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In reply to the discussion: Dear White Folks - great piece in Ebony [View all]malaise
(268,980 posts)172. Excellent post
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Well said!!! One has to be in the other persons shoes to really understand their
RKP5637
Apr 2012
#44
"...I made the mistake of walking in a majority black neighborhood, .." Why was this a "mistake"?
uponit7771
Apr 2012
#80
Don't be over-sensitive. You should pay closer attention to what he actually said.
kwassa
Apr 2012
#174
"It is time to stop denying racism and defending White privilege, distracting and deflecting with
retread
Apr 2012
#10
Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University.
stonecutter357
Apr 2012
#12
The author seems to just want to shame white people because they won't be profiled
Daniel537
Apr 2012
#18
oh for pity's sake. It's just flat wrong to lump any group of people into one stereotype.
cali
Apr 2012
#31
Yes, if they existed they would have been posted earlier, but since you listed no examples ...
GOTV
Apr 2012
#105
This "I am not Trayvon Martin" meme is just a way for certain white people to pose as "enlightened"
aikoaiko
Apr 2012
#38
It's Still Easier To Be White Than A Person Of Color In This Country
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2012
#42
If you have never been arrested for being White, then you are already cashing in your privilege.
ieoeja
Apr 2012
#62
If you actually think that Blacks wouldn't be treated even worse under the same circumstances, then
ieoeja
Apr 2012
#88
I think it's funny that the author references "The Brady Bunch" and gets CINDY wrong. Really. nt
LaydeeBug
Apr 2012
#65
Thisis a good and valuable article. Anyone who thinks it is possible to live in another's skin
annabanana
Apr 2012
#68
the point is, if you were also black, you would be more threatened than you are.
nofurylike
Apr 2012
#143
as atrocious as that horror is, as indecent as those facts are, things are even more
nofurylike
Apr 2012
#178
you say it so succintly! i had just posted almost the same, but you put it so directly!
nofurylike
Apr 2012
#179
So there would be a 96% chance of me never finding meaningful employment
aspieextrodinare
Apr 2012
#183
When you address any racial group as some universal group think mob, you sound racist.
Kurska
Apr 2012
#110
"it is never okay to lump together the thoughts feelings and experiences of an entire people"
Generic Other
Apr 2012
#122
I am not black but that doesn't mean I don't feel your outrage because I do. You should be able
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#115
so true. I hate racists. I just wasn't raised that way. Of course I come from a lower middle
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2012
#120
We weren't allowed to go to slumber parties but there were no issues about race
malaise
Apr 2012
#123
This article is bull. How does this guy presume to walk in another's shoes...
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#129
It's harder for middle class black youth, but not true they have no chance....
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#190
There are white people in the ghetto, when you look at the bid idea of what it is.
napoleon_in_rags
Apr 2012
#194
We'll file this thread as Exhibit #3869 for why racism cannot be discussed on DU.
Number23
Apr 2012
#133
It's so odd that these "new posters" have been violently attacked by Blacks...
Walk away
Apr 2012
#137
thank you for posting that, malaise. it would, of course, receive fierce resistance, but
nofurylike
Apr 2012
#142
(light coming on)YES!!!! excellent!! in such clear words, thank you so very much, 6000eliot!!!
nofurylike
Apr 2012
#158