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In reply to the discussion: Dear White Racists... [View all]Iggo
(47,586 posts)24. I believe the words were "...correct yet...insufferably smug..."
You didn't call you a racist.
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This needs to be reposted on the racists' websites. But they don't listen to reason.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2014
#5
It is possible to be correct yet be insufferably smug at the same time. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#7
but historically this tone is acceptable for white men, only problematic for the "angry" black and
bettyellen
Oct 2014
#30
perhaps because you have not xperienced this double standard your entire life, you feel more okay
bettyellen
Oct 2014
#33
Interesting. I would love to see you take a crack at rewriting this- it would be interesting to see
bettyellen
Oct 2014
#51
LOL, persecution complex much? if you make shit you don't care about, all about you....
bettyellen
Oct 2014
#21
Is that the sound of another self-aware open letter being posted to racists
Dreamer Tatum
Oct 2014
#28
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
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
Nothing says "secret handshake" like sitting in a room full of other white people
hedgehog
Oct 2014
#9
Amen to the less relevant thing. We have the same problem with racist dog whistles here that the
bettyellen
Oct 2014
#19
It's engrained, can't be changed. I recognized WP as a kid in single digits without the term.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#62
"IMHO TBH and frank I whish I wasn't full of shit. " Or something like that. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Oct 2014
#77