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a:\>_about_race_ oh, back in civil rights times i would have been right beside you fighting... oh, what the hell you mean? there-s no such thing as racist police, the conversation should be about black-on-black violence... besides if he pulled up his pants he wouldn-t have been profiled then sure, mlk was killed in a suit, but he was speakin' wild, man... oh, and besides, i don-t see race, i have colorblindness... except if a poc gets a job over me, then that-s the only reason why they hired him... why do we talk about racism, it doesn-t exist, for godssake can-t you see we have a black president... oh, please don-t play the race-card, besides no one is more discriminated against than we are... oh, blacks shouldn-t say the n-word, just cuz of how dreadful it sounds oh, since we are best friends can i say 'nigga' now, huh? you won-t let me say it??? that-s discrimination! things are different now, you are no longer in enslavement... catch up with this nation, catch up with the times, this isn-t about race, why don-t you admit it? just because i-m white doesn-t mean i have privilege... i mean open your eyelids, i know blacks never got indentured servitude but for a second, can we focus on the irish? they suffered too, even if they won-t subjected to the same **** kidnapping, mental breakdown to force subjugation, and violence. sure we always ostracized black people but y-all put y-allselves on an island y-all will get more respect if y-all just stop embracing your race, your heritage stop calling yourselves black and african-american, just call yourselves american stop complaining, and just be silent i don-t like talking about race so much controversy surrounds it... you know the only way to stop racism is just don-t talk about it. j:\>_j_c_c_
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 6:56 PM UTC
about race
a:\>_about_race_ oh, back in civil rights times i would have been right beside you fighting... oh, what the hell you mean? there-s no such thing as racist police, the conversation should be about black-on-black violence... besides if he pulled up his pants he wouldn-t have been profiled then sure, mlk was killed in a suit, but he was speakin' wild, man... oh, and besides, i don-t see race, i have colorblindness... except if a poc gets a job over me, then that-s the only reason why they hired him... why do we talk about racism, it doesn-t exist, for godssake can-t you see we have a black president... oh, please don-t play the race-card, besides no one is more discriminated against than we are... oh, blacks shouldn-t say the n-word, just cuz of how dreadful it sounds oh, since we are best friends can i say 'nigga' now, huh? you won-t let me say it??? that-s discrimination! things are different now, you are no longer in enslavement... catch up with this nation, catch up with the times, this isn-t about race, why don-t you admit it? just because i-m white doesn-t mean i have privilege... i mean open your eyelids, i know blacks never got indentured servitude but for a second, can we focus on the irish? they suffered too, even if they won-t subjected to the same **** kidnapping, mental breakdown to force subjugation, and violence. sure we always ostracized black people but y-all put y-allselves on an island y-all will get more respect if y-all just stop embracing your race, your heritage stop calling yourselves black and african-american, just call yourselves american stop complaining, and just be silent i don-t like talking about race so much controversy surrounds it... you know the only way to stop racism is just don-t talk about it. j:\>_j_c_c_
i adopt the language of a typical bigot who does not realize he or she is a bigot to sarcastically lay waste to common talking points about racism
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May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 at 6:56 PM UTC
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