Forge More Interracial Relationships
It’s possibly one of the worst ideas on ending racism yet and was pitched by rapper A$AP Rocky during an interview with HardKnock TV. The proposal ignores the fact that biracial children are also subjected to racial discrimination or pushed by society to pick one side of their racial blend to identify with. It also, like many items on the list, is rooted in fixing a social problem when racism’s roots dig much deeper than perceptions and personal encounters.
Protest After Protest After Protest
To be clear, protesting is a great thing. It rallies communities together and gives the public a voice. But for what? That’s where the protesting trend tends to fall short. It’s too often that people rally together and march through the streets and then disperse without much thought as to what should happen after the protest. What political changes should happen? What course of action is necessary? Who needs to be involved to create those changes? Protests without a plan lead to nothing more than a new media headline. The Atlantic’s Moises Naim acknowledged the growing popularity in street protests following the recent killings of unarmed Black men by police and urged people to get more involved in what happens next. Without that next step, these marches are simply the “latest manifestation of the dangerous illusion that it is possible to have democracy without political parties — and that street protests based more on social media than sustained political organizing is the way to change society.”
