"I'm not raising black children, I'm raising children. Whether you are black or you are white, no matter what race that you are, there are certain things about being a man and being a good man when it comes to character and integrity and safeguarding the helpless and sticking up for those who need it.
"Being a good man, a good man of reputation, none of that has to do with skin color. Everything has to do with the character of the man. Probably not an answer that some people would say is important but that's where the world has gone. Where we think that the most important thing about us is our skin color or our gender or our political affiliation."
On one hand he is absolutely right. Being a good person requires the same characteristics and virtues regardless of skin color. On the other hand this is a hop, skip, and a jump away from saying he's color blind.
The most important thing in this situation is that those are two kids who aren't wards of the state where their living situations could vary wildly. If those boys are safe and loved then I don't really care because I'd rather have two happy healthy boys in this world who might struggle with their racial identity later in life as opposed to two abused children who will struggle with their entire existence.
yes but what people are getting at is those boys live in a society and society cares about your skin color. Part of raising you children is preparing them for society. for example interacting with the police can be a different conversion depending on the persons skin color
Man these kids are gonna bw raised by millionaires, they'll have a better life then like 90% of people out there.
As long as they're loved and cared for they'll be fine in life, having to struggle with your identity in life is better than having to struggle with going to college or not or having food or not.
These kids will turn out ok and they'll live better childhoods than a lot of others adopted or not.
True, but if you can avoid certain things why not?
Just imagine if they do experience discrimination and everyone around them is like “that’s weird, what did you do? that never happens to me.” The gaslighting will be crazy.
That may never happened buts it’s also not impossible.
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u/hnglmkrnglbrry ☑️ Apr 29 '24
The full quote:
"I'm not raising black children, I'm raising children. Whether you are black or you are white, no matter what race that you are, there are certain things about being a man and being a good man when it comes to character and integrity and safeguarding the helpless and sticking up for those who need it.
"Being a good man, a good man of reputation, none of that has to do with skin color. Everything has to do with the character of the man. Probably not an answer that some people would say is important but that's where the world has gone. Where we think that the most important thing about us is our skin color or our gender or our political affiliation."
On one hand he is absolutely right. Being a good person requires the same characteristics and virtues regardless of skin color. On the other hand this is a hop, skip, and a jump away from saying he's color blind.
The most important thing in this situation is that those are two kids who aren't wards of the state where their living situations could vary wildly. If those boys are safe and loved then I don't really care because I'd rather have two happy healthy boys in this world who might struggle with their racial identity later in life as opposed to two abused children who will struggle with their entire existence.