White People Think One Black Person's Success Proves Racism Is Over

[TampaAnimusVortex]

266. I too am sorry for your loss...

"but i see it as a solution that does not exist yet." -- using that logic we shouldn't search for cures for cancer or heart disease at all... because they aren't here currently.

I stated earlier that some concern for the issues of the day are normal and warranted. What isn't warranted is spending your life's efforts on problems that wont be problems long. i.e. Any child or young adult working to become a translator in another language should know they will be replaced in short order by computers. Translator software is already about as good as a human (and improving) and will be available free on every phone on the planet in short order. By 2050 or thereabouts, race will be as flexible as what clothes you wish to wear today.

There may not be much one can do for your child currently, but spending all your time fighting racists, when race will cease to mean anything shortly, does nothing for those future children who will get the same disease. If you efforts can speed up the process so that even a few of those children are saved, then it's time well spent. It's useful not only to the children with that specific disease, but the science acquired searching for a cure would be useful in numerous other fields and cases.

I understand there's a 99.999% chance to change your mind on this... you've already invested a ton of time obviously on this race issue and you don't want to think you've done the wrong thing. Your going to rationalize your choice any way you can.

But for the sake of all those people you could save, and in an appeal to that .001% chance - think about the lives you could be saving. Those children with parents like you, who have to stand by and watch as nothing is available. If you could look them in the eyes, you would be doing everything possible now to help them.

All it requires is an understanding of where genetic technology is going - so that you'll see that race wont be an issue in a few decades... but your efforts towards moving science forward will save many many lives.