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Discussion: Share Your Racist Experiences
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Originally posted by Thirty All
MESS
I was talking to the one with Taylor Swift in his or her avi
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I was ready to drag you for filth
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
Are people still trying to convince themselves and others that white people experience racism?
This thread needs to be closed. A MESS!
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what's a mess is your American-centic mindset White is not the ruling majority everywhere in the world, and white people were certainly not the first and only racists.
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Member Since: 9/15/2012
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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
It ain't about no GOD DAMN OX.
You are all WRONG. We are RIGHT. We are only repeating what our parents raised us on because of what their reality was and what ours still is. YOU ALL are stubborn and it is thAt spirit that creates the dangers I am being so "extra" about.
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Excuse me. I know that post was so loaded with ignorant comments. Oh, wait, no it wasn't! I didn't even state my opinion! Please don't act like some of these petty comments from ignorant white people are literally killing people.
I'm stopping myself yet again because this is a damn mess and no one's opinions ever falter in the slightest. You can reply to this and I'll probably read it but I won't be replying.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by FreeXone
Also let's clarify. We are speaking on an INSTITUTIONAL level, meaning the bigger picture. Not individual bases. Many white people too fall short of the system, but the system is still set up more in their favor. Even though laws are passed to uphold the minority, equality still has a long road to go. The problem with race today isn't the prejudice, it's now based on representation and quality of life. Minorities have laws to sustain their certain rights, but are still institutionally in a choke hold.
Negative stereotypes are still geared toward people of color.
Beauty standards are still in favor of more european looks.
Political power is still majority white.
Majority of those who owns wealth and companies are white.
Majority of those who can afford better education are white.
Majority of those who RECEIVE better education, even in public school setting, are white.
Majority of those approve for home loans, business loans, and approved for more affluent living areas are white.
-And it's not that white people may be doing this on purpose, but naturally you are going to favor those in your surroundings and keep things status quo to keep supporting your own livelihood.
The list goes on and on; the system is still set up, in a white persons favor, because in order to make money, most have to already have money, and wealth is power. We can sit around and feed into the fantasy of if you work hard, you'll succeed, but how far you go, really will depend more on how far you were already set up. I think that is especially America's biggest issue today. We are so blinded by this false dream and don't even know how much we are denied.
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I've read through this entire thread and you're the only person who wasn't a twat and actually made sense and spoke the truth from an unbiased standpoint. The thread should've ended on this note.
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God. We can never have a thread about race here because everyone wants to try and preach to everyone, clock everyone, and write these pressed pretentious English papers that are so snippy and disrespectful to one another. It's all the same recycle **** from a race thread we had last week. Just stop. We can never have a good thread without everyone losing their ****ing minds.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by cats&fashion
What you described is racism.
Secondly, I think the term "white" is discriminatory (and this is where I describe my experience with racism) . For someone like me with white skin but who is not Caucasian, I take offense when people are quick to label me as "white". I am Latino, born in Brazil, 4th generation Brazilian, so yeah Latino. I moved to the United States when I was 5, and all my life, I tell people I'm Latino. And they laugh it off and are like, "Yeah right." The color of someone's skin does not determine their race, and it is racist to refer to someone's race by the color of their skin. Race is so much more than pigmentation. So please, be more cautious of how you refer to people. You don't deny how many times I've had people deny me of my race.
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I'm not saying you're wrong but it's because many Americans and the US Census Bureau don't see Latino/Hispanic as a race. Like, people in Brazil wouldn't say they were "Latino".. They say they're white, black, etc. like we do.
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Member Since: 12/9/2009
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
No it's not.
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One of the most discussed issues in social justice is that one should never tell another what they should or should not be offended by. The hypocrisy!
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by cats&fashion
Obviously I'm not trying to change that, but it's still racism. Just because it is a standard, doesn't mean it's not racism. The fact that we think we can determine someone's race by looking at their skin color is just
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Exactly. I never said it wasn't racist, but that is just how things are. At least for now and the foreseeable future. I have been mistaken for being Latino to Middle Eastern to Greek.
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by Nonchalant
what's a mess is your American-centic mindset White is not the ruling majority everywhere in the world, and white people were certainly not the first and only racists.
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Crying
Who in your opinion started racism? Just wondering?
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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I don't think its right to say white people can't face racism.
They may not get it as much
but never say never.
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Originally posted by Ryanicorn
I've read through this entire thread and you're the only person who wasn't a twat and actually made sense and spoke the truth from a biased standpoint. The thread should've ended on this note.
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Truer words haven't been spoken
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
Crying
Who in your opinion started racism? Just wondering?
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Geographic luck.
Have you read "Guns, Germs, and Steel"?
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Member Since: 6/25/2011
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Originally posted by Newt
One of the most discussed issues in social justice is that one should never tell another what they should or should not be offended by. The hypocrisy!
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You're mistaken. When did I say they shouldn't be offended by what was said to them? I simply informed them that they weren't a victim of racism. It was discrimination.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
Crying
Who in your opinion started racism? Just wondering?
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obviously your knowledge of history is limited racism existed thousands of years before Europeans became the dominant force in the world, it just wasn't called racism at the time
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by -brian
I'm not saying you're wrong but it's because many Americans and the US Census Bureau don't see Latino/Hispanic as a race. Like, people in Brazil wouldn't say they were "Latino".. They say they're white, black, etc. like we do.
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I'm aware. But if I live in America, I am a minority. If I were in Brazil, my kind would be the majority. But things change as countries change.
At the end of the day, we're all humans though. I've always been of the belief that the more we label race and focus on the negatives, we can't move forward. Sure we should acknowledge the past, but we shouldn't live in it. We as humans need to adapt, and face that we are becoming increasingly more diverse, mixing with other races, and exchanging cultures. MLK said it best when he said we need to judge people by the content of their character and not the color of the skin. To me, skin color means nothing, and race should neither. Yes, we have these societal standards, but the world would be a lot better off looking past the surface.
/endrant
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Originally posted by Nonchalant
obviously your knowledge of history is limited racism existed thousands of years before Europeans became the dominant force in the world, it just wasn't called racism at the time
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I'm talking about racism TODAY, the child of slavery. The race that is considered dominant and the "standard of beauty".
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
I'm talking about racism TODAY, the child of slavery. The race that is considered dominant and the "standard of beauty".
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Just to give an example, I've seen many white girls with black NBA stars
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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Originally posted by QueenBLadyG
I'm talking about racism TODAY, the child of slavery. The race that is considered dominant and the "standard of beauty".
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Again, you're only looking at this from the perspective of a multi-cultural, Western state ie the US, AUstralia, Uk, Germany etc. If you're a part of the tiny white minority in Japan (as I was for a year) you're going to experience racism in a country that is 98.5% Japanese (as I did).
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by SlayingOnTheEarth
[CENTER]It's actually sad reading this topic and seeing people [who also disapprove of racism] fighting with others for no reason other than they aren't a minority/their own race, which IS racist in itself. Believing/Ranking a certain race's opinion lower than yours because of their race is racist. So everyone saying, "You would think that, you're white" - you're being the very thing you hate/are writing paragraphs against. So you can go on Tumblr and post all you want, but at the end of the day, you're not helping anything. You're only amplifying the negativity, just from a different perspective is all. Like....
Get the doritos off your shoulder gorls. They're weighing you down, not pushing you forward.
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This one too
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