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RE: Three TED Talks I Thought Were Rather Important
The sad point here is that it is happening in places that should know better and think they are better. Thank you for bringing this to the attention of folks here is steemit! Good job, Phe!
Thanks. :) I agree, we in the west are really haughty, we're like Candide over here, pretending we live in The Best Of All Possible Worlds. But people only think that because they practice We Don't Talk About Unpleasant Things. It's the same reason why racism is probably worse here than in other places. America sweeps it under the rug and pretends if we don't acknowledge it, it will go away, when really, we need to face our shit and deal with it. The same goes for all of these issues; people need to be aware that they happen and they don't live in this Pleasantville bubble. Terrible things happen when good people are silent.