I'm glad you brought up being Catholic in regards to racism.
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and although my grandparents were all born at the turn of the century, none of them used racist language ever and were not racist people. They lived in a time and place where casual racism was common, so they were out of step with the cult…
I'm glad you brought up being Catholic in regards to racism.
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and although my grandparents were all born at the turn of the century, none of them used racist language ever and were not racist people. They lived in a time and place where casual racism was common, so they were out of step with the culture at times. They believed exactly what you do.
I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore, but there are some things I really admire about the church.
We were raised to be racist against the neighboring town and every year we burned an effigy of their high school football team and then went there and fucked shit up. I mean I was home reading, but the collective we.
A kid burned our school down shortly after (or maybe before I’m old now and it jumbles) because he wanted to get rid of his permanent records so he lit the file on fire and put it back in the cabinet.
Basically. One year two kids lit themselves on fire accidentally while trying to burn “Johnny Hoquiam” and when they put themselves out in a mud puddle they were praises as heroes.
It’s also how I know prejudice doesn’t go away. You can only manage it. You wouldn’t know driving from one town to the next they were different. Everyone looks exactly the same. And yet we hate each other.
I’m an Aberdeen Bobcat for life so feel free. Also have you seen Charlie Choker? It’s the giant wooden mascot for the community college that looks like a serial strangler.
There are also distinctly American reasons Catholics are more anti racist than protestants. Irish Catholics were a distinct underclass.
My Catholic grandmother grew up in a very rural, very white place. I'm not sure if she ever met more than a handful of nonwhite people tbh. She was extremely sensitive to racial issues and would often express support for the plight of Black Americans because when she was growing up the KKK harassed her family for being Catholic, leaving her with a deep empathy for others experiencing that kind of hatred
I'm glad you brought up being Catholic in regards to racism.
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and although my grandparents were all born at the turn of the century, none of them used racist language ever and were not racist people. They lived in a time and place where casual racism was common, so they were out of step with the culture at times. They believed exactly what you do.
I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore, but there are some things I really admire about the church.
We were raised to be racist against the neighboring town and every year we burned an effigy of their high school football team and then went there and fucked shit up. I mean I was home reading, but the collective we.
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Bonfire-explosion-injures-students-1100540.php
Actual link just because we have had too many episodes about psychopaths lately.
A kid burned our school down shortly after (or maybe before I’m old now and it jumbles) because he wanted to get rid of his permanent records so he lit the file on fire and put it back in the cabinet.
I hope one day my son will not believe anything I tell him and have one of those knitted white sweaters you wear as a cape.
Basically. One year two kids lit themselves on fire accidentally while trying to burn “Johnny Hoquiam” and when they put themselves out in a mud puddle they were praises as heroes.
It’s also how I know prejudice doesn’t go away. You can only manage it. You wouldn’t know driving from one town to the next they were different. Everyone looks exactly the same. And yet we hate each other.
I’m an Aberdeen Bobcat for life so feel free. Also have you seen Charlie Choker? It’s the giant wooden mascot for the community college that looks like a serial strangler.
There are also distinctly American reasons Catholics are more anti racist than protestants. Irish Catholics were a distinct underclass.
My Catholic grandmother grew up in a very rural, very white place. I'm not sure if she ever met more than a handful of nonwhite people tbh. She was extremely sensitive to racial issues and would often express support for the plight of Black Americans because when she was growing up the KKK harassed her family for being Catholic, leaving her with a deep empathy for others experiencing that kind of hatred
Wow- my grandpa had the same stuff with the KKK. They burned a cross in the front yard of his family's farmhouse.