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[–] hex@programming.dev 42 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Yep, agreed, but these are teenagers. I did not have much foresight as a teenager, either.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Teenagers today do. I guarantee there are thousands of kids in that school who know better and would never do this. Being young doesn't make you racist

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dumb as I was at that age, I can’t imagine agreeing to do something like that or making friends with anyone who would.

[–] hex@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Because we are not the same type of people they are? They just didn't care as much.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 5 points 3 days ago

Exactly! They’re racist little bags of shit.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yup, if you grow up in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, there isn't a lot of racial diversity. So this isn't something they likely have run into in any meaningful sense, so they wouldn't understand just how hurtful it can be.

[–] hex@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

You get it. Thanks

Yeah, teenagers are often pretty fucking stupid.

[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Right, the point is to let them be themselves & correct behaviors that society has decided are useless. Gotta give them the freedom to choose so that you can correct it, same as younger kids.