No idea, there's no way to eliminate racism and all of these other hate crimes with this way of thinking. Might as well just end the discussion right after you label them. Different with every scenario of course.
Weird how the way to eliminate racism is to just forgive the perpetrators and for the victims and survivors, the very people those actions are impacting, to be ignored.
And then, when the oppressed say, "Wait, that's fucked up" we loop back to, "They said they're not racist. They've grown. Why are you mad. It's YOU that's actually causing the racism."
The real way change happens is for people to be challenged like this, to look at the damage their words and actions have caused, to acknowledge that, and move forward to make changes in their thoughts and actions. If a person wants to change, it shouldn't matter that they're "labeled," because they shouldn't need outward motivation to change.
I don't believe in change at gunpoint, because as soon as the motivation is gone, they'd slip right back to their real self and habits. So, for me, even if Liam Neeson starts trying to address this, I'd give him the sideye, because I don't believe he's doing it for himself, but for PR.
And that's fine, because it's just MY opinion. I don't have to trust this dude, and my lack of trust in him doesn't have an impact on his life. But the idea that we should just forgive these instances like this absolutely has an impact on mine and every other black person's life. And that's why this is so fucked up.
