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Originally posted by Benzene
That's very noble of you but no adult in this country needs to be ~educated~ to know that saying "who cares only ******s died" makes you a piece of garbage.
Actions have consequences. No sympathy here.
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I'm not arguing in favor of his character. What I'm saying is he used words, not guns.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
And what about those murdered people whose families have to be without them?
A grown man should know better than to make such offensive comments that reach thousands to a million people which could result in backlash. I don't feel sorry for him or his family, just like he doesn't feel sorry for those people who were brutally murdered or their families.
People need to stop thinking they are safe to say whatever online and think there will be no consequences. It doesn't work like that in real life.
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I agree totally. People should use more discretion in what they say both in real life and online. Two wrongs don't make a right. Instead of trying to get somebody fired they should focus their energy on education.
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Originally posted by Damien M
This was not well thought-out  How is wanting to be known as a "cool guy" helping the situation exactly?
What's there to be "calmly" explained re: the racist white boy who just massacred 10 black people in a church? |
It's not about wanting to be known as a cool guy. People are biased because they don't know. Most people I know who have something against black people don't really understand the many years that have gone into keeping black people down.
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Originally posted by Glamorous
you probably thought this was a really intricate and thought provoking response but when a black person is killed every 24 hours i don't think they give a **** about a racist whitey and their family
furthermore, it isn't OUR job to teach YOU what's right and wrong. we shouldn't have to sit you down and tap you on the wrist for perpetuating violence against us. if everything is "google-able" don't ask us to validate ourselves
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You should always try to passively educate and love your fellow man, even if he hates your guts because of your skin. Hating him isn't going to make your life better. Reading things online isn't going to help somebody understand the plight of another person. I am fortunate to have grown up around black people. I know the culture. I know how poor blacks do and how well to do blacks do. There are worlds between them. I've heard poor blacks call rich ones "self hating blacks" and I've heard richer ones call the poor things I can't really post here. But no matter their income level they still face prejudice. Black people have the world against them as well as other black people. The same holds true for other minorities. All of us are in the same boat. We're all trying to get by and be happy but we're letting the color of our skin seperate us. We do it because we think "all blacks are thugs" and "that white person thinks I'm ****" or whatever else that we tell ourselves because it's easier than looking for the truth. It's easier to write people off based on stereotypes than it is to find out why things are they way they are. Let's not even talk about the uphill battle to rectify the situation. That is what is a long way off, I'm afraid
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Originally posted by Toya
You've got to be kidding me.
The people losing their jobs bc they're racist as **** are GROWN. Why should black people have to do the job these losers' stankin ass mamas neglected to do? If you're old enough to work at UPS, you're old enough to understand that racism=bad and that it's probably not the smartest thing to go around flaunting it if it's important to you that your child has clothes, food, or braces. Nobody has the time to sit there and coddle these big grown ass morons.
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Yes, they are grown. They have sadly grown up with a mentality that all blacks are the same way or that it's okay or cool to spout off these epithets. Why should black people educate them? Because no other white person tells us what black people go through. Minorities are just that, they're fewer in number. Depending on where you live, most white people aren't around black people in any large number. Which is how these views get formed. They watch movies and adult videos and the news where the black guy is always the criminal, the thug, the law breaker, the bad man. And that's their only vision of them. Yeah, tv and movies are better now, for us. But our parents? The people who raised us? The people who raised this UPS worker? They grew up with the only black kid in the social circle being Buckwheat or an adult version of the stereotype. And I fight every time somebody says something off color. I educate people that the N word isn't cool, that black people play hell with their hair, that when you see somebody dressed as a gangster or a thug that it's because they were made into that or they're trying to blend into what they're surrounded by as a means of survival. Don't be angry that these people are ignorant. Be sad. Be sad they don't yet see the love and promise that so many black people are denied the opportunity to show. Be angry at the system that keeps this crap going.
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Originally posted by Suede
passiveness doesn't work
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No it doesn't. But aggression only makes things worse. You know a possible circumstance? This UPS guy could get so angry that he retaliates in anger on to black strangers. He sees that "black people" got him fired and he wants revenge. That only brings about more heartache. More loss. It's all needless. The cycle will only continue being "us against them" if we allow it.
I don't use any social media. Besides, I don't post racist comments in the first place.
