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marble falls

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44. I used to think that as my father and grandfathers have passed and I am in my autum that ...

Fri May 11, 2018, 02:04 PM

May 2018

it was getting better, that we were moving into a post racist US, that President Obama was mile marker in that change I imagined that was happening. I was wrong and in many ways its no better and even worse than it was when I was young. We need to double down and help prevent our children and grandchildren from learning hate.

The biggest shock for me is how easily and how many white folks feel free to use the 'n' word. Appalled, actually. And to hear all the wee-ing by even liberal whites over "wyte peepo."

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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