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Originally posted by Roman Holiday
We're in America. As Americans of color, we can only speak from our experiences. And historical in this country, white people have been the oppressors.
I never said it was right to lump all white people together, but using the term white trash to describe a white person who is ignorant and vile is not racist imo. Maybe it's disrespectful and discriminatory, but once youve shown to not have respect for me, why should I respect you?
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With all do respect this is what I don't understand about Americans.
"This happens in America".
Cool, and? We live towards a global society and you guys are debating this on a Online Forum. The city where I was born was decimated during the Slave Trade with Pirates enslaving white fisherman that were on tiny boats around our coastline.
Does this gives me the right to start claiming that I can never be racist toward a black person? Even tho my ancestors experienced slavery and racism by the hands of black people?
I'm not racist at all. I just don't understand how can someone claim that racism doesn't apply to everyone.
History is never that linear, everyone should know this. Racism still happens today, and not only by white people. Go to Africa or Asia and you see that.