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[quote=Anonymous]Many, many years ago, while working as a civilian on an Air Force base, I was required to attend a "race relations" course along with all others on that base.  As I recall, we attended with our co-workers. As I recall, we were primarily white, with maybe 10% Black and at least one Asian American.
This is what I remember:

The Air Force captain who conducted the course began by discussing the connotations of Black vs white..  White is seen as "pure,"  Black as darkness, etc.  I just remember thinking that this is not helpful at all.  As I recall, this was the introduction and a lot of time was spent on this.  As I had a work experience prior to this which involved more diversity than most, I remember thinking that this was ridiculous.  It seems that he was trying very hard to make white people feel guilty--and, I don't see how it was helpful to the Black people either.  He implied that whites looked at Blacks as bad because of the color of their skin.

I do not recall anything positive from the session.  I do remember that we broke out into small groups and played some kind of version of Lifeboat.

I do not recall any interaction with Blacks sharing their experiences or such.

It seemed the goal of the class was to make whites feel guilty and Blacks feel victimhood.  Since my background included working to help Black people (specifically children), I found this disturbing.

[b]Trying to make people feel guilty for something they have not done leads to resentment, not understanding.

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This applies to Black and white.  This is may be one reason Blacks are so resentful of the police.  I am not Black, but I would think they would resent being treated as guilty for the crimes of others in their race.

And, this also applies to whites who are not guilty of racism.  I know I feel resentful when I am accused of being guilty of racism simply because I am white.

Neither guilt nor resentment are healthy emotions.[/quote]

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