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marble falls

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12. Its a matter of being 'surprised' that Booker is literate and "well-spoken" by a white person ...

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 10:51 AM

Dec 2019

that makes that observation at least passively racist. Racists tend to kill blacks able to make their issues too clear.

W dumb and tongue tied as viewed by a white person or society in general is an observation. Observing a PoC as as smart of one of us white folk is racist, ignorant as best.

The single most educated group of society with the most College degrees right now in the US are black women. Smart, eloquent PoC are NOT a quirk of nature, it is an unremarkable fact of life. They do not need our patronizing they deserve our embracemnt and inclusion.

Has anyone ever remarked to you on your children being smart as a surprise considering the source? Then why do we white people feel so free about saying that about adult people of color????

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Ok, someone please educate me... [View all] Trueblue Texan Dec 2019 OP

I'm white too, but ginnyinWI Dec 2019 #1

Is that something Bloomberg will usually say about just any well spoken person he encounters? brewens Dec 2019 #5

Yes, but Joinfortmill Dec 2019 #7

I will think about your post while I think about whether I have to wash rzemanfl Dec 2019 #2

It's one thing to mention several people as being articulate/well-spoken Maeve Dec 2019 #3

It implies that the 'default' is unintelligible patois Cirque du So-What Dec 2019 #4

Maybe it implies that to you, but that interpretation never for a split-second Doodley Dec 2019 #11

Maybe it doesn't imply that to you Cirque du So-What Dec 2019 #16

Cory Booker is well-spoken, in that he has an eloquence and succinctness that Doodley Dec 2019 #19

That is exactly the unspoken racial slur implicet. Thanks for saying that so clearly. marble falls Dec 2019 #15

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Insults are usually not helpful😡 GeorgeGist Dec 2019 #10

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.. Ptah Dec 2019 #8

And if he had said a white candidate was well-spoken, he could also be accused of being racist, Doodley Dec 2019 #9

NOT at all. We whites represent more than 80% of the population, we speak from a position of power.. marble falls Dec 2019 #13

I will never accept that I cannot pay a black man a compliment. Doodley Dec 2019 #18

Its a matter of being 'surprised' that Booker is literate and "well-spoken" by a white person ... marble falls Dec 2019 #12

I agree with the point you make, but I don't see how Bloomberg saying Doodley Dec 2019 #21

In 08 primary Biden expressed surprise that Obama was articulate bobbieinok Dec 2019 #17

Locking - wrong forum OKNancy Dec 2019 #20