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Originally posted by Reinvention
There's just nothing anyone could say about "white people" that would offend me. Nothing ever has, white people have always had and still have the power - it's just like throwing a pebble into the ocean, it means nothing, it has no deeper meaning, it has no historic backing of hate. When you say something racist to a black person (or Asian / Indian for that matter, but especially black due to the endless mistreatment of them throughout time) it just takes on a new, deeper, more hateful and riddled symbolically meaning.
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Mess. All racism is toxic and yes, you can be offended if you're white. White people may still be at an advantage, but that may not always be the case depending on the individual. Even if it does mean more when a white person says it, the intention of either party is to offend the other. That, in any case, means that you have the right to be offended.