If you are white...

[jaxind]

If you are white, please today (and everyday!) be just a little extra kinder to a person of color (and to someone of the Jewish faith)!

[Doodley]

1. Please don't go down that road.

[Wounded Bear]

2. I am, and I try to be every day...

I served with many people of color.

[VMA131Marine]

7. Me too

and the people I work with are of very diverse backgrounds and nationalities.

[AlexSFCA]

3. absurd statement; please treat everyone equally!

(unless they are republicans). trump is equally offensive to all races. Not to mention that Heather was white. It is incredibly offensive to be treated differently (even if it means 'better')

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. I was just looking for a reason to be nice to people of color.

Golly, thanks! I'll do just that!

[Luciferous]

6. Right?

[Luciferous]

5. I treat everyone equally and it's pretty insulting that you think you have to ask white people

to be nice to any minority group.

[Angry Dragon]

8. that is the best policy and reply

[Texasgal]

9. Seriously?

UGH.

[snooper2]

10. I was going to be a little nicer to a lady from India today she got my sourcing request done ASAP

if that is okay with you LOL

[sarisataka]

11. What makes you think

I am unkind to anyone?

[KitSileya]

12. I'd rather we white people were harsher with other white people

Stand up to your relatives, friends and neighbors - don't be a passive racist, but speak out. If you think you are safe, (that is, if it will not put you in harm's way,) speak out against your mother's passive racism against "those people", or your friend's comment about illegals, or your neighbor's Trump sign in the yard. Make it clear that you will cut ties if they do not stop. Then follow through if they don't. And yes, that does include your father, or sister, or nephew. Give them one more chance, stating clearly what will happen if they continue, and then block them on your phone, FB, etc if they continue.

I am sure people of color and people of the Jewish faith would much rather we relieved them of the burden of (some of) the fight than that we smile at them in the street.

[Codeine]

13. Sorry, it's Wednesday.

On Wednesdays I'm an asshole to minorities. Tomorrow's totally good for me though.

Dumb OP.

[denbot]

14. I'm not white,

and don't need to be patronized.

[Squinch]

15. Or, don't patronize anyone, find a group that's protesting this Nazi bullshit, and join it.

[jaxind]

16. OMG!

OMG...I didn't know that what I said would be taken so offensively! OK...let me spell it out a little more clearly so as to not offend anyone! I know all of you who read this website are already kind...most of us liberals are already kind people! I guess I needed to say be just a little more kinder....than usual. I guess my leaving out those 2 important words "than usual" implied that I don't think you are kind to begin with. And, please try and understand when I ask for a white person to be more kinder than usual today to someone of color or of the Jewish faith, it doesn't mean to be kind to ONLY them and be unkind to white people or Christian people. The only reason I am saying to be just a little kinder today is because of what we of color (yes, I am of color!) went through yesterday. It was like a punch in the gut. For example, it meant a lot to me today when I was out to lunch and a white couple held the door open, a little longer than was necessary, while they were exiting a restaurant, waiting for me to enter the restaurant from about 20 steps away . Because of yesterday, I took that gesture as the couple saying to me "I don't side with tRUMP on this issue about his condoning of white nationalists and neo-nazis." Being of color, it just means more when a white person is kind to us. Because when a person of color is kind to us, it is expected because they go through exactly what I go through. It is that extra sense of knowing when a white person is kind to us, that even though they haven't experienced what I have gone through, they have still CHOSEN to be kind to me...it means a lot!

[LanternWaste]

17. A kind and sincere sentiment is considered low-hanging fruit by the mean-spirited.

A kind and sincere sentiment is considered low-hanging fruit by the mean-spirited.

[lunasun]

20. +1

[jaxind]

18. to LanternWaste

Thank you! I never thought that my suggestion could be construed into something bad!

[unblock]

19. Way to go du! Awesome responses! We needed to prove how thin-skinned we white people can be

Regardless of political affiliation!

[Fluke a Snooker]

21. What's the problem? Jaxind is RIGHT!

Whites have been in position of privilege (and in Republicans' cases, oppressive hatred) over people of color since Columbus. While unquestionably all progressives are, by definition, caring and gracious of non-whites, we must continually ensure that we mitigate our interactions with the intent that we, indeed, acknowledge our unearned privilege, and not only to treat minorities with kindness, but more importantly, with respect.

[jaxind]

22. To Unblock and Fluke a Snooker

Thank you, also, to both of you! Again, being of color, I was just so hurt yesterday and I was in tears. I truly felt what that little gesture that couple did for me this afternoon, was a dog whistle saying "Even though we are white, we are not racists. After what our President said yesterday, we want you to know that most of us white people in this country are not racists!"