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blackspade

(10,056 posts)

9. I don't doubt you at all.

Reply to Number23 (Reply #8)

Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:31 PM

Mar 2016

It's a 'benevolent' type of racism.
In some ways it's the worst sort coming from people that are so steeped in their own privilege that they think that any gesture that they make toward the AA community should be rewarded with beaming smiles and high fives.
This clueless entitlement makes 'in your face racism' refreshing because at least you can easily spot those that are out to do you harm of one sort or another.

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WHY “WELL-MEANING” WHITE PEOPLE LIKE WTAE-TV’S WENDY BELL... [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2016 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #1

I haven't seen her, but it's kind of endemic and happens all across the nation xfundy Mar 2016 #2

Thirty years ago I thought this kinda crap would evolve out of us. mdbl Mar 2016 #3

O.M.G. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #4

I had skipped that part, just read it. Remarkable, sad, sick, twisted, amazing. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #6

I bet she didn't and still doesn't. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #7

It is deleted now. wildeyed Mar 2016 #10

This made me gag. blackspade Mar 2016 #5

And you want to know what's really fucked up about all of this? Number23 Mar 2016 #8

I don't doubt you at all. blackspade Mar 2016 #9

Bingo. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #13

Yep. Not for sure, but I betcha. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #12

Yep, yep, yep n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #16

Remember that thing at Yale wildeyed Mar 2016 #11

Thanks DashOneBravo Mar 2016 #14

Whoa: holy plot twist--they fired her for this Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #15

I was reading through the comments on that article earlier... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #17

Oh Dear Lord. And she probably still doesn't know what she did wrong. Poor thing. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2016 #18