How does being forgiving mean you can't be against racism? I could see if he hugged her and forgave her before the verdict and then said it didn't really matter to him if she was convicted or not. You'd have a point then. That's not what happened though. The family fought for justice, and once they believe they got it, some of them have forgiven the chick. How does that hurt anyone?
I don't really disagree with what you're saying specifically, but you seem to be implying that you can't seek justice and also be forgiving. That's not true at all. You're right. You can't love and forgive racism away. You also can't hate and grudge it away. Racism is born from ignorance and the only things that will end it are education for those that are willing to learn and death for those that aren't. So no, I don't believe this dude hugging that chick is going to suddenly turn a lot of racists away from their ways, but it's also not going to make racism any worse or more prevalent. So, that being the case, if forgiving that chick can help the family close the door on this and move on, why is it such a bad thing you all?
Being forgiving has proven ineffective against racism. It does not solve the problem.
It's also what racist promote the most black to people, because they know how nonthreatening it is to white supremacy.
Also, as I've stated, forgiveness in the case of many black people (not all) is an excuse to not deal with the problem of injustice done to them.
It explains away the wrong done to them as something divinely out of there hands to just suffer through.
What's even worst is that those same black people will be hypocrites if crossed by another black person.
If someone owes them money, if their lover cheats on them, if someone hurts their feelings, forgiveness wouldn't be on the table.
But the moment it's white supremacy doing them wrong, they want to bring their bible out.
That family is horribly mistaken if they think they got justice.
Black people are in prison for far longer for doing far less than Amber.
This type of behavior further perpetuates the power of a corrupt system and the lack of value for black lives in our country.
They are fools, or complicit, for not realizing it.