After I had a dream about a black intruder in my home and fear of being raped by him, I also like you was appologetic that I am not racist, and Darkmatters wisely pointed out that our dreams are not politically correct and that there is no point in apologizing for them like this, not your fault what your subconscious cooks up. Racism is unfortunately still a part of the culture around us, so it is only natural that our dreaming minds would at times incorporate it, no matter how much that is not what we would choose in waking life. The thing is that in non-lucid dreams we do not have a choice, and more often than not we will dream in stereotypes and cultural prejudices because those templates are around us in the culture, and what matters is what we consciously choose, not what our subconscious decides to cook up based on cultural issues. |
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