Why It’s Time Black People Simply Disengage With White People In Discussing Race

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  1. crandc

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    I got pulled over by a cop for a routine traffic issue. He warned me and then smiled. The worst that I figured would have happened is a ticket.
     
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    I've been hassled by cops throughout my life but I'm sure it does not compare to what an African American has to tolerate on a regular basis. I think it's human nature to connect to a complaint with a personal memory and voice it. My complaints are a speck of dust on the table of grievances in the world.
     
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    This is interesting.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...dc4fd0-6945-11e6-99bf-f0cf3a6449a6_story.html

    Trump is planning trips to urban areas — with stops at churches, charter schools and small businesses in black and Latino communities — and is developing an empowerment agenda based on the economy and education, aides said. Under consideration is an early September visit to Detroit, where retired neurosurgeon and former Republican primary rival Ben Carson would guide him on a tour of the impoverished neighborhoods where he grew up.

    Trump’s team also hopes to exploit what the campaign’s internal poll of black voters nationally shows to be a potential vulnerability for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton once voters are informed of the crime policy record of former president Bill Clinton, according to two Trump associates.

    (OK, so he's racist, but this is incredibly unique for a Republican presidential candidate)
     
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    Gary Johnson will never catch up touring the country on his bicycle
     
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    I dont disagree.
     
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    We don't hate white people who don't understand their privilege. HUGE assumption. We're frustrated by their lack of insight.
     
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    Hilarious.
     
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    Yeah. Fuck Racist white people. Yup. Got me there....
     
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    Who ruined Detroit?

    Why won't Rachel Maddow do her thing on what happened to Detroit?
     
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    Maybe it was democrats :dunno: I'm in the fuck both parties position now. I know who ruined Flint.
     
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    Google Harold Washington.
     
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    You don't truly believe that I'm referring to all white people do you? Truly?

    What I can say is I think most white people don't care. Otherwise they'd challenge the racists with us. Just like I know all cops aren't bad. But the good ones who don't challenge the bad ones are complicit and part of the problem.
     
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    Wha...???? My Beaver Cleaver childhood was nothing but a lie?????
     
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    Look Denny I'd vote for anyone red, blue, white, black, ect. if I believed they'd do something about this shit. But I'm not looking for leadership. I'm looking for representation.
     
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    I think you confuse "not caring" with "not believing I can effect change".
     
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    Washington was the first black mayor of Chicago. So many Democrats in the city voted for a no-name republican Bernard Epton that the race was really close. No previously elected democrat mayor received less than ~80% of the vote.
     
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    I don't know what he said of course, but you do mess up quite a few posts that way. You do know, what you infer is not always what others will infer or what someone attempted to imply.
     
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    This applies to everything in our lives. I think most of us KNOW that the government is fucking us over. We KNOW that Hillary is a dirty piece of shit. But what can we do about it? So we do nothing. We see corruption. We see the NSA violating our rights.

    But as long as the internet works, there's still Blazer games, we can buy food and live comfortably, most people don't do shit. Oh sure, they might make a post of solidarity on Facebook. They might change their profile picture. But that's it. This latest election has really shown people that we don't matter. Our opinions don't matter. Our votes don't matter. So yes, people see racism. They see discrimination. Or maybe they don't. Maybe we don't see it on a daily basis, so we know it exists, but it exists somewhere else. They think, "It's not our problem because it doesn't exist near me." Sure, they might speak up if I saw something, but they never see anything, so they don't do anything.
     
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    The Groucho Marx show changed my life
     
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    Wow! This is wonderful. I wish you God's Speed, things are indeed in great need. The sooner you can bring change for the better, everyone will benefit.
     
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