{"id":55,"date":"2018-09-16T23:32:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T21:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/?p=55"},"modified":"2018-09-21T22:32:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T20:32:33","slug":"keep-on-asking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/2018\/09\/16\/keep-on-asking\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep on asking!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Um von der Uni nach Hause zu kommen fahre ich in Ausnahmef\u00e4llen, wenn mich meine Hostmum nicht f\u00e4hrt, Taxi. So auch diesen Sonntag und der ganz normale SmallTalk begann mit Brian. Relativ schnell kamen wir aber zur aktuellen Politik und endeten bei Rassismus und der Bedeutung der \u201esouthern flag\u201c. Wir unterhielten uns erstaunlich lange, denn obwohl die Fahrt nach 10 Minuten vorbei war sa\u00dfen wir noch weitere 45 Minuten im Auto und redeten. Eher gesagt er redete und schilderte seine Sichtweise auf die Dinge. Direkt nachdem ich ins Haus gekommen bin habe ich das Gespr\u00e4ch aufgeschrieben, unkommentiert aber gek\u00fcrzt hier Ausschnitte:<\/p>\n

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We have talked about my internship and how hard it might be to find a job without a Bachelor\u2019s degree.
\nBrian: Don\u2019t worry! Our economy is booming at the moment and our unemployment rate is at its lowest level for 100 years. Every company is hiring like crazy and urgently seeking interns.
\nClara: Thanks to Trump?
\nBrian: Well, yeah, definitely! After years of social reforms which 1. Nobody needs and are more unnecessary than ever 2. Costs millions of dollars 3. Destroying our economy; Trump has brought hope! His decisions will bring our country back to great strength. Don\u2019t forget that he is a real businessman. It\u2019s good to have someone who decides with economic knowledge.
\nClara: Isn\u2019t Trump harvesting what Obama was sowing?
\nBrian: Obama definitely drove away the business people due his social welfare ideas. These are just too expensive and they do not want to pay their contribution. He destroyed the unique entrepreneurial spirit. Everyone should worry about themselves. That’s the freedom I want, and I expect from the United States of America.<\/p>\n

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Brian: Everyone is speaking about racism and that it still exists. But it is not present! Do you feel it? Everybody is equal; everybody has the same rights.
\nClara: Do you have friends with different skin-color?
\nBrian: [moment of silence] Sure I have a few.
\nClara: And how do they feel?
\nBrian: They will probably vote farther left.<\/p>\n

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Thanks Brian for sharing your thoughts with me! I really appreciate your honesty.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brian shows me his upper arm.
\nBrian: Normally, I wear a long shirt to avoid unnecessary discussions, but I have a tattoo of the southern flag! It\u2019s not a symbol of white superiority. It just reminds me that I can be more than proud of my southern origin.
\nClara: In some way it\u2019s a symbol of the hatred and oppression of the white supremacy movement. Isn\u2019t the Ku Klux Klan using it?
\nBrian: It\u2019s often related to racism and slavery. But for me it\u2019s not about that. I\u2019m listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd which shows the southern flag on stage to state the fact that you can be proud to be American. For me and for them it\u2019s not a symbol of racism.<\/p>\n

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Brian: \u2026 like the Civil War wasn\u2019t about slavery!
\nClara: Oh! I\u2019m so sorry to ask you that question. But what was the real reason?
\nBrian: Surely they were discussing a little bit about slavery but it wasn\u2019t all about that. The first reason was definitely self-determination of the states. What history forgets is that nothing is black or white. Some slaves were treated well and had great living conditions.<\/p>\n

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Einfach mal nur zuh\u00f6ren und nicht kommentieren oder dagegen argumentieren; das war extrem schwer. Jedoch konnte ich nur so seine ganz pers\u00f6nliche Denkweise erfahren. Wenn ich immer wieder zum Gegenangriff ausgeholt und seine Sichtweise verurteilt h\u00e4tte, h\u00e4tten wir sicherlich nicht diese Konversation f\u00fchren k\u00f6nnen. Trotzdem kann ich seine Statements nicht fassen und mein Bauch f\u00fcllt sich so mit Wut, dass ich in die Tasten haue, als es w\u00fcrde es keinen Morgen geben. Wie kann ich diese Wut in sinnvollen Aktionismus umdrehen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Um von der Uni nach Hause zu kommen fahre ich in Ausnahmef\u00e4llen, wenn mich meine Hostmum nicht f\u00e4hrt, Taxi. So auch diesen Sonntag und der ganz normale SmallTalk begann mit Brian. Relativ schnell kamen wir aber zur aktuellen Politik und endeten bei Rassismus und der Bedeutung der \u201esouthern flag\u201c. Wir unterhielten uns erstaunlich lange, denn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/35ppp.de\/clara\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}