I really hate how racism isn’t taken seriously. It’s genuinely depressing how many content creators have a past of saying racist things and their fans will just expect you to hop up and forgive them because it was the past, even in cases where the person has not given any apology for what they did. It’s always “they were young” but I was young too. I didn’t like being laughed at. And I didn’t need a lecture to know that being hurtful was bad so why should I have to forgive them. I just don’t have to. It’s not my responsibility to make people feel better about hurting people because it lasts. You get to make racist comments and move on but I have to be the victim of that and that hurts. Growing up with that made me hate myself and I struggled for a long time and to this day, despite learning to love the color of my skin, I am still hurt by what people say. I cannot forgive and forget. I am still hurt. Racism is not a coming of age thing that can be excused. You were a bad person