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EveDibb

(34 posts)
47. Call them out!
Sun Jul 12, 2020, 01:32 PM
Jul 2020

I grew up in the South and I started calling out people when I was 17. Let's just say I'm now older than 17. When they would use the n-word I'd put my finger in their face and say don't use that word around me. Made them think twice before they said it again.

I live in Ohio now and since everybody thinks Southerners are racist I'm getting a sign and I'm putting it in my front yard that says I didn't leave the South to be surrounded by a racist Yankees.

And if I hear our statues one more time when that is my heritage and there was a statue removed in my hometown I am going to lose it.

We can't stand them either. [View all] yardwork Jul 2020 OP
I can't agree with this more. Ohiogal Jul 2020 #1
Thank you! yardwork Jul 2020 #2
Kick. MontanaMama Jul 2020 #3
Thanks. Every word is true. yardwork Jul 2020 #4
Same people who make life hell in neighborhoods with a HOA. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #5
They're Frank Burns! So true. yardwork Jul 2020 #7
"Frank Burns" is a perfect reference! volstork Jul 2020 #49
My grandson Brad just said tavernier Jul 2020 #72
Yes.. and those "mean girls" cut their eye teeth tormenting other (typically)white girls early on... hlthe2b Jul 2020 #6
The behavior of cowards, now being exposed on cell phones. yardwork Jul 2020 #8
Well said, yardwork. You nailed the description of these ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #9
Thank you! yardwork Jul 2020 #20
You're the woman my mother kicked out of the house.. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #10
Good for your mom! yardwork Jul 2020 #21
Very much ahead of her time. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #27
To throw the woman out - that was brave. yardwork Jul 2020 #28
It was crazy. luvs2sing Jul 2020 #38
Wow! Your mom was a hero. yardwork Jul 2020 #41
It's the little bitty quiet ones volstork Jul 2020 #50
What a great mom you were blessed with. And thanks for sharing. brush Jul 2020 #59
In my case, it was my father who kicked wnylib Jul 2020 #75
Sadly, my granny was the woman. After my summer day at the local pool, she snapped txwhitedove Jul 2020 #76
Pretty insightful. Applying that filter pnwest Jul 2020 #11
The Brett Kavanaughs. yardwork Jul 2020 #35
Yes, this is exactly who they are. n/t ms liberty Jul 2020 #12
Thank you. yardwork Jul 2020 #34
I enjoy giving racists a personal in your face shut-up-ing UpInArms Jul 2020 #13
I realize that I need to do more. yardwork Jul 2020 #22
Amen! volstork Jul 2020 #51
+1 dalton99a Jul 2020 #23
YES!!! luvtheGWN Jul 2020 #74
Yeah, plenty of snotty people, and racism fits right into snobbery. PatrickforO Jul 2020 #14
And to dismantle the unfair systems and institutions that perpetuate this. yardwork Jul 2020 #30
Civility is a thing of the past. You want a better future NoMoreRepugs Jul 2020 #15
This is war. It is! yardwork Jul 2020 #24
Perfect. Very well said. DENVERPOPS Jul 2020 #16
I love all the replies! yardwork Jul 2020 #25
I have a huge amount of that in my community- just replace "black" with "native" RainCaster Jul 2020 #17
They're everywhere. Time to call them out. yardwork Jul 2020 #33
The "Common Scold" ThoughtCriminal Jul 2020 #18
Exactly. Throwing their privilege around. yardwork Jul 2020 #26
With you on that! Mopar151 Jul 2020 #70
Yes I knew them also kimbutgar Jul 2020 #19
Oh yes! The workplace. yardwork Jul 2020 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jul 2020 #29
+ millions of us. Stand up. yardwork Jul 2020 #31
I've been in those rooms. Iggo Jul 2020 #37
The best revenge is to dismantle the system that gives them power. yardwork Jul 2020 #40
Fuckin' A. Iggo Jul 2020 #43
I feel you. qwlauren35 Jul 2020 #60
I say something where it'll make a difference. Iggo Jul 2020 #64
Everybody makes their own choices. qwlauren35 Jul 2020 #68
Manipulative, conniving, vicious, malevolent dalton99a Jul 2020 #36
They have the whole system behind them and they know it. yardwork Jul 2020 #39
That is the worst part. They know everything is historically, systematically, reflexively stacked in dalton99a Jul 2020 #48
Happily making the rest of us look bad. calimary Jul 2020 #42
They have a whole system of institutional racism to defend. yardwork Jul 2020 #44
Excellent! (nt) ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #45
Thank you. yardwork Jul 2020 #46
Call them out! EveDibb Jul 2020 #47
Welcome to DU, Eve! volstork Jul 2020 #53
Thank you for the welcome EveDibb Jul 2020 #57
Perfect. Great post. We need to be "anti-racist" and this raises consciousness. RussellCattle Jul 2020 #52
Your boyfriend and now husband tormented the "nerds" plimsoll Jul 2020 #54
They used to whisper sideways with their hands shielding their mouths lunatica Jul 2020 #55
we also have those types in my apartment complex makeing their own rules AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #56
Amen to that!!!! Peacetrain Jul 2020 #58
K&R demmiblue Jul 2020 #61
Dear Yardwork (great name by the way) TNNurse Jul 2020 #62
I would be honored! Please don't reference my name or DU, though. yardwork Jul 2020 #66
Do not fear, I will honor your privacy. TNNurse Jul 2020 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jul 2020 #63
Hear, hear. As a white woman it's important for me to call them out. Especially since onecaliberal Jul 2020 #65
Yes, it's up to each of us to stand up to this. yardwork Jul 2020 #80
Great OP! brer cat Jul 2020 #69
Appreciate that! yardwork Jul 2020 #79
yardwork.....Perfectly stated...n/t Upthevibe Jul 2020 #71
Thanks! yardwork Jul 2020 #78
Brava! StarfishSaver Jul 2020 #73
Thank you! yardwork Jul 2020 #77
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