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1StrongBlackMan

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15. And, interestingly ...
Sun May 11, 2014, 01:20 PM
May 2014

I suspect the fears of many that Black folks will reap retribution are largely unfounded and runs counter to the vast majority of situations where Black folks attain positions that would allow them pay back.

“Black racism is a myth…" [View all] MrScorpio May 2014 OP
I wish it was a myth, but it isn't Xipe Totec May 2014 #1
There's a goal to define racism gollygee May 2014 #2
+1. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #3
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #13
Totally not true dem in texas May 2014 #4
I direct you to post #2. nt MrScorpio May 2014 #5
I don't buy it gollygee May 2014 #6
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #14
In Michael Jordan's book he calls himself a racist roguevalley May 2014 #7
He used the word incorrectly... MrScorpio May 2014 #8
Racist = a function of power Bigot = a function of one person's attitudes randys1 May 2014 #10
I won't argue about it really but I keep it simple. Any hatred of someone roguevalley May 2014 #12
Simple but not consistent with current academia ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #16
okay. I don't mind changing with the times. :D roguevalley May 2014 #19
And, interestingly ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #15
And now there is TEA being dropped JustAnotherGen May 2014 #9
I never heard about the light v dark skin bigotry until a movie a roguevalley May 2014 #11
Colorism was a tool to reinforce white supremacy ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #17
I will never understand it. Sad all the way around. roguevalley May 2014 #18
It's easy to understand ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #21
true, that roguevalley May 2014 #23
may I ask you your opinion about detoxifying hate speech? roguevalley May 2014 #20
I don't use it JustAnotherGen May 2014 #22
thanks. :D It is about listening to others. It is hard to believe you own the roguevalley May 2014 #24
I understand the youth's attempt to claim and control the term ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #25
Last I heard a white winger say, "today Blacks are more racist than whites," Hoyt May 2014 #26
Obviously, the whole thread turns on the definintion of racism. Jackpine Radical May 2014 #27
And that definition is ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #29
Seems like an odd way to define it for me. Travis_0004 May 2014 #31
There's a difference gollygee May 2014 #32
Are you saying its ok for a black person to be rasicst? Travis_0004 May 2014 #35
I'm not saying it's OK, I'm saying it's bigotry gollygee May 2014 #36
I'm just gonna drop this here... M0rpheus May 2014 #37
bell hooks is currently being compared to O'Reilly in GD BainsBane May 2014 #28
Oh god not another Beyonce thread! gollygee May 2014 #33
I guess I've missed them BainsBane May 2014 #34
the whole thing is now about being sensitive to whites, but you know what i notice JI7 May 2014 #30
It IS a myth!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #38
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