Bryon and Julie's occasional Word Vomit
When Bryon said he knows what it it's like to be a black person because of his tattoos which keep him from being hired.
Then he says people judge him for looking like a "freakshow."
I felt he kinda missed the underlying truths in his situation.
!. Black people will always be black, and they didn't make themselves that way by choice. I don't think anybody looks at them and thinks that their skin color was a poor life choice. If they don't hire black people because they are scared of them, that's racism. It's not bigoted to be scared of working with someone with a bloody switch blade tattooed on their cheek. It's just smart not to hire that person.
2. Many people do have tattoos on their face, and they still get work... because not everybody's facial tattoos are so scary and violent and racist. It's not just about having tattoos visible, it's about what they mean. They represent your hatred and how you have hurt people over their skin color.
He mentioned people wrongfully judge him but he is the one that put out the message on his face and hands that he represents hate. He can't blame anyone but himself. I can see why someone like that needs a church community to be guilt tripped by god into embracing him. You can tell most of them are unsure of his changes.
Then Julie said something like she never was friends with "blacks" and it made me cringe. Though I know she was trying to be frank and honest and reflect how she has changed, but just the term "blacks" still has that negative connotation suggesting they are only their race.
I see that that man is their only black friend, and I hope they can continue to make friends with people of other races and cultures. They could really use some frank back talk about their choice of words. Though I do applaud the changes they made, and I wish their family the best. Change doesn't come over night. And we all on occasion have expressed some word vomit.
I do hope to hear more of their progress, and hopefully they get to speak out at rallies and keep sharing their story. It's truly an intriguing one that gives me hope that just because you were born into a hateful household/neighborhood doesn't mean you will raise your own hateful family.