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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)36. It has pluses and minuses
On the one hand it expresses something that is real and that white people have to acknowledge if they are going to make any real progress. On the other hand it is distasteful for many when first heard. I found it distasteful when I first heard it (but in fairness I heard it in college, where both I and the person explaining it to me lacked emotional maturity)). Is it worth the shock value and distaste to push them through to understanding? Or is there a softer way to explain it that would be just as effective.
I am a proponent of that line of thinking, and I kind of think the value of the phrase and the idea it expresses is worth temporary discomfort.
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Has anyone found this to be true since President Obama was elected? [View all]
redstatebluegirl
Dec 2014
OP
I felt that the assholes started coming out of the shadows during the Bush admin.
tk2kewl
Dec 2014
#2
Racism has become more open but I have no worries of talking with my friends, it is very much even
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#15
Do you mean it is more overt or just that it is being noticed more by more white people?
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#21
Fortunately I have not found that to be the case with my African American friends.
elleng
Dec 2014
#26
After the 60's I thought it was slowly improving. At work I worked with many black people and
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#27
Somewhat off topic but as you posted you are a diversity trainer, I thought I may ask and get
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#28
I supose I was drawn to it as it seemed purposeful in that the 5 times black was used the B
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#41