Some White Folks Would Rather Lose Money Than Challenge Racism
It says a lot that no white contractor in Virginia was willing to remove Confederate statues. None of what it says is good.
Do you have any idea just how racist a person has to be to turn down money if accepting it might serve the cause of racial justice?
I mean, think about it.
People like money. And you can’t blame them. Money is really helpful.
Unlike with, say, cryptocurrency, you can pay for lots of things with it. And not just stupid things you can show off on Instagram, like Lambos and certain brands of expensive watches, but important things.
Like a mortgage, groceries, or needed medicine.
Though obsessing over money is unhealthy, money itself is a valuable tool. And it’s the rare person who, given a chance to make a bunch of it doing the job they already do, would turn up their nose and walk away, leaving all that money on the table.
I mean, perhaps they would if the job opportunity or contract involved something immoral, sure.
Like, for instance, if an artist were offered $100,000 to create a sculpture of, say, Ted Bundy or Charles Manson, I’m guessing most would pass.
