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marble falls

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67. "When one is accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression"....
Sun May 13, 2018, 10:35 AM
May 2018

will you please give it up, you're beginning to sound alt-right.

The difference is that PoC have centuries of ongoing to right now race based abuse. You only think you've been allegedly subjected to it here for a couple of weeks. Drop it. Seriously, yammering about it makes you look stupid.

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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
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