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Discussion: Anti-Blackness exposed on Grindr
Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 19,718
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Originally posted by Daddy
Whooo! Black power!
You're as racist as they are bitch. What about black guys that would never date a white guy?
Glad ALL black guys have big dicks! Or are afraid of open waters. Or love watermelons. See what I did there?
Yeah... generalization is a mess.
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How much of that sentiment is simply retaliation though? Have you ever been under the pressure cooker of racism? To experience how it erodes your will to accommodate into anger and resentment?
Sometimes going after white guys as PoC can feel like walking onto an emotional minefield.
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
Posts: 15,765
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Originally posted by Prince Tommy
Not you describing the vast majority of the "I'm not racist" crowd so succinctly
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ATRL basically
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 1,906
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Originally posted by SaintWest
you assuming people are white because they disagree with you tears are literally making me laugh out loud lmao
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if you use that kind of rhetoric in regards to sympathizing with the "criminalization" of the modern white man and aren't white...then you have a whole other set of deep seated self hate issues
but obviously thats the case here. good luck boo
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
Posts: 2,757
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Also *as if* most black gay men wouldn't have a similar response if someone told them "thank God you're not a chink/spic".
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Never heard that in my life. Racism in the gay community against POC is a problem. All you are doing is trying to make people ignore the problem. It's so transparent.
Give me an example of a study/experiment that found black gay men saying this at the same rate of their white counterparts.... I'll wait.
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
Posts: 28,055
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Originally posted by Artemisia
Whose outrage is selective? The black people complaining about this aren't the ones defining their preferences with race
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Please. This whole article is a carefully constructed set up to find whatever racist Grindr comments they could find so they could then go and write another thinkpiece about how white gay men are so terrible and they're all racist, electing the usual responses from the SJWs in this thread. It's beyond obvious and transparent.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
Posts: 2,737
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People dismissing this as leftist propaganda or 'blacks do the same!!11!'
My own experiences on that app were awful that it got to the point where I didn't want anything to do with white men anymore because I was either being fetishsized or a target for racists.
I would get messages like "wanna be my slave? I'll be your white master" "BBC?" "Are you aggressive? I love dom black aggressive guys"
OR more straight up responses "not into blacks sorry"
I even conducted my own experiment. I removed my profile picture, changed my race from mixed to white and almost immediately I was receiving double the amount of messages than I did before.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
Posts: 462
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I'm exhausted by propaganda like this trying to convince minorities that every race is out to get them and that there's no hope for survival. Yes, our society wasn't set up to benefit minorities. Yes, we're massively misrepresented to this day, and stereotypes are still a real issue. But not everyone is racist, not everyone is homophobic, not everyone is transphobic, and not everyone is against you because you're different.
There's no logical evidence behind this piece. He literally shows you 5 screenshots and claims there's hundreds more, which you haven't even seen. And even so, you're saying that I'm supposed to disregard all the great encounters I've had with white guys on Grindr who don't tolerate discrimination, just because of this? Really?
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Member Since: 3/2/2014
Posts: 13,378
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Also *as if* most black gay men wouldn't have a similar response if someone told them "thank God you're not a chink/spic".
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Oh you're a Bruce Springsteen fan? I am not surprised. Carry on.. I won't even drag you cause you already did that yourself.
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Member Since: 2/2/2009
Posts: 20,174
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Originally posted by Sunshine.
How much of that sentiment is simply retaliation though? Have you ever been under the pressure cooker of racism? To experience how it erodes your will to accommodate into anger and resentment?
Sometimes going after white guys as PoC can feel like walking onto an emotional minefield.
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I deleted that post to be honest, because I realized that he's probably angry for a reason and that I just take the whole "white gays are the devil"-mentality some PoC on ATRL have way too personal.
This is literally me when It comes to fights between any kind of people
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 19,718
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Please. This whole article is a carefully constructed set up to find whatever racist Grindr comments they could find so they could then go and write another thinkpiece about how white gay men are so terrible and they're all racist, electing the usual responses from the SJWs in this thread. It's beyond obvious and transparent.
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So let's never talk about racism then? Because it risks making racist people look racist?
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
Posts: 28,055
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Originally posted by all eyes on me
if you use that kind of rhetoric in regards to sympathizing with the "criminalization" of the modern white man and aren't white...then you have a whole other set of deep seated self hate issues
but obviously thats the case here. good luck boo
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Ahhh how predictable. First of all, no one mentioned anything about criminalization, you alone made that up. But then SJWs always put words in people's mouths and exaggerate so they can play the victim. And then, because I'm not white, like you originally thought, I must be "self hating".
No sweetie, I just have good critical thinking skills and can see things for what they are. Is there racism among gay men? Of course there is. Are these people in those Grindr shots racist? Of course they are. Is this representative of all white gays like the article and the homophobes in this thread want you to think? Of course NOT.
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Member Since: 9/11/2010
Posts: 14,221
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Not shocked. I mean, it's sad and disappointing, but certainly not shocking. There's also some forms of homophobia on grindr too.
I feel like we've taken a big step back, but being that I'm not black, I suppose it's always been there and it's just being exposed more now. Which I guess it's good that it's being exposed, but it's still so frightening to see. I just don't surround myself with these types of people, so I think sometimes I live in my own little world. Lol. Like if someone said some of this **** to me, I would leave that conversation so quick. Well, I would probably read them for filth first, and then exit. Lol
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 23,488
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Me and my friend who is white did and experiment like this and got similar results sadly I must say
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Member Since: 1/18/2012
Posts: 14,652
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Originally posted by SaintWest
I'm exhausted by propaganda like this trying to convince minorities that every race is out to get them and that there's no hope for survival. Yes, our society wasn't set up to benefit minorities. Yes, we're massively misrepresented to this day, and stereotypes are still a real issue. But not everyone is racist, not everyone is homophobic, not everyone is transphobic, and not everyone is against you because you're different.
There's no logical evidence behind this piece. He literally shows you 5 screenshots and claims there's hundreds more, which you haven't even seen. And even so, you're saying that I'm supposed to disregard all the great encounters I've had with white guys on Grindr who don't tolerate discrimination, just because of this? Really?
And don't get me started on discrimination. I'm a triple minority, black, gay, and a dwarf. So check yourself.
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....Whew
It's amazing to see someone like this go against an army of SJW's
The bravery
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 7,686
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the 'I support trump' part
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Member Since: 6/2/2011
Posts: 28,055
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Originally posted by Sunshine.
So let's never talk about racism then? Because it risks making racist people look racist?
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Let's talk about racism, but not by demonizing a massive subset of the population because it fits your SJW narrative.
And lol @ suddenly all those people having an issue with my "as if black gay men..." post but no issue whatsoever with the article. That was a trap for you all. Both my post and the article are just as generalizing, yet you agree with one and lambast the other. Your double standards are EXPOSED.
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Member Since: 6/19/2012
Posts: 29,579
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Please. This whole article is a carefully constructed set up to find whatever racist Grindr comments they could find so they could then go and write another thinkpiece about how white gay men are so terrible and they're all racist, electing the usual responses from the SJWs in this thread. It's beyond obvious and transparent.
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White gay men are racist. Why do you have such a problem with that fact being vocalized?
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
Posts: 1,906
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Originally posted by SaintWest
I'm exhausted by propaganda like this trying to convince minorities that every race is out to get them and that there's no hope for survival. Yes, our society wasn't set up to benefit minorities. Yes, we're massively misrepresented to this day, and stereotypes are still a real issue. But not everyone is racist, not everyone is homophobic, not everyone is transphobic, and not everyone is against you because you're different.
There's no logical evidence behind this piece. He literally shows you 5 screenshots and claims there's hundreds more, which you haven't even seen. And even so, you're saying that I'm supposed to disregard all the great encounters I've had with white guys on Grindr who don't tolerate discrimination, just because of this? Really?
And don't get me started on discrimination. I'm a triple minority, black, gay, and a dwarf. So check yourself.
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this whole post even up until the end is so cringeworthy and tragic. just bc not everyone is x/y/z does not mean those things still do not happen to other minorities, espc. if they haven't happened to you dumbass. thats the point of the article. to let people know its still going on and a mindset white people have, even if you feel like your dwarf ass is exempt smfh. read a book and broaden your perspective instead of compartmentalizing and projecting your lonely grindr encounters on to other minorities
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 5,711
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Originally posted by SaintWest
And even so, you're saying that I'm supposed to disregard all the great encounters I've had with white guys on Grindr who don't tolerate discrimination, just because of this? Really?
And don't get me started on discrimination. I'm a triple minority, black, gay, and a dwarf. So check yourself.
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no. ain't nobody doing this. there's white people that aren't racist and lemme tell you something about your last phrase: there's black people that are.
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Member Since: 1/3/2014
Posts: 1,426
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At first, I thought that they were messy for doing this...well, I still think they are, but the results are interesting, so I'm grateful that they conducted this experiment and exposed this disgusting behavior. The way it was done was a bit manipulative, but I think that they cut to the chase right away. This helps me be more aware and vigilant of the venomous culture on these apps and corroborates my decision to continue not to use them.
The people in here still denying that this is a systemic issue even when faced with significant evidence.
And the people running in here just to say "Not all white gays/men!" as if that were the point.
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