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In reply to the discussion: White people don't want to talk about it [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)436. Your were called what you were called ; but, can't seem to post where ...
you were called it! In fact, it has been demonstrated by your own links that you, were NOT called a white supremacist, or a racist.
So, yeah! ... Your experience is invalid!
And you will have an echo chamber. You already do, read this fucking thread, People are walking on eggshells around these issues on this site. Congrats, you built that, Now FUCKING OWN IT!
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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