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100 things blogging challenge: 17
Sep. 11th, 2012 07:26 pmSo there are certain things I mention at dinner parties and at any parties or conversations that I know about from my history degree that are conversation stoppers. But they are things I feel like people should know about, only they don't know about them. But it's kind of like, I dunno, talking about genocide at dinner?
Usually I just stay quiet, but I am going to mention a thing here behind a cut. Be forewarned that it is a TRIGGERY thing and it has the potential to:
( TRIGGER WARNING please read numbered list above; triggers involve racial violence, hate crimes, learning things that will make it hard for you to stay quiet at dinner parties )
Usually I just stay quiet, but I am going to mention a thing here behind a cut. Be forewarned that it is a TRIGGERY thing and it has the potential to:
- make you angry at people in the past
- be visually disturbing (pictures of graphical violence if you follow the link)
- poke at any anti-racism feelings you have rather hard
- make you angry at people in the present for ignoring this part of history in favor of the [World War II] History Channell
- make you insufferable at dinner parties
( TRIGGER WARNING please read numbered list above; triggers involve racial violence, hate crimes, learning things that will make it hard for you to stay quiet at dinner parties )
