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JustAnotherGen

(31,783 posts)

22. I don't use it

Reply to roguevalley (Reply #20)

Sun May 11, 2014, 02:20 PM

May 2014

My black nieces and nephews do not use it.

That said - when a rapper who grew up poor, hounded by the police and society uses it to make money - I'm okay with that. If I want to publish a book with that as the title - why not? Why shouldn't I make money off of it if it's been used against mr, my father, my grandfather, etc etc

Just a different way of looking at things.

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“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