![]() If using datapacks, consider refreshing every update for default datapack fixes from Pixelmon.The minimum Forge version for this update is 36.2.34 and is required for a Pixelmon client to run.White people can’t disregard racism like I can’t disregard children being locked in cages at the border or women being called liars when they say rich men sexually assaulted them.Download™ Recommended Forge is 1.16.5-36.2.34 Racism is part of the American origin story. Your origin story. I feel the same way about newly woke white people right now. Because God’s attributes can be observed, he writes, “people are without excuse.” In Romans 1:20, the Apostle Paul writes that, although you can’t see God with the naked eye, you can see the result of God in creation. ![]() If it doesn’t affect you directly, why talk about it?Īnd yet, a poignant passage of Scripture comes to mind. If you grew up in an insulated bubble of whiteness, I can understand why systemic racism wasn’t dinner table conversation. But I’ll be honest: It’s hard for me.īlack people have talked about their experiences for a long time. Perhaps I should stop focusing so much on what didn’t happen and focus on what is happening. There’s nothing wrong with forging ahead, but there’s also value in acknowledging the blemishes of the past - your past - so you grow instead of just react to a new set of circumstances. ![]() I’ve chided myself for bemoaning what could’ve been: “We’re here now, Jonathan,” I tell myself. Still, I’m wrestling with questions.ĭid most white people simply not believe us? Were they really that oblivious? Did they think we were playing the race card? People are willing to talk about race with more empathy and nuance than I ever thought possible. We seem to be entering a new era of racial understanding, if not progress. I’m sad it took 400 years of Black people being enslaved, abused, lynched, disenfranchised, marginalized, excessively imprisoned and publicly executed for people to finally get it.ĭon’t get me wrong: I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth. I’m sad it took watching a man die on camera for people to finally get it. And I’m pleased when white people ask what else they can do to make a difference. I cheer for white friends and colleagues who challenge racist rhetoric spewed by their own friends and families. I’m happy to see white allies join the front lines at protests. Brands have rushed to release their Black Lives Matter statements, and entire city streets are emblazoned with that affirming declaration. Messages of support and solidarity have been shared. That came as demands for justice rightfully echoed across major cities worldwide, galvanizing entire communities in a series of rousing protests and riots that have seemingly begun turning the stubborn wheels of change. Meanwhile, Black people were collectively accosted by another wave of weariness so devastating that many of us felt paralyzed. Now, there seems to be widespread understanding that, “Hmm, this systemic racism thing is real.” (Also, water is wet.) It rattled white people so violently, their eyes finally opened to the harsh reality that Black people had talked, sung, wailed and preached about since our ancestors were stolen, shipped, dehumanized and treated like property. It jolted the nation, and then the world.
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