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In reply to the discussion: "Ghosted by Allies: Why BIPOC Still Can't Trust White People With Social Justice" [View all]electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)63. I don't know about the age perception aspect but the ...
Last edited Mon Apr 26, 2021, 01:35 PM - Edit history (2)
(I've read a similar version of this in the past year plus)
... that black children are less innocent... to me esp boy kids between 5 - 10? that seems wrong to me.
Almost all of the time I'm probably comfortable around black tweens, younger teens as I'm out and about. Maybe I need a little work there but it's a rare thing, or maybe I haven't been uncomfortable.
What's interesting is feeling comfortable with mid-later black teens. I attribute a part of this to having known black young men when I was a teen in HS, and Art College; friends, acquaintances.
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"Ghosted by Allies: Why BIPOC Still Can't Trust White People With Social Justice" [View all]
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
OP
I find some hope with the response leading to Chauvin's conviction, the immediate outrage to the
hlthe2b
Apr 2021
#2
Somehow white people always imagine themselves as the "good guy" the cops are saving...
hunter
Apr 2021
#34
I heard enough stories in the '70s & '80s of black people being abused...
electric_blue68
Apr 2021
#60
That's the problem I have in this case. The dead girl absolutely WAS a deadly threat here, but
Progressive Jones
Apr 2021
#38
And if he had killed the wan in pink, people would be bending over backwards
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#64
It is insulting. The idea which has touted on this forum of late is all white people are racist...
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#19
And when any person of color criticizes any white person for being racially insensitive or racist
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#28
"Our great white saviors." You just answered why many white people don't involved.
SMC22307
Apr 2021
#78
Even with video, we have too many people who refuse to believe what they can see with their own eyes
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#69
I personally am sick of this sort of rhetoric. Don't trust anyone, and do it yourself... and see it
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#18
If something that a stranger posts on a discussion board "drives away" anyone from the cause
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#30
Nothing you or anyone else posts will drive me away. I know that we must end institutional racism
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#36
If you are saying that I have lectured you, I have not. And I would say that to seek allies who
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#51
I don't care how I am seen. I do my best to combat racism because it is important to every
Demsrule86
Apr 2021
#48
"attempting to reach a mutual understanding but maybe that's too last century."
Jedi Guy
Apr 2021
#81
It is not up to BIPOC to negotiate with our allies how we will fight for our rights
StarfishSaver
Apr 2021
#82
You sure you responded to the right post? Because that's not at all what I said.
Jedi Guy
Apr 2021
#83
Thanks for posting and for always being willing to make posts that make people uncomfortable...
Blasphemer
Apr 2021
#59