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GulfCoast66

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17. Ashamed? Really. I am only ashamed of things I have personally done

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 10:12 PM

Aug 2020

Or not done.

I my opinion that makes as much sense as being proud of being a white person. I’m only proud of my personal accomplishments or those of my wife.

But hey, to each their own. You feel like you feel.

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I'm ashamed of my race (white) [View all] cilla4progress Aug 2020 OP

I'm not ashamed. I don't feel I have much in common with white supremacists. unblock Aug 2020 #1

Don't be. yewberry Aug 2020 #2

Brava! Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #6

This is harsh. cilla4progress Aug 2020 #12

It may be harsh, but it, too, is truth. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #19

Safw to speak my truth and fear cilla4progress Aug 2020 #20

Then feedback is not what you wanted. Behind the Aegis Aug 2020 #22

Ok. cilla4progress Aug 2020 #26

Oh, come on now. cwydro Aug 2020 #25

Thank you cilla4progress Aug 2020 #15

That makes no more sense than being proud of your white race DavidDvorkin Aug 2020 #3

THANK YOU Skittles Aug 2020 #13

There's only one race, and that's The Human Race. This is scientific fact, Jack. Any differences abqtommy Aug 2020 #4

I kind of feel like I need to find a way to work Bettie Aug 2020 #5

I will remind you. qwlauren35 Aug 2020 #7

This is helpful. cilla4progress Aug 2020 #14

Dont Be ashamed of your race, its who you are as a person that makes you regardless ace3csusm Aug 2020 #8

Lol. You didn't need to add the white in parenthesis. We understand how you feel. Solomon Aug 2020 #9

Don't waste your time being ashamed. Work to dismantle white supremacy instead. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2020 #10

It is too much. I'm a brown guy. Just be a good person. That is all we can do. Shaddox Aug 2020 #11

Appreciate the generosity cilla4progress Aug 2020 #16

Ashamed? Really. I am only ashamed of things I have personally done GulfCoast66 Aug 2020 #17

Yep - too much. Nt jmg257 Aug 2020 #18

That assumes that races have certain unique negative traits. Kaleva Aug 2020 #21

Europeans came to this country and either inadvertently or on purpose wiped out the native betsuni Aug 2020 #23

There's no sense in feeling shame about something other then a wrong that you Raine Aug 2020 #24

The good news is that 'race' is not a useful classification muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #27

I appreciate the dialogue here. cilla4progress Aug 2020 #28