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JustAnotherGen

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6. The Very Smart Brothas wrote a list last of things to do
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:47 AM
Apr 2018

To Make White people uncomfortable - which translates to 'things to not do' - because only . . .



https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/50-ways-to-make-white-people-uncomfortable-1825188582

1. Be black.

2. Be not white.

3. Be not white and not American.

4. Tell the truth.

5. Cite facts.

6. Talk about the past.

7. Talk about the present day.

8. Talk about the future.

9. Say things like “Hi” and “Excuse me” and “Perhaps, if I were so inclined, I’d meet you at Chipotle later. But alas, my palate is discerning, and you will, instead, find me at Waffle House.”

10. Enter buildings.

11. Walk past buildings.

12. Walk.

13. Stand.

14. Sleep.

15. Have an appropriate response to a thing a white person or a group of white people did, which can sometimes be anger.

16. Remind them of the truth.

17. Remind them that there are people other than white people.

18. Remind them that the people other than white people also happen to be people.

19. Remind them of anything, really, including a Jeep.

20. Shop at a mall.

21. Drive a car.

22. Sit in a car that someone else is driving.

23. Have money.

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