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Thankful everyday for the joy you bring into my life. Thankful for how we take care of each other. Thankful for the struggle cause we can only go up from here. There is no one else I would want to go through the shit with, cause soon we'll be on top. I can't wait to go on vacation with you and for you to meet my family. I can't wait for you to experience the place my soul truly lives. Everyone always says we shouldn't be because of the shit we went through. But we went through it to get to the wonderful place we are today. I forgave you for the bullshit and you forgave me and here we are just shy of two years strong as ever. I love you more then I've ever loved another soul on this earth. And I'll never love anyone again. #imsappytoday #boyfriendappreciation #loveofmylife #ashrenee #joshryan #longpost #mybaby #youaremyheartandsoul (at Mattoon, Illinois)

4 types of #racism #pyramid from #charlottesville was my fault #joshryan #sarondipity #blog Active Racism: Active racists truly believe that one race is superior to another and they are willing to make their race have a higher standing than another. An example would be Hitler in Nazi Germany. Or, a more topical example, these idiots in Charlottesville. Quiet Racism: Quiet racists also truly believe that they are superior to others, but they’re just not willing to say that in public. This is the scariest group of people on this list. Here’s a personal example: I once needed some work done on my vehicle and I took it to a shop. When I went inside, I was greeted with a heavily used dartboard with Obama’s face on it, followed by a conversation with the owner in which I heard the n word several times. This guy is not ramming cars into people or at a neo nazi rally, but it’s easy to see how the people that are at these rallies are surrounded by folks like this guy. I’m a teacher, and on multiple occasions I’ve had students tell me about some of the things that their parents have said about people of other races. They justify police shootings followed by riots by explaining how “they are made that way” or have “genetics that make them criminals.” This is real, folks. “Soft” Racism: Soft racism is when people make racist comments or have a racial thoughts that they don’t realize are racist. “Today I was on the road and I saw this black guy walking…” or, “I teach a lot of ‘urban’ students,” or, “I have black friends, so I can’t be racist” etc. This group also contains racial bias. Invisibilia did a fantastic podcast about a father who had adopted a black daughter, but still found himself being cautious around a black man walking down the street. Even though he had just explained to his daughter that it’s not fair that people do this, he still found himself being a part of the problem (from Invisibilia, “The Culture Inside”). Why is this? Every single person I know would say that they are not racist. And, again, we’re setting aside systemic racism for this argument. But I would argue a lot of people I know are soft racists. This is where I sat most of my life