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4. BRAVO! This is the best I've read on this issue. nt

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Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:14 AM

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Dear White Racists... [View all] FourScore Oct 2014 OP

. Iggo Oct 2014 #1

Have to highlight one line gollygee Oct 2014 #2

If I could make this gif clap any slower, I would do just that MrScorpio Oct 2014 #3

BRAVO! This is the best I've read on this issue. nt brush Oct 2014 #4

This needs to be reposted on the racists' websites. But they don't listen to reason. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #5

K&R Because this essay should get as much exposure as possible.. annabanana Oct 2014 #6

It is possible to be correct yet be insufferably smug at the same time. nt Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #7

Really? Really? valerief Oct 2014 #10

Apparently ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #14

'Tone' issues don't change no matter the hue of the person speaking Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #29

but historically this tone is acceptable for white men, only problematic for the "angry" black and bettyellen Oct 2014 #30

It's not about 'acceptable'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #32

perhaps because you have not xperienced this double standard your entire life, you feel more okay bettyellen Oct 2014 #33

I actually changed in how I feel about it to the way I do now. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #35

Interesting. I would love to see you take a crack at rewriting this- it would be interesting to see bettyellen Oct 2014 #51

That's an excellent idea! ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #74

I am not sure it can be done- but would love to be proven wrong. bettyellen Oct 2014 #80

well, yes ... Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #15

+1 L0oniX Oct 2014 #16

I'm hoping you get the irony here. bettyellen Oct 2014 #18

I get it. I'm the smug racist because Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #20

LOL, persecution complex much? if you make shit you don't care about, all about you.... bettyellen Oct 2014 #21

Someone else in this thread said it better than I did. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #22

Oh poor fella- having to open and reply to threads that bore you! bettyellen Oct 2014 #26

You are so smug yet absolutely correct.... I kid. I kid (about Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2014 #49

I believe the words were "...correct yet...insufferably smug..." Iggo Oct 2014 #24

Yes, the content of the missive is highly correct. I know this because Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #25

Whoosh. Iggo Oct 2014 #27

Is that the sound of another self-aware open letter being posted to racists Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #28

Is it possible that ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #40

Actually it was not an open letter. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #42

Sad, but goddamn true in this case. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #45

nah, what makes me wonder are those who repeatedly insist on fishwax Oct 2014 #59

Do you have some sort of grudge or something? Sure sounds like it. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #83

I don't have a grudge. I just think the behavior I described is bad behavior. fishwax Oct 2014 #84

I dunno, it *seemed* like a personal accusation to me. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #85

As I said, I was describing behavior that I find to be bad behavior. fishwax Oct 2014 #86

+1,000,000 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #90

Given that this is addressed at racists, can't really object to the rude tone. (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #8

Yes, but an open letter to white racists on DU is self-defeating - should post on RW site 3rdwaydem Oct 2014 #36

No doubt. nt AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #44

I'm not sure that this letter is a genuine attempt to persuade racists of the error of their ways. Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #47

if it isn't, then it's just another vanity post Doctor_J Oct 2014 #53

I can think of a couple DUers that you can ask ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #57

I Have 1SBM ProfessorGAC Oct 2014 #58

But only when directed at ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #60

You're Right ProfessorGAC Oct 2014 #61

I have not found this to be true Doctor_J Oct 2014 #63

I guess we see what we want to see, huh? eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #64

Oooooo, you're gonna get it now!! Number23 Oct 2014 #92

Shhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #96

It's not a letter, as I have stated here. sheshe2 Oct 2014 #75

I can certainly understand where the person is coming from..... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #87

Nothing says "secret handshake" like sitting in a room full of other white people hedgehog Oct 2014 #9

I've sat in those rooms. Iggo Oct 2014 #23

OK so most of us pipi_k Oct 2014 #11

do you have a solution? heaven05 Oct 2014 #12

Unfortunately, we're still debating whether the faucet is leaking wryter2000 Oct 2014 #13

There have been several posts ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #17

Amen to the less relevant thing. We have the same problem with racist dog whistles here that the bettyellen Oct 2014 #19

I'll be damned... CANDO Oct 2014 #95

I have tweeted this post.. yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #31

I hope all the white racists on DU take note. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #34

And a couple of ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #39

oh god, wouldn't that be something. MerryBlooms Oct 2014 #48

Okay I will bite... what are fee-fees? whistler162 Oct 2014 #37

Females? KamaAina Oct 2014 #41

Feelings. nt Bobbie Jo Oct 2014 #46

This is hifiguy Oct 2014 #38

I wish I could rec this.....but I'm afraid that's not an option here. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #43

I just know it wouldn't be long ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #50

LOL, 1StrongBlackMan! That train's never late! freshwest Oct 2014 #54

TBH ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #56

It's engrained, can't be changed. I recognized WP as a kid in single digits without the term. freshwest Oct 2014 #62

When 'driving while white' becomes a national crisis Rex Oct 2014 #70

As has been observed and said a number of times (primarily by PoC) ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #72

Sorry, but when 'driving while white' becomes a national problem Rex Oct 2014 #69

"IMHO TBH and frank I whish I wasn't full of shit. " Or something like that. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2014 #77

An illusion? sheshe2 Oct 2014 #78

YEP. Rex Oct 2014 #79

I do stand by what I said. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #81

Violins for you! betsuni Oct 2014 #91

WOW! So "edgy" and "in your face"! I bet this will really have an effect! LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #52

It will have an effect. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #55

I will once again highlight one line of it. gollygee Oct 2014 #65

Screeds like this are pure masturbation LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #66

Not everyone here at DU is in the choir gollygee Oct 2014 #67

Right... and bombastic crap like this will convince them how? LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #68

Different people are different gollygee Oct 2014 #71

What's a SJW? ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #73

I needed the preaching. And it does make a difference. KentuckyWoman Oct 2014 #94

IMHO, racists are sorry pos who are so insecure and obtuse darkangel218 Oct 2014 #76

Yes they do. In *many* cases. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #82

Well, I'm confused. the_sly_pig Oct 2014 #88

I guarantee some racists read this right here in this thread JonLP24 Oct 2014 #89

Bloo and Rainey were spectacularly awesome. And as you said, called the bullshitters out so much Number23 Oct 2014 #93