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1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
5. I agree ...
Tue May 8, 2012, 12:12 AM
May 2012

but my life experience has it that when a white person uses race as a descriptor there is a reason, whether conscious or unconscious. It's to highlight conduct that in their mind is either typical, or atypical, of Black people ... which IS an examplar of institutional racism.

Maybe, I'm conditioned not to hear it, but I rarely, if ever, hear a Black person insert the race of an actor unless it is pertinent to the story.

Are descriptors always bigoted? [View all] SoutherDem May 2012 OP
I guess you could provide the term ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #1
I will, but it could be any SoutherDem May 2012 #2
Unfortunately... Bully Taw May 2012 #8
Heres something GiovanniTheGreat Sep 2012 #10
I don't think so LASlibinSC May 2012 #3
Thanks for the reply SoutherDem May 2012 #4
I agree ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #5
It comes down, in my mind, LASlibinSC May 2012 #6
Good point SoutherDem May 2012 #7
Spam deleted by Behind the Aegis (MIR Team) lalmia Sep 2012 #9
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