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"No more than yourself, why do you ask?"So if someone asks you if you're racist, how do you answer?
Most anytime I’ve been in a social situation with whites only and someone goes too far with a racial comment, I publicly excuse myself “whelp, that’s my cue” or the like (certainly not the most courageous thing to do)So, this kind of stuff has been happening forever, right. Something my community has been clear about ever since this shifted into the public stratosphere with cellphone cameras. However, with being able to see all of these instances first hand (using loosely), what's alarming and new for me is how easily, how reflexively, how...I don't want to say subconsciously...how normally these white persons shift into weaponizing their privilege.
So often in discussions about privilege, it gets treated as this foreign concept or something that isn't real or is unbeknownst to many. And, yet, in most of these encounters, the white party, almost instantly, knows their privilege is the ultimate trump card and uses it, almost at an instinctual pace and level. For me, you can't pull something like that up from within without knowing, one, of its existence but, beyond, its effectiveness and how it benefits you.
I try to live by "Once you become aware, you become responsible." Like, I know the advantages I have of being a man, of being able bodied, of being an adult. That doesn't mean I handle those things properly at all times. I'm imperfect. But, I've never argued against their existence, ya know? Argued that its a real thing or that I have it or that I've used it in some way. That's the part that is still baffling to me. Like, maybe it's because I'm black, but I see race advantage as clearly as I see gender advantage.
I'm just speaking off the cuff. I don't know. What do you, my white friends, think? Is it more known that what is seemingly let on? Do yall talk about it? Or is it just something, like with gender privilege, that you realize one day that you have it and its this unsaid, unspoken acknowledgement that you have with others who share it? Or, do you truly don't see it or know you have it? I'm genuinely curious.
sorry to thread jack but since the main thread was moved to the old PDB it's not accessible I thought I'd put it here
So this guy had the cops called on him for daring to ask this woman to follow the rules and put her dog on a leash
Not buying this woman's "apology" at all "Words are just words"
Calling the cops and saying that "a black guy is threatening my life" are NOT just words
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Amy Cooper told CNN she wanted to "publicly apologize to everyone."
"I'm not a racist. I did not mean to harm that man in any way," she said, adding that she also didn't mean any harm to the African American community.
She was walking her dog Monday while Christian Cooper was bird watching at a wooded area of Central Park called the Ramble.
Amy Cooper and Christian Cooper are not related.
They both told CNN the dispute began because Amy Cooper's dog was not on a leash. Dogs are supposed to be leashed at all times in the Ramble, according to the park's website...........
"I'm taking a picture and calling the cops," Amy Cooper is heard saying in the video. "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life."
The New York Police Department told CNN when officers responded, neither Christian Cooper nor Amy Cooper were present. No arrests or summonses were made, according to NYPD.
"I think I was just scared," Amy Cooper said. "When you're alone in the Ramble, you don't know what's happening. It's not excusable, it's not defensible."
She told CNN that since the video was posted, her "entire life is being destroyed right now."..............
my wife's uncle was very racist. but, at the same time, he'd give his shirt off his back to anyone, even the people he was racist towards. But that didn't mean he didn't think most black people were inferior to him. Unless it was someone he personally knew, they were just a N.. all Asians were Chinamen. He was embarrassed when I told him my mothers family was from Puerto Rico, after making comments about PR's..are you a good person?
Am I the only one who wants to throat punch someone when they say"he is very well spoken" when referring to a black person, like that's some sort of compliment? you never hear that comment when referring to a white guy..I'm not racist,,,,,,,,,,BUT...
This part caught my attention because it made me realize something that I really never thought about. Whenever I encounter racist individuals, in person or online, I always feel instantly superior to them and feel like they have such limited minds.But that didn't mean he didn't think most black people were inferior to him.
my wife's uncle was very racist. but, at the same time, he'd give his shirt off his back to anyone, even the people he was racist towards. But that didn't mean he didn't think most black people were inferior to him. Unless it was someone he personally knew, they were just a N.. all Asians were Chinamen. He was embarrassed when I told him my mothers family was from Puerto Rico, after making comments about PR's..
His oldest son is just like him and he's a Police Officer in EBR Parish.
oh, that's an easy one. He wasn't, according to himself.and how would your wife's uncle react when told he was a racist?
Just a quick side note. There is an episode of Star Trek: TNG in the first or second season, where they visit a planet where Women were the larger, dominant sex and men were smaller, submissive.So, this kind of stuff has been happening forever, right. Something my community has been clear about ever since this shifted into the public stratosphere with cellphone cameras. However, with being able to see all of these instances first hand (using loosely), what's alarming and new for me is how easily, how reflexively, how...I don't want to say subconsciously...how normally these white persons shift into weaponizing their privilege.
So often in discussions about privilege, it gets treated as this foreign concept or something that isn't real or is unbeknownst to many. And, yet, in most of these encounters, the white party, almost instantly, knows their privilege is the ultimate trump card and uses it, almost at an instinctual pace and level. For me, you can't pull something like that up from within without knowing, one, of its existence but, beyond, its effectiveness and how it benefits you.
I try to live by "Once you become aware, you become responsible." Like, I know the advantages I have of being a man, of being able bodied, of being an adult. That doesn't mean I handle those things properly at all times. I'm imperfect. But, I've never argued against their existence, ya know? Argued that its a real thing or that I have it or that I've used it in some way. That's the part that is still baffling to me. Like, maybe it's because I'm black, but I see race advantage as clearly as I see gender advantage.
I'm just speaking off the cuff. I don't know. What do you, my white friends, think? Is it more known that what is seemingly let on? Do yall talk about it? Or is it just something, like with gender privilege, that you realize one day that you have it and its this unsaid, unspoken acknowledgement that you have with others who share it? Or, do you truly don't see it or know you have it? I'm genuinely curious.
Sorry, I don't think this is true. Being well spoken is not a racial thing or at least, it shouldn't be. I do see why many would think it though.Am I the only one who wants to throat punch someone when they say"he is very well spoken" when referring to a black person, like that's some sort of compliment? you never hear that comment when referring to a white guy..
That's when I realized, this is what a lot of women feel like on a normal day....