When I was a kid growing up in New Hampshire - small town values as you hear so often from the likes of Santorum and the Tea Party activists - I Ilved in the world of the John Birch Society. Guns and bad f-cking language and being tough were the things that earned you respect. The people were racist, but it was inbred and legacy racism - and this was NOT the South. No one thought of those racist words (sissy, f-g, etc.) as racist - they were part of every day vernacular. If you wanted to talk about someone or something that was off of mainstream - it was "that's so gay" or the media were owned by "Jew money" (and I'm Jewish, so you know that was painful), homosexual meant weak and deviant. Cultural sensitivity also meant weak.
Today, much has changed culturally, but for kids growing up in the inner city much has not changed. For many, the American dream has not yet been realized and instead, they live with much higher violence and the reality that school kids may be shot or attacked on the way home from school. Mach-ness is a still a powerful force in the urban ethnic household. I hear hardcore swearing and those cultural epithets every day. Its a hard and cold world in these kids' environment and the evolving societal values have not yet reached them. I am not going to say that they have not become more culturally aware - they have - but fundamental values are very hard to change. I learned to swear from the street at 11 or 12 years old and heard about the curse of fats, Jews, homos, etc right off the bat. If you weren't a part of the "culture" you were ostracized and often kicked around and bullied. Believe me, I know first hand.
So I guess what I'm saying is that our society still has a lot of work to do to turn this around. And it starts at home - thats where you have legacy racism - anti-gay, anti-semite, anti-anyone that is not like them. That's why its so important to teach the importance of diversity and multiculturalism and multi-ethnicity in our schools. Because when the only people doing the talking are racist - thats the only message our children hear. And thats why we cannot elect Santorum or his like at any cost.
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Thank you Warren for this incredible view-point. And, can you imagine what is going on in TN; whereas, "don't say gay" bill is being discussed in the TN House of Reps (will not allow teachers to discuss, gay, homosexuality from kindergarden through 8th grade; therefore, teachers would not be allowed to address sexuality, bullying, bigotry towards sexual identity, etc at school). You raised very good points and it is appreciated. Once again, thank you ....Jake
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> That says more about our broader culture when we will use words like sissy fag, dyke and others to put down things they feel are weak stupid or just nonsensical. Anti gay bullying in high school often doesn't start just in high school.
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