black people dont HAVE to forgive racists. yes people can change and grow and apologize, but the people that were subjected to that harm do not have to accept their apology? would you tell a rape victim to forgive their rapist because the rapist apologized? dont think so.
because racism against black people is so normalized it’s almost a rite of passage. so people feel like they’re owed grace since everyone was doing it, meanwhile black kids were never given grace and grew up hating themselves
Lowkey need a black celebrity to take one for the team and start calling gay people faggots for my own research. Let’s see how quickly this not caring about slurs and bigotry gimmick gets dropped by white queers.