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sheshe2

(88,097 posts)
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 04:56 PM Dec 2016

Black Lives Matter Activist Offers Advice On How To Talk About Race

For all those who think they can’t be racist because they have a black friend.



In the weeks since Donald Trump was elected, vandals have scrawled death threats on the door of a historically black church, a Trump supporter berated a black Michaels employee over a $1 bag and kids have gotten bullied because of their race and ethnicity.

All of these incidents point to racism, yet there are still people who won’t confront its existence. That is why Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Janaya Khan created a video to guide folks through those difficult conversations about race with people who deny that it’s a real problem.


Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-lives-matter-how-to-talk-about-race_us_58457a76e4b09e21702f99e7?section=us_black-voices

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Black Lives Matter Activist Offers Advice On How To Talk About Race (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #1
A person could be not a racist, but rather duped by racists. raging moderate Dec 2016 #2
I don't think the statement "My boyfriend is black" is racist. ret5hd Dec 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #4
As she said... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #5

Response to sheshe2 (Original post)

raging moderate

(4,515 posts)
2. A person could be not a racist, but rather duped by racists.
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 05:34 PM
Dec 2016

If the person says she has a Black boyfriend, couldn't you just say, "Nice, I hope you'll be very happy together, but (whatever she just said) is an argument used by racists against Black people like your boyfriend and his family, and keep in mind that you owe them loyalty, and you don't want to be accidentally spreading slanders or ideas that hurt or endanger them." It's a little like that "coon's age" thing. Good grief, I never thought of that being racist! I'm one of those who assumed they meant real raccoons for some reason. I don't think I've ever said it, because it's not a thing my family ever said, but that's only the same reason I've never said "land of Goshen" or "by crikey." Yikes! You bet your life I'll make sure I never say it now that I know about it. There are all these verbal land mines that have been planted, and we all need to begin pointing them out.

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
3. I don't think the statement "My boyfriend is black" is racist.
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 05:35 PM
Dec 2016

Maybe I'm not understanding.

Response to ret5hd (Reply #3)

sheshe2

(88,097 posts)
5. As she said...
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 09:14 PM
Dec 2016

Just because you have a black friend does not mean you are not racist.

I had friends where I worked. They made sly innuendos about people different from them. I usually elbowed them, they just went on.

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