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Originally posted by JonathanLGardner
Inspired by DevonDreams' thread of similarly offensive and reductive stereotypes (note: black people have more interests than chocolate and hot sauce. I see you and I know how your strand of passive aggressive racism works and I can throw it right back 
NOTICE THE OUTRAGE FOR THIS POST but it's ok to talk about black people's appreciation of chocolate and hot sauce. Yet we can't talk about what white people have consistently done for centuries? Oh the double standard 
I read that white people have been raping and enslaving nations for centuries and countless generations.
My question to you...
Do you have urges to steal (esp. from people of different ethnicities)?
Do you have unexplainable urges to hurt people?
Do you enjoy claiming things as your own regardless of whether you actually created it or not?
Do you enjoy making people darker than you appear violent, scary and ugly?
Do you enjoy laughing at the culture of other ethnicities?
Do you enjoy getting a free pass to follow whatever career path you choose without being blocked because of your skin colour?
Do you enjoy getting a free pass when you mess up or do something illegal, whilst other ethnicities are jailed or blackballed for much less?
Do you enjoy pretending to like other ethnicities because you enjoy their food or culture whilst stabbing them in the back by ignoring key social and political issues affecting their quality of life?
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No. And a lot of "black culture" actually came from other cultures anyway. We all build ourselves up from each other.
I've never wanted to hurt anyone.
I don't ever claim anything as my own, if I was not the person who created it or purchased it.
I don't even make people who are darker than me appear a certain way. My grandfather was black, and always kind.
I find all cultures beautiful.
There's no free pass in Australia. The US is the place that is messed up on that front.
I don't ignore issues those cultures have, but I don't have to agree with racism being thrown back, when I myself don't even think of race when I meet people because of how diverse my family is.
My question to you is, why are you addressing whites and blacks as separate?
My grandfather always said one of the reasons why he moved from the US, was not only because of Racism, but he was also embarrassed with how his peers behaved, enforcing stereotypes he wished to avoid. And the fact they would bring him down simply because he wanted to be educated and do something with his life.
His point being, there's corruption on both ends, and both sides seem to shift the blame back onto each other. One of the reasons I love Australia, is you see positive interracial relationships everywhere you go.
