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In reply to the discussion: Prejudice against whites is not the same as prejudice against blacks [View all]meow2u3
(24,761 posts)23. Don't try selling me that bulls**t
I was run out of my childhood neighborhood, and almost killed, by black racists--I was a target of hate crimes before the term "hate crimes" was coined. And you're trying to tell me that my life is not worth anything?!
I have news for you, pal. Prejudice is prejudice and discrimination is discrimination, no matter who's the perpetrator or target.
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Prejudice against whites is not the same as prejudice against blacks [View all]
CreekDog
Apr 2012
OP
Plan on leaving the planet? Because unless you're another species of sentient hominid,
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#11
you're just as dead if you're killed by a prejudiced individual as killed by a racist.
provis99
Apr 2012
#36
I thought when racism spred institutionally, it was called Institutional Racism.
hughee99
Apr 2012
#142
maybe being bombarded by threads saying essentially how terrible white people and white men are
quinnox
Apr 2012
#20
You need to go back and read the post carefully because that IS NOT WHAT WAS SAID NOR
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#21
i made it clear that both are wrong, but there is an additional injury when one's experience
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#24
Many of the posts (I think we're both talking about the same ones) weren't declaring
JonLP24
Apr 2012
#52
i don't think i could convince someone who defended Ron Paul's newsletters as not being his views
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#74
Dude, do you have me confused with someone else? WTF are you talking about?
Skip Intro
Apr 2012
#114
Im back to confirm that you used the term "race card" several times in reference to Obama
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#124
CreekDog, I understood what you were trying to say and most of the poster did. Some, however
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#22
I'm actually a bit surprised with the viciousness and ferocity by apparent progressives
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#27
Exactly, The latent bigots are surfacing in the wake of Trayvon's murder and as far as posting.....
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#30
Yes, I do know what you mean. It's just sad but I suppose, it's better that "they" are unmasked so
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#65
if a thousand people are doing something wrong isn't it worse than if one person is?
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#45
I don't study the holocaust. And don't attempt to link your argument to the noble cause of ...
TeamsterDem
Apr 2012
#58
I explain to you what I said 100 times and you are telling me what I really said?
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#84
I don't know what OP you're responding to, because I don't approve of what happened to you
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#31
Gosh, I'm really sorry that happened Meow. You're right, hatred is hatred. Your life is priceless
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#34
One can be the victim of a hate crime and also the beneficiary of institutional racism.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2012
#37
Soooo.... It all depends on who the target is, as to how atrocious it is. Gotcha.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#32
JoePhilly, my grandfather told me MANY stories of having to deal with "sun Down" laws, if you know
Ecumenist
Apr 2012
#69
my grandmother moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1980 said older black men would step off the sidewalk
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#79
I live in a world where what you've written is understood by people capable of rationale thought
jp11
Apr 2012
#43
"her health care needs were viewed differently because she was a woman"
lumberjack_jeff
Apr 2012
#49
"Huh? Are there people prejudiced against white guys?" Honestly, that was my gut reaction to the OP.
Mister Ed
Apr 2012
#56
Clever. Except I want the government to do more for whites than you want it to do.
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#77
some people seem to be responding rather angrily to things you're not really saying
fishwax
Apr 2012
#76
Prejudice doesn't come in degrees. It's wrong on the same level no matter which way it travels.
cherokeeprogressive
Apr 2012
#86
prejudice may not be in degrees, but the amount of prejudice a person experiences does vary
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#131
i don't think it takes rocket science to say that blacks and minorities are at a disadvantage
CreekDog
Apr 2012
#103
Maybe it would be easier for people to get if we leave black and white out of it
eridani
Apr 2012
#98
So, since black people are more likely to be murdered by another black person,
OccupyTheIRS
Apr 2012
#113
When I read your diary I thought, "and rain is wet", then I started reading the replies...
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#116