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JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE GENERATIONAL STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM. FINIS.

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  Even if these stereotypes have become personified and take on a life of their own.  So much so that people, even those subjected to being stereotyped, seem to be at ease with, and perceived of themselves in the stereotypical imagery. Black people can, and should, legitimately reprimand white people for having stereotypical perceptions about 'what black people are like.'  At the same time, black people need to be challenged and made to reflect, when they carelessly and hurtfully. My concluding comment on the matter of the generational struggle against racism, is this.  Kidney Beans Namely that nobody should be under the illusion that racism, real and imagined,  will or can be defeated by in any generation.  As long as humans continue to exist, racism, like poverty, wealth, sickness and health, will persist.  In this or that generation, the impact of racism might be felt at a lower or higher level, but it will continue to exist.  Like the tide of the ocean, there will be times

AN ENIGMATIC AND POIGNANT JOURNEY AROUND MY AGEING AND EVOLVING MOTHER! PART 128.

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  After all, her falling is somewhat inevitable while she has this freedom.  Just as how it is inevitable that, providing she continues along the current trajectory that her life is taking.   There is a certain inevitability that there could/will come a time when she loses her the ability, if not the will to be mobile.  Thus have I come to the conclusion that it is better to focus  on making my dear mother's living/sleeping space, environment safer, so that, when she does falls, there are no or less hazards to harm her. And even this focussing on making my dear mother's living space safer, has its own risks.  No only in terms of that of curtailing her interaction with her living space.   But also the risks of introducing 'safety features, equipment' into it, which could make more demands on her already decreasing cognitive and physical functioning abilities. Of course, the challenge of addressing this issue of safety versus the right of a person to exercise the freedoms

THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - MERCEDES-RED BULL BATTLE JOINED BY THE GODS, AS BOTTAS BECAME UNINTENTIONAL DESTROYER!! PART 2.

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  And so it was that the rain and its impact on the other drivers created driving conditions which got the better of Bottas' management of them.  Leading to him misjudging his breaking distance and striking the car in front of him, which then created a carnage of racing cars, with Bottas being knocked out of the race, and Verstappen sustaining major bodywork damage. The irrational and conspiracy theorists would be emotionally driven to argue that Team Mercedes, in the form of Valtteri Bottas.  Had deliberately precipitated carnage at the start of the race, in order to increase Hamilton's chances of winning the race.  And yet, although Formula 1 racers are well-known for their fearless and intrepid racing, they have never been know for having kamikaze tendencies.  A racer cannot win a race by causing havoc and taking out his and others cars.  Neither can he advantaged his team by doing so. So, why would Bottas engage in what would have been a very reckless act?  When nobody, inc