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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Okay, I think we've taken this conversation as far as we can. I appreciate the back-and-forth.
I will say this: It is absolutely infuriating that it is up to minorities to figure out the best way to point out racist shit they experience to fragile white people. White people do racist shit (whether it's intentionally racist or whether it is the more "polite" type of racism--whatever that means) that results in serious problems and minorities have to massage the message in such a way that white people don't feel like they're being accused of being racist for them to even listen. That shit is absolutely infuriating. Especially when we are all trying to figure out the best way to tackle the problems facing uneducated, ignorant, white people who live in areas of the country with dying industries. We need to understand them and cater to them and help them, while they point at blacks and Mexicans and Muslims and gays and accuse us of causing their problems.
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Listen, dude, this type of racism-shaming is totally counter-productive. If you want to raise these issues in a way that makes it clear that, although some forms of racist may exist, I personally am in no way a racist and do not engage in any actions that could even potentially be considered racist, I might be willing to listen. I'm totally open to talking about how OTHER white people might be racist. But all this angry black man stuff that could conceivably suggest that I share some responsibility for racism that exists in the world just makes me shut down. Stop being such a bully and maybe we can have a conversation.
