magistrate

Exactly. That's a problem I'm running into with the GSA at school--kids want to be like 'that isn't what people should see--we shouldn't care if people are gay, lesbian, or trans' and while I understand where they're coming from, I have to bite my lip to keep from telling them they're wrong, that we sort of have to care if people are like that, because we have to be alert. You can't just not see those things, because there are people that do see those things and see them in a way that may eventually be harmful to the people who are LGBTQ (throwing in Q at the end of the acronym is something else entirely, but none of the students have asked me about it yet and I don't look at the teachers (who are more likely to cringe or question my use of it) when I say it).

Which is a roundabout way of totally agreeing with you. In terms of race, it is important to acknowledge the histories of underprivileged (less privileged? Language is failing me here, plus I'm totally exhausted).

But yeah. It really resonated with me on some fronts and made me go 'I have to be more alert and aware' on other fronts, I guess. I'm probably rambling at this point.