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In reply to the discussion: I'm so tired of stupid, angry white people [View all]Skip Intro
(19,768 posts)68. Question:
If I posted a thread about "angry stupid black people," do you think it would be locked because it would be deemed overtly racist?
I think we both know that it would be, and should be.
How is it magically ok, then, to post a thread using the same terminology, except replacing the word "black" with the word, "white?"
Is it racist to judge a group of people by the color of their skin? Of course it is.
What makes it ok when it comes to whites?
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white Americans of the sort so well identified in the OP, are the main thing standing between us and
lunasun
Jul 2012
#19
What gets me is the ones who are convinced white people have always been the Masters.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#18
Even if it is not racist it is not accurate, in that the important commonality is not whiteness but
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2012
#46
Not racist, IMHO. There is certainly strong element of white racialism stoking right-wing anger and
entanglement
Jul 2012
#57
THANK YOU! I've seen white resentment on the rise ever since the election of Obama.
alp227
Jul 2012
#30
I have an unemployed relative on Medicaid, posting everything against ACA and Obama she can find!
treestar
Jul 2012
#54
Now let me tell you the problems *I* have with the African American community (especially females!)
Romulox
Jul 2012
#47