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In reply to the discussion: Read This Before Calling the Police: For Wypipo Who Have Considered Cops When Privilege Wasn't Enoug [View all]sheshe2
(83,356 posts)65. Racially abusive?
To call out racism by wypipo?
Do tell.
Have you been here long Trust Buster? Have you watched the Af Ams on this site stalked off the board? Have you seen their group quietly close their doors? Have you even noticed that they are gone?
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Read This Before Calling the Police: For Wypipo Who Have Considered Cops When Privilege Wasn't Enoug [View all]
sheshe2
May 2018
OP
K&R. Self-reflective questions in these situations like these are so important for people with
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2018
#4
Speaking as a PoC, it is a hipster-net-speak neologism that Putin et alia adore
Exotica
May 2018
#11
I agree wholeheartedly. DU has become racially abusive and unwelcoming IMO.
Trust Buster
May 2018
#13
He never marched WITH Martin, he was AT the 1963 March on Washington, along with 300K others.
George II
May 2018
#56
When someone is crawling through your window, of course you're going to call the police
gollygee
May 2018
#25
What are the statistics regarding napping college students and dads pushing babies in strollers? nt
gollygee
May 2018
#42
Racists almost always think they have a non-race-based reason for their reactions
EffieBlack
May 2018
#51
White people are far more likely to be the victim of white on white crime than of a black perpetrato
EffieBlack
May 2018
#46
White people who call police on black people for no reason "Irrationals." Black people who call
EffieBlack
May 2018
#44
Privilege doesn't cancel out racism. Privilege is the sense of entitlement that you have every right
EffieBlack
May 2018
#98
They may be a "minority" but that "minority" has a significant and devastating impact on people and
EffieBlack
May 2018
#112
The influence of subjectivity on crime statistics would more affect lesser crimes.
Top-Hat
May 2018
#134
It is probably best that bigots self identify with the use of a racial pejorative
Bok_Tukalo
May 2018
#79
You mean like calling police on an innocent black person because you heard that black people
EffieBlack
May 2018
#129
Which is exactly why we don't need more cops (with guns and handcuffs) in schools!
Sancho
May 2018
#110