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MineralMan

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65. Exactly. Nobody follows me around in stores,

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:48 PM

Mar 2020

expecting me to shoplift. Nobody crosses to the opposite side of the street if we're both walking on the sidewalk. Nobody assumes that I am ignorant or stupid, even if I am dressed in shabby clothing. Nobody suspects me of being a burglar if I walk down a street where i don't live. Nobody assumes I am the janitor in some place. If they mistake me for a salesperson, that's a different thing.

I don't notice that those things don't happen, simply because they never happen to me. I think about such situations, because I have heard others talk about that kind of treatment directed at them. I'm only aware of those things because I have heard others' stories. I'm automatically immune from such behavior because I'm a white guy.

Now, I have been ignored when I have entered a store that caters to wealthy people, but that's not the same thing. Not the same thing at all. All I have to do to be accepted there is put on a nice suit and I'm more than welcome and get catered to.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Here's something Bernie Sanders appears not to understand. [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

Well said MM - well said. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #1

Yawn.... mikeysnot Mar 2020 #2

Here's an old saying for yawners: MineralMan Mar 2020 #4

Go ahead and yawn, but he has hit the nail on it's head. Butterflylady Mar 2020 #8

Try and get some sleep HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #10

seriously? handmade34 Mar 2020 #29

Be nice. That poster is sleepy. MineralMan Mar 2020 #34

Right the canned criticism from biden bros mikeysnot Mar 2020 #96

.... mikeysnot Mar 2020 #97

Too many words? LongtimeAZDem Mar 2020 #53

K&R stonecutter357 Mar 2020 #3

I wish I could recommend your post more then once. Butterflylady Mar 2020 #5

Once is enough, and I thank you for that! MineralMan Mar 2020 #6

Most welcome!!!!!! Butterflylady Mar 2020 #9

Bernie is still stuck in his old '60s-era "New Left" mindset, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #7

The point is illustrated Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #11

Exactly. Socialism is a white male ideology. MineralMan Mar 2020 #14

You are such a wonderful writer, and put it so clearly. Tumbulu Mar 2020 #62

Please, don't stereotype that time as "old 60's." That era was ahead of its time. ancianita Mar 2020 #16

I remember the '60s; I was there. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #37

I was in college, working two jobs, and saw it, too. Defining it by a small percentage of its worst ancianita Mar 2020 #42

Well said! maddiemom Mar 2020 #50

Yes, and we were supposed to be sorry for them as they were giving up Tumbulu Mar 2020 #66

+1000 emmaverybo Mar 2020 #52

This is an important idea. mahina Mar 2020 #12

Thanks. You're very kind. MineralMan Mar 2020 #18

My Problem With Bernie Has Always Been His View That Racial Ills Could Be Solved with a $15/Hr Wage Indykatie Mar 2020 #13

I continue to learn. That is always my goal. MineralMan Mar 2020 #17

Well Said Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #15

Thank you kindly, Sir. MineralMan Mar 2020 #19

K & R Excellent post. justhanginon Mar 2020 #20

Thanks! MineralMan Mar 2020 #22

His view of everything, as near as I've been able to guess, Hortensis Mar 2020 #21

That's a problem many of us seem to have. MineralMan Mar 2020 #23

:) True for us all, but in enormously varying degrees. Hortensis Mar 2020 #35

Nicely put. MineralMan Mar 2020 #36

You took that word, ide fixe right out of my little brain before I could get it out and check the emmaverybo Mar 2020 #55

Thanks. MineralMan Mar 2020 #57

AA doctors and lawyers still get pulled over more frequently than white people mcar Mar 2020 #24

Yes, exactly. MineralMan Mar 2020 #25

I wish some reporter would post the question to Sen. Sanders. nt mcar Mar 2020 #31

I'm sure Bernie Sanders has faced such questions. MineralMan Mar 2020 #33

Very well done. I'm an old white man too, who grew up in the same general area and generation.... George II Mar 2020 #26

My father was an auto mechanic. MineralMan Mar 2020 #30

That is the type of perspective needed to better understand. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #46

Very well said too! I think Bernie does not want to get it Tumbulu Mar 2020 #68

Thank you for your insightful post dlk Mar 2020 #27

Well said MM. I discussed your post with my wife just now and it lead us to google MLK and c-rational Mar 2020 #28

Thanks. So much of what we do, how we live, and what we can expect MineralMan Mar 2020 #32

"Economic Justice cannot undo Social Injustice. It is the reverse that is true, actually." NurseJackie Mar 2020 #38

Bernie grew up in multi-cultural, multi-racial Brooklyn flamingdem Mar 2020 #39

It is entirely possible to grow up in a diverse community, MineralMan Mar 2020 #41

Brooklyn is 70.8 sq miles. 97 sq miles with water included. LiberalFighter Mar 2020 #48

K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #40

I agree that Bernie believes he is right. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2020 #43

The Bernie bashing is tired.... the_sly_pig Mar 2020 #44

Sanders Will have Helped That Outcome On, Sir, If It Occurs The Magistrate Mar 2020 #71

Your opinion is valid of course... the_sly_pig Mar 2020 #84

You're Damned Right It Is, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #85

Your are like me in many ways but much more articulate. My wealthy sister and I had an argument Pepsidog Mar 2020 #45

Yes. I remember a situation I found myself in, back in the 1980s. MineralMan Mar 2020 #51

An experience most white Americans could never understand. Pepsidog Mar 2020 #61

Exactly. Nobody follows me around in stores, MineralMan Mar 2020 #65

Very thoughtful Hekate Mar 2020 #47

"always has.", you'd think that as a socialist Bernie would know that and believe it. marble falls Mar 2020 #49

Not necessarily. Socialism is an economic thing. MineralMan Mar 2020 #56

Its basis is to make economics a level playing field for all. That's never been accomplished ... marble falls Mar 2020 #63

Socialism is a political philosophy of white men. MineralMan Mar 2020 #67

Brought tears to my eyes MM.. so beautifully written Peacetrain Mar 2020 #54

Thank you so much. MineralMan Mar 2020 #59

Well said from experience happy feet Mar 2020 #58

My pleasure. MineralMan Mar 2020 #60

Oh good Catch2.2 Mar 2020 #64

There is no bashing in this thread - just description. MineralMan Mar 2020 #69

And how does this... Catch2.2 Mar 2020 #80

Interesting. First you accuse me of "bashing" MineralMan Mar 2020 #83

Just read my post Catch2.2 Mar 2020 #99

"Unifying" is a moot complaint at this point. Either you're with the Democrats, or you're with Trump LongtimeAZDem Mar 2020 #70

So you think Catch2.2 Mar 2020 #79

The poster did not say that at all. MineralMan Mar 2020 #86

No, I'm saying that anyone who doesn't vote for the Democratic nominee is for Trump LongtimeAZDem Mar 2020 #90

I've yet to meet Catch2.2 Mar 2020 #100

My Fox news watching 60 yr old white brother said something interesting the other day on the phone. LizBeth Mar 2020 #72

That's very observant of him, MineralMan Mar 2020 #74

He didn't realize what he had said out loud, and it is fact so not necessarily observant. LizBeth Mar 2020 #82

That's why I never discuss politics with family members. MineralMan Mar 2020 #87

Never. Lol LizBeth Mar 2020 #89

I genuinely don't get whatever it is you folks are trying to convey? MasonDreams Mar 2020 #73

Yes, I can see that. MineralMan Mar 2020 #75

Nice post npk Mar 2020 #76

Thanks! MineralMan Mar 2020 #78

Now that this thread has slipped off the Trending list MineralMan Mar 2020 #77

Do those white men, who are poor have any privilege? dubyadiprecession Mar 2020 #81

There are many poor white men. And women. MineralMan Mar 2020 #88

I volunteer at a local Presbyterian church, so I don't need a lecture from you! dubyadiprecession Mar 2020 #94

Oh, OK, then... MineralMan Mar 2020 #95

And just how do we implement and achieve this social justice, Sir? hangaleft Mar 2020 #91

I don't know. MineralMan Mar 2020 #92

Well stated. Progressive dog Mar 2020 #93

From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Mar 2020 #98

All I can say is StarfishSaver Mar 2020 #101

Why Can't Bernie Accept That Democratic Voters Didn't Want Him? Gothmog Mar 2020 #102

How 'Never Bernie' Voters Threw In With Biden and Changed the Primary Gothmog Apr 2020 #103