A few months of conversation just came to a head and I'm dipping out of that conversation and just wondering how far off I am.

I have some friends that are on some each one save one type of shit. If they meet a bigot they are want to try to bridge that gap. Same with racists, sexists, etc. that's their thing.

Me. I tried it at one point for a long time. I gained very little and list a lot of my time while not being fully in charge of my emotions. So now when I come across it, I say my peace, but don't seek commonality.

Last night dudes wife put up a Cavs vs Warriors, light skinned vs dark skinned meme. Dude is Persian his wife is Phillipino. I responded that it was in poor taste, can you take it down. Not even going at her, but the meme.

She responded that sorry if I was offended crap, that we all say racists and sexists things, and that it was just a joke.

I said I try to hold off on racial topics, definitely not in open company, and then I left the conversation.

Today I'm flooded with text messages. Apparently it was ok for me to come at her (which I didn't) but asking for the removal was too far. Then dude runs off a 1500 word text message page about all the past incidents that he's felt slighted on and held his tongue.

So I'm at this point. I expanded to him briefly on the origin of the light vs dark conversations, it's inherent ugliness, its roots in rape and miscegenation among other things and how the conversation still is being had internally between black people, repeated it was in poor taste for mixed company and resolved to dissolve the friendship.

I'm rambling. And just blown away that my comment has turned into this.

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“There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus