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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Tue Jul 12, 2016, 10:39 AM Jul 2016

This is how discussions of racism between black people and white people tend to go

Black people: "Racism is a major problem in this context because of x, y, and z."

White people: "Geez, no one owes you a damn thing! Why don't you all stop being so sensitive and PC, quit using the Race Card, and take some personal responsibility for your lives!"

Black people: "Hey, what you are saying sounds racist - not cool!"

White people: "HOW DARE YOU CALL ME RACIST DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY BLACK FRIENDS I HAVE??!!!! YOU PEOPLE ARE THE REAL RACISTS!!!!!"

*rinse, repeat*

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This is how discussions of racism between black people and white people tend to go (Original Post) YoungDemCA Jul 2016 OP

Yep, there it is! nt MrScorpio Jul 2016 #1

yeah this is heaven05 Jul 2016 #2

sigh. lotta truth here irisblue Jul 2016 #3

truth, thank you rbrnmw Jul 2016 #4

I alerted on a post here brer cat Jul 2016 #5

And some discussions go from the first comment to the last without anything in the middle. betsuni Jul 2016 #6

I'm K&R'ing this because I know way too many people who are the "white people" in your post. raven mad Jul 2016 #7

"generalizing a bit much" heaven05 Jul 2016 #10

"I know that racism exists and it's awful. But racism isn't the problem HERE ..." EffieBlack Jul 2016 #8

you're funny heaven05 Jul 2016 #11

Reverse racism! Reverse racism! JRLeft Jul 2016 #9

MrScorpio

(73,714 posts)

1. Yep, there it is! nt

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 10:48 AM

Jul 2016

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

2. yeah this is

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 10:54 AM

Jul 2016

exactly how it goes when interacting with some so called liberals andd 99.9 of conservatives.

irisblue

(34,405 posts)

3. sigh. lotta truth here

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:31 PM

Jul 2016

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)

4. truth, thank you

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 02:13 PM

Jul 2016

brer cat

(26,474 posts)

5. I alerted on a post here

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jul 12, 2016, 05:49 PM

Jul 2016

in a thread by MrScorpio yesterday. The poster said no one was forcing black people to stay here...if this county was so bad they should just leave. Ended it with "get on a plane, boy." While that example is extreme, I do think many white people, probably enthusiastic Trump supporters, really feel that they are "logical" in their thinking ("if you don't like it you can always leave&quot and I know many who believe that blacks are racists. It sure destroys any possibility of dialogue. I can assure you in that encounter, I just hit "alert" and made no attempt to engage that racist jerk.

betsuni

(27,300 posts)

6. And some discussions go from the first comment to the last without anything in the middle.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 01:39 AM

Jul 2016

raven mad

(4,940 posts)

7. I'm K&R'ing this because I know way too many people who are the "white people" in your post.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 09:18 AM

Jul 2016

But you're also generalizing a bit much.

And yeah, my white mom marched Selma to Montgomery.

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

10. "generalizing a bit much"

Reply to raven mad (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:50 AM

Jul 2016

not at all....or racism would be over and done with.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

8. "I know that racism exists and it's awful. But racism isn't the problem HERE ..."

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:58 PM

Jul 2016

"I'm not saying that racism isn't still a problem. It's just not the issue in THIS case . . .

Or in THIS one . . .

Or in THIS one . . .

FYI, you need to be careful about çrying 'wolf' so much because you're going to make harder for us to do anything about REAL racism when it actually happens ... Because racism is a problem, but it's just not happening HERE right NOW ...

We'll let you know when it happens. In the meantime, please be quiet."