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In reply to the discussion: White people don't want to talk about it [View all]Response to Number23 (Reply #336)
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Excuse me, what president "dealt drugs, murdered, vandalized the WH, and raped a woman?"
cwydro
Sep 2015
#18
and one very confused Duer thought those slurs were against Obama- which says a lot about the cess
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#59
Since I understood the nature of White Privilege, I am open to disucssion racism in America.
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2015
#8
I agree Nadin. While this is a discussion we should have, there are those that
rhett o rick
Sep 2015
#403
Lots of times it seems that the amount of talking that white liberals do about race relations
Nye Bevan
Sep 2015
#11
Major over-generalizing based on a minister's religious deep-south white congregation?
Hortensis
Sep 2015
#13
you don't see yourself as completely dismissing other people's experiences and concerns- as if they
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#68
And we wonder why this conversation always ends up in white people getting their feelings
randys1
Sep 2015
#105
He didn't say it was "nothing compared to . . ." He said it does not hold equal weight.
gollygee
Sep 2015
#113
No ... I have told you, you have no "right" to claim stuff that didn't happen ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#442
When you have more than just me telling you that we will not do it here
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#116
Who has called you ... a latina ... a white supremacist or a racist? ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#137
I was called that by a poster, if I do say who, it will be called a call out, so it is what it is
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#141
PM me the thread ... I've read just about every thread in the AA Group ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#144
Good ... I'm pretty certain there are topics where your writings are relevant ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#424
Here is the thread where the poster insists they were called a "white supremacist"
zappaman
Sep 2015
#181
And by the way, Zappaman, as a host shame on you, this is the kind of call out I avoid doing
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#191
Have you seen where she was called a white supremacist or a racist? n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#457
Don't worry, I wont alert on you for calling me mentally ill and other things.
zappaman
Sep 2015
#380
Every time I see the howls of "I Wuz called a crazy white supremacist" I crack up
Number23
Sep 2015
#228
Couldn't care less if that ignore was 'hard' as a rock or 'soft' as cotton. As long as it's used
Number23
Sep 2015
#247
So nothing, several people I have asked for specifics in this thread, and still nothing.
randys1
Sep 2015
#143
Oh no, a white guy like me who is sickened with all the white supremacist racists
randys1
Sep 2015
#146
Thanks for the textbook example of another reason none can actually talk of this
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#170
YOu are the one who has REPEATEDLY told me a CERTAIN GROUP of POC are the problem
randys1
Sep 2015
#171
Before calling your block "chickenshit", perhaps you might take a moment of self-reflection ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#368
Defending oneself from what? And don't say being called a white supremacist ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#413
AND, your a Latina ... don't forget about that! However, neither has any bearing ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#428
Your were called what you were called ; but, can't seem to post where ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#436
So yeah, do tell me I did not experinece what i did and what even jurors saw, I posted those.
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#437
You can do a search on my posts and read them. Many of them were last month
notadmblnd
Sep 2015
#110
Weird, I am white and have NEVER had that experience NOT ONCE with any POC in real life
randys1
Sep 2015
#107
Sure read the posts from people who have created a very toxic environemnt
nadinbrzezinski
Sep 2015
#190
Identity politics has become extremely doctrinaire and dogmatic in the last ten to fifteen years.
Monk06
Sep 2015
#250
I saw all this unfolding 25 years ago studying art and social theory at university. Since then
Monk06
Sep 2015
#256
HATE is really the 4 letter bad word. We must have a discussion about hate, that's where all these
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2015
#25
I suspect that 'race' as we know it will disappear as well in time. It's artificial at best.
haikugal
Sep 2015
#204
In modern society, it has more to do with the trading structures we've set up over the last 2k years
Xithras
Sep 2015
#95
Also, to assume that African peoples didn't undergo pigment changes over millennia is a stretch.
Freelancer
Sep 2015
#344
lol! This is from the latest scientific research not 19th century phrenology or palmistry etc.
ErikJ
Sep 2015
#477
You hit a nerve, asking white people to pay up just pisses off some white people.
randys1
Sep 2015
#108
So let's put a price on it then. How much would you be willing to pay, personally?
Avalux
Sep 2015
#140
We whites have been discriminating against non-whites since 1492, and it is far worse today.
AlbertCat
Sep 2015
#496
I (and others) don't usually talk about it because we understand it and we "Get it"
BlueJazz
Sep 2015
#51
Yes, any response that might make certain white folk uncomfortable, dis verboten
randys1
Sep 2015
#167
Why do you believe they would call someone and "ignorant" racist, and not just say your opinions
monicaangela
Sep 2015
#365
Wow...dont know where to begin...200 years of racism, Jim Crow, redlining, oppression
randys1
Sep 2015
#114
Some of the GARBAGE I am seeing on this thread just confirms what i know about
randys1
Sep 2015
#123
I think you are doing a terrific job of giving examples of why it is useless to discuss race here
Egnever
Sep 2015
#313
Probably very interested. I listen in discussions all the time, where people have told me my role
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#236
"Anyone has the choice to participate in a discussion in any way they see fit"
FLPanhandle
Sep 2015
#237
Why? Are you literally facing the threat of a cop killing you for being Black?
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#293
LOL. I love all of these people sliding into my replies and telling me to talk to the hand.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#321
then one can only conclude- honest discussion and a solution to the problem is not the agenda
notadmblnd
Sep 2015
#265
People on DU aren't listening to the Black people. They are leaving or getting suspended.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#271
Am I the only one who's blood LITERALLY runs cold at the thought of some of these "race discussions"
Number23
Sep 2015
#336
With every unwanted and most importantly, unread post to me you do NOTHING but beautifully
Number23
Sep 2015
#339
LOL Good God, I could only imagine what some of these "conversations" must be like
Number23
Sep 2015
#342
I was given the role of host by other hosts in the AA forum, who are Black DUers.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2015
#263
I'll point this out again that you like the above response because it doesn't express an opinion
aikoaiko
Sep 2015
#287
K&R and alot of the responses do absolutely nothing but prove the accuracy of this OP
Number23
Sep 2015
#233
Sadly for too many "more listening, less speaking" means don't talk until you agree.
aikoaiko
Sep 2015
#285
No. Not in terms of equivalency or identical or similarities that matter. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#360
Does that mean you can't understand the white person's experience & refrain from commenting on it?
aikoaiko
Sep 2015
#361
If Hawking or Krugman came on to this discussion board and posted topics, yes, I...
aikoaiko
Sep 2015
#426
Are you familiar with Alan Johnson and his videos that MrScorpio posted recently?
aikoaiko
Sep 2015
#476
Do you expect Stephen Hawking to entertain your sophomoric understanding of physics, as equivalent,
saturnsring
Sep 2015
#456
Most everyone is a victim of something, to one degree or another, depending on perspective.
Jester Messiah
Sep 2015
#358
For the life of me, I have no idea what this bizarre post has to do with anything being discussed
Number23
Sep 2015
#465
That's the whole bleeding point. This OP is about white people being uncomfortable talking about
Number23
Sep 2015
#468
I'd love to hear you speak on how white people are "victims" of institutionalized racism?
Number23
Sep 2015
#462
And the other discussion in this thread is someone crying that someone ...
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2015
#478
This whole thread needs to be pinned to the top of this forum. NOTHING could explain the dearth
Number23
Sep 2015
#479
Just finished reading this whole thread plus the add ons, then went to link to read the entire
AuntPatsy
Sep 2015
#277
What I've encountered when trying to engage about race on DU has been really saddening and jarring.
Freelancer
Sep 2015
#348
I'm white, I have no problems talking about race. I suspect whites are uncomfortable because...
apnu
Sep 2015
#418
Holy crap. Reading through this you'd think white people are living under apartheid rule.
WhollyHeretic
Sep 2015
#452