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originally posted by: namelesss
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: namelesss
originally posted by: Klassified
No. We are not all racist....
Yes, we are.
It is hard-wired!
We are either recovering, or we are practicing!
Denial = practicing!
According to science were not racist. were ethnecist. Theres only one race on this planet.
Yes, I understand about 'one race' = human, thank you.
Do you really not understand what I wrote?
It is so simple, unless we are in denial...
originally posted by: ItCameFromOuterSpace
a reply to: svetlana84
Is Eric Clapton racist? Are The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin racist? It's going to get to where any sort of rock and roll is considered racist. Can you imagine? Our society was more progressive 40-50 years ago.
originally posted by: magnetik
sorry bro, black people dont get locks by not washing their hair. its actually the opposite. deny ignorance
originally posted by: Raxoxane
a reply to: Spider879
I've seen plenty of white dudes looking fine with dreads.C'mon Spider surely you don"t really think Only black or colored dudes look good with dreads? It usually looks better on darker colors of hair to me personally but i've seen whites of both genders carry it off real well.
originally posted by: svetlana84
a reply to: MagnaCarta2015
Not real police but campus police.
But yeah. Personally i would not have done that.
I guess the viral s-storm will be enough punishment for the woman.
47sec of stupidity on tape - and there goes the job chances.
I am glad that back in my university days were no cameras around. :-)
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
a reply to: svetlana84
The interview with the guy is quite eye opening. He seems fully able to hold a conversation and acted nothing like he did in the video which would indicate it was a deliberate choice to be that way.
More to the point, if he feels he has to dumb himself down, talk in ebonics and wildly gesticulate in order to communicate with a black woman that works at his university I would posit that he's every bit as racist as she's being made out to be.
She's unprofessional and nosey, his issues are much more deep rooted and questionable.
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
a reply to: eluryh22
I'm not saying he is acting like another race, I am saying he's playing out an exaggerated caricature of a stereotype of a race which is patronising to any self respecting black person.
originally posted by: EightTF3
originally posted by: grainofsand
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
Maybe it was the overexaggerated gesticulation that screamed middle class and the "yo yo" crap that annoyed her. Have your hair however you want but don't expect to walk around as some kind of patronising living caricature and not have people think you're a moron. Especially at a university.
If you white people are happy to claim this guy then go ahead. Personally my white side is more than a little embarrassed by it.
I thought similar, and chuckled at the use of the word assault, I would have loved the assaults I've dealt with in my life to be as severe as that guy's.
Seriously, he's not a Trump campaign manager. Calling this assault is a stretch
originally posted by: MagnaCarta2015
a reply to: Alien Abduct
If you want to choose to ignore everything else to focus on the 2 words "wildly gesticulate" in order to make a point that is up to you. I feel I made my observations and the reasoning behind them clear enough throughout this thread and see no point in reiterating them.
What is the environment this guy is a product of that you've managed to ascertain from the 40 second video that you made an effort to point out and what was the reasoning behind your insightful deduction if this is to be viewed as less assumptive than anything I've said?
I am not on anybodys side. I am simply bored of groups of white people screaming racism and oppression over what amounts to a pathetic encounter between 3 harmless idiots when there are actual serious examples of racism against all people, including whites that happen. If you wish to take something as trivial as this as some sort of invitation to the pity party then feel free. To me its exactly the same thing as what the social justice warriors are accused of doing.