From JAG - in case you pop in (Reply #193)

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Wed Jun 27, 2018, 04:27 PM

193. From JAG - in case you pop in

This is interesting. There is a certain specific type that will always take jabs at well educated affluent black women. Our confidence is described as something else. Noting this thread for a reason.

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193 replies	Author	Time	Post
White DUers: Tell Your Stories [View all]	EffieBlack	May 2018	OP
My son at school	RandySF	May 2018	#1
Thanks.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#2
Yeah, and I was shocked when we learned of it	RandySF	May 2018	#5
Interesting.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#9
We talked to the principal	RandySF	May 2018	#13
That's good.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#21
My blond daughter had to run a gauntlet of whistles and remarks on her way	Sophia4	May 2018	#140
Do not fall for this op. It is bait. eom	Tipperary	May 2018	#4
Asking for people's perspectives isn't "bait." But please feel free not to participate.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#10
"Bait" in this situation is kinda like the judge who accused Mueller of trying to	Eliot Rosewater	May 2018	#126
From JAG - in case you pop in	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2018	#193
"Bait" for what?	BumRushDaShow	May 2018	#26
No. It's not bait. If you have something to relate, I encourage you	MineralMan	May 2018	#44
I did. eom.	Tipperary	May 2018	#46
I read threads sequentially as I encounter them.	MineralMan	May 2018	#53
It still bothers me. Something similar happened to me. I, even at my advanced age, cannot speak	Tipperary	May 2018	#54
Well, if nobody tells any stories, there won't be any.	MineralMan	May 2018	#58
Thank you, Mineral Man. I think you are a good guy.	Tipperary	May 2018	#62
Where you have gone...	tonedevil	May 2018	#65
You can't learn about race and its problem, if you deflect by trying to calling baiting.	Civic Justice	May 2018	#113
We call it that all the time when Dotard and his types do it.	treestar	May 2018	#181
methinks thou dost protest too much	Dyedinthewoolliberal	May 2018	#151
How about calling Italians "goombas"	Drahthaardogs	May 2018	#64
I don't believe I've ever called anyone a "Goomba."	MineralMan	May 2018	#68
Really?	Drahthaardogs	May 2018	#124
Yes, really. I did not apply the name to anyone specifically.	MineralMan	May 2018	#130
You called Scaramucci a goomba	Drahthaardogs	May 2018	#135
Mi scusi, ma sei sbagliato.	MineralMan	May 2018	#138
You have no right to use those slurs	Drahthaardogs	May 2018	#139
It really depends	EffieBlack	May 2018	#75
Well known poster here referred to Scaramucci as	Drahthaardogs	May 2018	#123
My husband is from Italy	JustAnotherGen	May 2018	#111
Agreed	left-of-center2012	May 2018	#47
I agree.	zanana1	May 2018	#158
What's disruptive/divisive in this thread (besides the posts claiming it's disruptive and divisive)?	EffieBlack	May 2018	#162
I'm a white guy. Our youngest kid got all the recessive genes my wife had to offer...	hunter	May 2018	#95
Well, I'm betting the women could cite a few stories.. I know I could, but...	hlthe2b	May 2018	#3
They probably could, but I'm not asking about gender-based discrimination in this thread	EffieBlack	May 2018	#7
Hello, Effie	saidsimplesimon	May 2018	#6
We first have to deal with race to get past race nt	EffieBlack	May 2018	#8
We are so lucky to have you here to teach us bad white Dems how awful we are.	Tipperary	May 2018	#11
You seem really defensive.	tonedevil	May 2018	#17
I am not referring to myself. It was a friend of mine.	Tipperary	May 2018	#19
You could always trash the thread	BumRushDaShow	May 2018	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	.99center	May 2018	#33
Actually the first post...	tonedevil	May 2018	#34
Oh, I experienced it. My best friend. She committed suicide three years later.	Tipperary	May 2018	#36
What happened to her?	EffieBlack	May 2018	#39
At this point..	tonedevil	May 2018	#40
Asking people to tell their stories so that others can learn from them isn't "divisive."	EffieBlack	May 2018	#35
You are so right. I will trash the thread.	Tipperary	May 2018	#45
The story you tell...	tonedevil	May 2018	#61
Because it breaks my heart to this very day.	Tipperary	May 2018	#67
Thank you.	Tipperary	May 2018	#71
Thats so awful	EffieBlack	May 2018	#66
Yes. I went to that school.	Tipperary	May 2018	#69
So it probably really affected you even more deeply.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#73
That sounds frightening and traumatizing.	salin	May 2018	#74
Why did you refer to yourself as a 12 white girl who	bettyellen	May 2018	#48
I have posted about my friend.	Tipperary	May 2018	#49
Please tell you story - that's the point of this thread	EffieBlack	May 2018	#32
You know what? You cannot tell me what to do.	Tipperary	May 2018	#51
I don't feel "baited" and told my own story down-thread. As much as possible, if we can see...	Hekate	May 2018	#141
As a white person, I don't know that I've ever experienced the kind of discrimination	Aristus	May 2018	#12
Thanks for that, Aristus!	zanana1	May 2018	#160
I can honestly say that as a white male	bearsfootball516	May 2018	#14
It is not odd, at all.	Tipperary	May 2018	#16
Where as you have unbridled...	tonedevil	May 2018	#18
Aww.	Tipperary	May 2018	#20
And, you're cute when you're mad. /nt	tonedevil	May 2018	#24
Everyone says that, so thanks!	Tipperary	May 2018	#27
Neither have I	treestar	May 2018	#182
I grew up in a college town in New Mexico and there wasn't much racism. As an adult	Quixote1818	May 2018	#15
How did it feel being in the minority?	EffieBlack	May 2018	#37
I don't think what I experienced was anywhere near what an African-American experiences	Quixote1818	May 2018	#133
Thanks for this	EffieBlack	May 2018	#146
I lived for 30 yrs in an all Hispanic neighborhood in New Mexico	womanofthehills	May 2018	#131
When my husband went back to school for his Masters' degree	Ohiogal	May 2018	#22
Thanks.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#38
I was picked on a great deal when I was a child...	MicaelS	May 2018	#23
I was once pulled over on a pretext, solely because of race.	Mister Ed	May 2018	#25
I've never been discriminated against because I'm white	loyalsister	May 2018	#28
perspective from this old white guy	NRaleighLiberal	May 2018	#30
I think this will be a short thread	gollygee	May 2018	#31
I can't say I remember any incidents when I was discriminated against	MineralMan	May 2018	#41
Please stop	left-of-center2012	May 2018	#42
It is truly getting old.	Tipperary	May 2018	#59
I have nothing comparable to offer to the accounts shared here by people of color	Tom Rinaldo	May 2018	#43
I was pulled over by cops that assumed I was buying drugs- it was in my old neighborhood and	bettyellen	May 2018	#50
I've been marginalized at times due to my gender and age,	lapucelle	May 2018	#52
In the 80's I was a controller at a manufacturing company in San Diego.	wasupaloopa	May 2018	#55
When I was in 6th grade...	theaocp	May 2018	#56
Well, I was physically abused by police twice before I was 7,	Hortensis	May 2018	#57
I'm white	GitRDun	May 2018	#60
Three: I was walking up the hill to my house in a diverse neighborhood in a small city.	femmedem	May 2018	#63
I'm horrified	JustAnotherGen	May 2018	#117
It changed the trajectory of my life.	femmedem	May 2018	#120
This is unspeakably awful	EffieBlack	May 2018	#147
It was a long time ago, Effie. I'm ok.	femmedem	May 2018	#148
Don't beat yourself up. People tell their stories when they're ready	EffieBlack	May 2018	#149
OK	meadowlander	May 2018	#70
I am white, I grew up in an all white suburb, and I never knew any blacks till after college	milestogo	May 2018	#72
My niece had the shit kicked out of her in middle school	B2G	May 2018	#76
That totally counts	EffieBlack	May 2018	#77
Year ago. She's in her 20s now.	B2G	May 2018	#79
I can imagine	EffieBlack	May 2018	#80
They couldn't find them.	B2G	May 2018	#81
Wow.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#83
It was.	B2G	May 2018	#87
Hardly surprising	EffieBlack	May 2018	#89
Shes actually been in counseling for the past few years.	B2G	May 2018	#92
Poor girl	EffieBlack	May 2018	#94
Thanks Effie. Me to. Xoxo	B2G	May 2018	#96
I was called queerbait in middle and high school...	hunter	May 2018	#112
She pretty much withdrew and kept to herself after that.	B2G	May 2018	#118
The closest I have ever come to being discriminated against for race	Maeve	May 2018	#78
My story is that I don't really have a story.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2018	#82
I hope this is helpful...	neeksgeek	May 2018	#84
Um, no, but if I was 20 years younger, maybe I'd tap dance and you could toss me some coins.	procon	May 2018	#85
What a ridiculous comment	EffieBlack	May 2018	#88
It's a ridiculous thread, yeah?	procon	May 2018	#98
No, I said exactly what I meant. Your comment is ridiculous,. The thread is great.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#100
You keep telling everyone how you want to learn from others,	procon	May 2018	#103
she asked for stories that fit criteria she posted	rurallib	May 2018	#137
If you're interested in a different POV, you're certainly free to post an OP asking for other storie	EffieBlack	May 2018	#142
Somebody is triggered by this topic, clearly.	ehrnst	May 2018	#183
Again with the passively worded insults.	ehrnst	May 2018	#180
Why learn when one can lecture people of color?	ehrnst	May 2018	#184
If only I were more grateful	EffieBlack	May 2018	#185
Indeed. Perhaps if he "tapdanced" you would appreciate "learning new words from White people,"	ehrnst	May 2018	#186
"Tap dancing"	ehrnst	May 2018	#178
Army related stories - in the Army I definitely felt discrimination from a few black NCO's	underpants	May 2018	#86
This message was self-deleted by its author	catrose	May 2018	#90
I just remembered these. I loved to listen to James Brown. He came our town and I wanted to go to	wasupaloopa	May 2018	#91
Did you get the bike?	EffieBlack	May 2018	#93
No but I went to another James Brown Concert. Just couldn't get enough of him	wasupaloopa	May 2018	#104
Damn!	EffieBlack	May 2018	#105
We lived in a segregated town and one time a black family was going to buy a house on our block	wasupaloopa	May 2018	#110
As a very young boy I grew up in the South and lived in Memphis.	elocs	May 2018	#97
A black cop once laughed at me. In my face. It was horrible. I almost died.	hunter	May 2018	#99
I can't say for sure if my experience was because of me being white.	Chemisse	May 2018	#101
As I've watched California tilt toward a minority-majority status...	Hekate	May 2018	#102
Beautiful story Hekate	JustAnotherGen	May 2018	#119
I have Hawaii family and Chicago family.	hunter	May 2018	#125
Ok, so are those categories firm?	JNelson6563	May 2018	#106
We adopted from China in 2002	benld74	May 2018	#107
I have discovered that we are all people of color.	kentuck	May 2018	#108
I'm Armenian, but I don't look it! I'm Middle Eastern.	LeftInTX	May 2018	#109
I had an enlightening experience in the summer of 1981.	3catwoman3	May 2018	#114
White, straight upper middle class man here. Decent looking and in good health.	GulfCoast66	May 2018	#115
On the bus and on the playground, I got called names	pnwmom	May 2018	#116
I've been stereotyped. Not really discrimination.	ProudLib72	May 2018	#121
I'm not white, but here's a story.	mainer	May 2018	#122
When (fill in the blank) people move to a place where they're not the majority,	wasupaloopa	May 2018	#127
Absolutely not true. I live in the whitest state in the country	mainer	May 2018	#172
When you say white people feel under attack...	Bucky	May 2018	#129
I should say "some" white people. My husband is not among them.	mainer	May 2018	#171
I would challenge you	Bucky	May 2018	#190
You know, after growing up a minority who had to put up with shit	mainer	May 2018	#191
I've never been more than socially inconvenienced by my race	Bucky	May 2018	#128
Definitely a product of white privilege.	silverweb	May 2018	#132
I'm observantly Jewish	MosheFeingold	May 2018	#167
I'm so sorry, Moshe!	silverweb	May 2018	#174
14 years ago I took my aging mother to visit her sister in Munster IN, a Chicago suburb	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	May 2018	#134
Here it goes	UnFettered	May 2018	#136
OK: This is really, really white. This is super white:	LeftInTX	May 2018	#143
Dear Effie,	Triloon	May 2018	#144
This is really deep	EffieBlack	May 2018	#145
I'm a white male.	Straw Man	May 2018	#150
I'm a white woman who married a Japanese man in Japan.	betsuni	May 2018	#159
Kick	EffieBlack	May 2018	#152
Kick indeed.	Eliot Rosewater	May 2018	#176
This post is crap.	zanana1	May 2018	#153
Why don't you actually read the thread before attacking it and me?	EffieBlack	May 2018	#154
These dire warnings not to "fall for it" as if it's Russian propaganda are so funny.	betsuni	May 2018	#155
Whalep, since you asked...	Decoy of Fenris	May 2018	#156
Thanks for sharing this.	EffieBlack	May 2018	#163
I struggled with it more than I thought I would, honestly.	Decoy of Fenris	May 2018	#168
With a brick?	betsuni	May 2018	#165
My white coworker got pulled aside for extra security screening	IronLionZion	May 2018	#157
I was raised in a all white town	marlakay	May 2018	#161
"I got to see what it was like to walk down the street and be the only white person"	EffieBlack	May 2018	#166
I never really experienced any discrimination personally.	el_bryanto	May 2018	#164
I was attacked for being white ...	kwassa	May 2018	#169
Discrimination against me, no	NewJeffCT	May 2018	#170
So, I mulled this over for 24 hours and	Lunabell	May 2018	#173
I have never faced anything as a result of being white...however	lovemydogs	May 2018	#175
I've spent nearly all my professional adult life...	a la izquierda	May 2018	#177
It was no fun to be blonde and fair skinned gringo..	EX500rider	May 2018	#179
Some Observations	EffieBlack	May 2018	#187
Thank you so much for your posts, Effie.	betsuni	May 2018	#188
Thank YOU!	EffieBlack	May 2018	#189
Thank you for this thread. Although I do find the defensiveness rather astonishing.	mainer	May 2018	#192

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