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I wonder how this discrimination can be absolutely stopped?

I did not grow up with discrimination and I choose not to adopt it, either. I was raised in the PI until I was 12. I had no idea about even the concept of “discrimination”.

I still don’t have it. I think a person must be very young to get it inculcated and then it is almost impossible to get rid of.

When I did learn about it I was one of those kids who was discriminated against. I am not sure why to this day. I heard it was because I spent WWII in a concentration camp, my parents didn’t love me therefore there must be something wrong with me, my skin gets very dark with constant exposure to sun (it very rarely burns) therefore I must be a foreigner, because I couldn’t read therefore I was mentally retarded, because I like to play baseball...and on and on.

I still have problems with it...primarily because the “Blacks” or “Negroes” I talk with ‘assume’ I have a problem with them. Nay, nay. I don’t see their “color” period.

I do look for every person I talk with to express themselves clearly and with cause, or have a wonderful sense of humor even if self-deprecating, whose eyes crinkle up with laughter, who are empathetic, etc. I expect them to be smart and knowledgeable in their chosen field of work. I really like to talk with them if they share stories from their youth and adulthood, jobs they’ve had or stories from being a parent.

I would probably be kicked out of school in this day and age if I did not promote CRT/BLM. I promote neither of that or any other kind of self-diminuation. And I am happy with that.