PS - On Sharon Osbourne

 

Yes, I was very disappointed in Sharon's reaction to questioning on "The Talk"regarding her friend, Piers Morgan, and the ignorant, racist stuff that comes out of his mouth while attacking Meghan Markle, as I wrote a post about at the time.

(For the record, I can't stand Piers Morgan. His excuse for continuously attacking Meghan Markle, even resorting to racist remarks - because she "hurt" him by ghosting him, after being friends for only a few months - doesn't make him look any better. It makes him look like a  rejected obsessed stalker and Meghan appears justified, for catching on to what a twat he really is.)

Sharon did clarify later - which I added to that post - that she did NOT agree with Piers about Meghan, which would've helped, but then her "white fragility" reaction to being questioned about it all did not help her case.

Essentially, she made herself the victim in a situation that didn't require one (also stated in that post).

It would've been better for her to listen and self-examine, considering we're all guilty of subconscious inherent racial bias because of the culture we've been raised in, but she chose to become overly defensive instead, which was a shame.

Do I think that Sharon is a true racist?

No, I do not.

In most modern situations, it's not either/or anymore, there are levels of racism.

In Sharon's case, I DO think she's guilty of unconscious racial bias and may need to self-examine/open her eyes better to the inherent racism in our culture and how we contribute to it/enable it - whether consciously or unconsciously - as we all need to do.

And all of us white people have family or friends that say/do racially biased or even racist stuff that we used to sit quietly and politely on, that we now realize we should confront and respectfully let them know that's not okay, and sometimes we even need to distance ourselves over it - but that doesn't mean we won't fondly remember the good times. People aren't always and never, never just one thing.

But the reason we need to respectfully confront over inherent racial bias or even true racism, and even distance ourselves in some cases - because as I mentioned 2 posts below in the post about different kinds of bravery,  in dysfunctional groups, just because you are benefitting from going along with it doesn't mean everyone is - especially in cases where someone is being adversely effected or even harmed - because  it's the right thing to do and it's not all about you.

In racial scenarios, whether racial bias or true racism,  as white people, we are the ones semi-benefitting in our relationships with racist, semi-racist, or racially biased people, but people of color definitely are not - so it's important to respectfully point that's not okay, lest we enable it.

They probably won't change, especially older people, unless they're open to self-examination, but that's not the point. 

The point is, nothing changes in society until WE change how we respond to it, rather than sit silently and politely.

And yet again, that doesn't negate good times and memories, even if you've found you need distance - and you should hold on to those  good memories, there's nothing wrong with that. God knows there's enough negativity in this world and we can all use good memories.

So the post below is about remembering the laughs and leaving the rest, now that Ozzy is gone.