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PatentlyDemocratic

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12. A similar generalization about black people would be unacceptable

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Fri May 11, 2018, 09:56 AM

May 2018

There must be consistency. You can’t have different standards for different races.

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White people have always [View all] heaven05 May 2018 OP

There's a reason for this gollygee May 2018 #1

thank you heaven05 May 2018 #5

Its said how telling these truth... some can't deal with it. Civic Justice May 2018 #60

the truth heaven05 May 2018 #64

Just be careful. Dems are on your side. sharedvalues May 2018 #2

true, this nt heaven05 May 2018 #3

. Squinch May 2018 #35

There is no need to stereotype "white people." Doodley May 2018 #4

okay, heaven05 May 2018 #6

No need to apologize. Some of us are too ready to concentrate on a percieved slam and miss... marble falls May 2018 #9

Told you NEVER use the W word, will INSTANTLY bring you trouble. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #14

Please do not apologize billh58 May 2018 #22

No Need For Apology Me. May 2018 #27

I accept your apology. If you read a post that stated black people... followed by a generalization Doodley May 2018 #36

Using slang language to describe a whole race of people is equally offensive. Doodley May 2018 #40

I won't stop heaven05 May 2018 #65

First of all, there's no such thing as "a race of people." Race is a social/political construct. Garrett78 May 2018 #71

sometimes the "not all white people" thing is really just a bit too much. unblock May 2018 #7

A similar generalization about black people would be unacceptable PatentlyDemocratic May 2018 #12

... Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #15

LOL heaven05 May 2018 #49

Hahahahaha ismnotwasm May 2018 #58

Are you aware this is the African American group? gollygee May 2018 #23

reread my post. in no way did the o.p. accuse every last white person of racist police calling. unblock May 2018 #30

I will be honest, if I was not who I am, and I had to put up with the Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #34

Are you saying being racially sensitive to others is on condition of "more progress?" Doodley May 2018 #39

what i'm saying is that it's not for white people to come into an african american group and insist unblock May 2018 #42

Thank you for saying so. Doodley May 2018 #38

"When one is accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression".... marble falls May 2018 #67

If there is no consistency of standard in treatment of people of different races, why demand it in LanternWaste May 2018 #69

+100! n/t billh58 May 2018 #24

Do you want to read about "Black people", followed by a description of deplorable behavior? Doodley May 2018 #37

I told you not to come here and pick fights gollygee May 2018 #41

We live that shit every day JustAnotherGen May 2018 #43

every day heaven05 May 2018 #50

Not remotely the same thing. unblock May 2018 #61

I bet you have a huge collection of those, right? marble falls May 2018 #68

Your sentiment is not hypothetical... it's an every day reality for POC. LanternWaste May 2018 #70

++ heaven05 May 2018 #48

Please don't come into this group just to say #notallwhitepeople gollygee May 2018 #20

I would like to say I am shocked. sheshe2 May 2018 #8

This week has been a freaking eye opener, hasn't it? Shocking, deplorable and majorly disappointing. marble falls May 2018 #11

Yes it sure was an eye opener. sheshe2 May 2018 #25

I used to think that as my father and grandfathers have passed and I am in my autum that ... marble falls May 2018 #44

I'm white DownriverDem May 2018 #10

They should be charged with filing a false report bigbrother05 May 2018 #18

They Should Be Charged Me. May 2018 #29

I'd rather a stiff fine and a jailing for repeat offenders. brush May 2018 #62

K&R geardaddy May 2018 #13

OF course it was FUCKING ALERTED ON Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #16

You are correct, Mr. Rosewater geardaddy May 2018 #17

Doesnt it seem like we are living in one of his books, maybe my fave, Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #19

Very much so. geardaddy May 2018 #21

I agree nt heaven05 May 2018 #51

wait, wait, wait -- someone called the du police on a post about racist police calling? unblock May 2018 #26

I know! Oh the irony! geardaddy May 2018 #32

I wonder if AA cops are more aligned with their cop peers than with other AAs. Chemisse May 2018 #28

I think it's an example of how the criminal justice system is filled with systemic racism gollygee May 2018 #31

It seems to me heaven05 May 2018 #52

More than once, I heard the incredulous statement mountain grammy May 2018 #33

yeah, the entrenchment is set heaven05 May 2018 #66

heaven - just a little Group Host here but JustAnotherGen May 2018 #45

... sheshe2 May 2018 #47

thank you heaven05 May 2018 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author hughee99 May 2018 #46

Nazis got people to March and hail. Looks like racists in the US are applegrove May 2018 #54

If a person knows heaven05 May 2018 #55

Heartbreaking but I am sure the brightest minds in the US are on the case applegrove May 2018 #59

let us prevail heaven05 May 2018 #63

One of most vile examples was police sent to stop people fleeing Katrina Hoyt May 2018 #56

yep heaven05 May 2018 #57