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“You’ll find that people often use the excuse “it was the norm�� when discussing racism, homophobia, and anything else in our history they are trying to absolve themselves of. Saying that something was “a norm�� of the past is a way not to have to deal with its ripple effects in the present. It removes the fact that hate doesn’t just stop because a law or the time changed. Folks use this excuse because they are often unwilling to accept how full of phobias and -isms they are themselves—or at least how they benefit from social structures that privilege them.”
― George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue