I'm 35 and was having a conversation with my brother when racism came up. I am half German, 1/4 Spanish and 1/4 Mexican. My brothers could only pass for white, I look the most Hispanic but could pass for Italian, Arab or several other brown to olive skinned people and after a long sunless winter, even a white person. I live in a town away from my brothers that is 90% white and my brother was shocked to hear that I'd never experienced racism. I've also traveled the world and the country and been to many places and never been the victim of racism.
This conversation caused me to reflect and think about what types of persecution I've been subjected to. The leading persecution I've faced is based on my religious beliefs. This is difficult to believe considering I'm Roman Catholic and we have an Amendment that specifically protects me from this persecution. Upon further reflection, our local church also has more racial diversity than the rest of the town I'm in.
Invariably, the perpetrators of the persecution against me have been those that are inherently angry or disgruntled. Ironically and quite humorously, my persecutors are usually followers of progressive-atheist-materialist-scientism (PAMS, that'll never catch on) ideals that like to blame systemic persecution of people as the primary cause of society's and often their own problems. Luckily, these people have been loved ones and have only thus offered condescension or derision and have not attempted to perpetrate any violence toward me. I also don't own a MAGA hat but I'm considering buying one to test my persecutors' resolve to their social justice and push them to antifa levels of tolerance and dissimulation.
