didn't start yesterday. Everyone living today is where they are due to the long road of history that led us here. You were essentially born on lap 8 of an endless Mario Kart race. You happened to be born a lot further ahead on the track than a black person was. (This is a bit reductionist. There are a LOT of starting conditions, but I'm using race as an example.)
Equality that ONLY looks at the present, not the past that led to the current situation as well, is useless. All it does is cement the lead you already have on the track. And that's why black people need blue shells.
Equality that ONLY looks at the present, not the past that led to the current situation as well, is useless. All it does is cement the lead you already have on the track. And that's why black people need blue shells.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)