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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2015, 06:14 PM Mar 2015

I wish I was black so I could get a free pass all the time and pull the race card. [View all]

Anonymous asked:

I wish I was black so I could get a free pass all the time and pull the race card.

#stevie4spiderman Answer:

I’ll tell you what. On behalf of all black Americans, I’m willing to make a trade. If we get to be paid 30% more on average, be in charge of almost all Fortune 500 companies, have the next forty-three Presidents in a row be black, have 90% of auditions in Hollywood be exclusive to black actors, receive 14% more of the total scholarship funding than our portion of the population, do and deal drugs at higher rates but be arrested less, not be killed every twenty-eight hours by the police, have our literature and history be almost exclusively the source of all compulsory education curriculums, be chosen for jobs if we have felony convictions over you even if your record is clean, be held as the standard of beauty worldwide, and hold a disproportionate amount of the country’s wealth, you can have the “race card.” If we can legitimately switch places, you can “pull the race card” every day and say the n-word eighty times on a megaphone every night before you go to sleep.

http://jean-luc-gohard.tumblr.com/post/113559817398/i-wish-i-was-black-so-i-could-get-a-free-pass-all

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Amen. n/t prayin4rain Mar 2015 #1
I'd switch places too but I want to stay black. I like who I am. brush Mar 2015 #17
Wait, I'm confused. Did you mean to reply to me? prayin4rain Mar 2015 #19
Oops, I clicked on the wrong post to respond to. nt brush Mar 2015 #39
I do that all the time because I'm usually typing on my phone. prayin4rain Mar 2015 #48
epic kick Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #2
LOL NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #3
This nails ALL of it. Raine1967 Mar 2015 #4
Well said. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #5
Dang!!! GREAT response! calimary Mar 2015 #6
Touche! smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #7
That about covers it! n/t Still Sensible Mar 2015 #8
K&R Auggie Mar 2015 #9
Heard this asked before, and not one white person offered to trade places. I knew better as a kid. freshwest Mar 2015 #10
Who needs slapped? libodem Mar 2015 #11
Yep. sulphurdunn Mar 2015 #12
Hey.... if he was handicapped too he could get all the great parking places! AlbertCat Mar 2015 #13
no, he wouldn't dolphinsandtuna Mar 2015 #42
no handicapped assigned parking places within 5-6 rows of the entrance ... etc AlbertCat Mar 2015 #56
What is the free pass part of this question based on? I haven't noticed them getting any passes. Shrike47 Mar 2015 #14
well... Takket Mar 2015 #31
+10 heaven05 Mar 2015 #59
K&R NikolaC Mar 2015 #15
k & R !!! - Perfect !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #16
Love it! Spazito Mar 2015 #18
The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a jtuck004 Mar 2015 #20
You do know that Willie Mays was actually a warlock, right? marym625 Mar 2015 #24
From back in the day...thank you. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2015 #25
That was on a few days after he died marym625 Mar 2015 #26
no "was" about it philosslayer Mar 2015 #36
You're right marym625 Mar 2015 #43
It was Minnie Minosa and Ernie Banks that died. nt Gemini Cat Mar 2015 #57
Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #64
Don't forget have your children marym625 Mar 2015 #21
If the places were traded BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #22
Okay, you kind of blew my mind with the second video Number23 Mar 2015 #28
The entire movie was fascinating BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #37
There's a YA book that does the same thing gollygee Mar 2015 #54
BRAVO Marrah_G Mar 2015 #23
"do and deal drugs at higher rates but be arrested less" Number23 Mar 2015 #27
Yes... RedRoses323 Mar 2015 #35
Damn! Drop the mic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Takket Mar 2015 #29
Black people are... TeeYiYi Mar 2015 #30
, blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #32
Well, we all have the same genetic ancestory... StarzGuy Mar 2015 #33
Have Your Kids Riot erpowers Mar 2015 #34
Or being arrested and expelled from schools. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2015 #51
... assuming I lived long enough Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #38
and don't forget heaven05 Mar 2015 #61
You bet. Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #66
geez santroy79 Mar 2015 #40
Then trash thread. nt BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #41
When racism is eradicated, then the posts can stop. marym625 Mar 2015 #46
Bingo! eom Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #47
Yeah, had to check to see if this person was new. marym625 Mar 2015 #50
Wow gollygee Mar 2015 #52
beat me to it heaven05 Mar 2015 #63
I'm quick! marym625 Mar 2015 #65
You didn't appreciate the answer, sant? I did - blm Mar 2015 #53
have you been flying low under the radar? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #55
what's your problem heaven05 Mar 2015 #62
Pie-yow! nt MrScorpio Mar 2015 #44
LOL Mr Dixon Mar 2015 #45
Posted to for later. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #49
excellent heaven05 Mar 2015 #58
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2015 #60
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