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In reply to the discussion: Quick Question... Why should black people love white people? [View all]NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)378. No, you are FAR from good. Too bad you cant see that, most of us can.
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ain't nothing funny about you insinuating that I"m a racist. It's vile and it's a lie.
cali
Mar 2015
#155
I dont have to IMPLY anything, your words and attitude are here for all to see
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#202
Bullying? Not my intention. Actually I was hoping you would stop for a minute and think
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#243
White people ARE all racist, in varying degrees. The problem is that they continue to deny it.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#454
I think sometimes we use the word "racist" when we should actually be using the word "bigot"
notadmblnd
Mar 2015
#527
Damn right, and the most terrified I've ever been was in a little town in northern Virginia-
raven mad
Mar 2015
#336
Sure, but racial prejudice IS racism! When you have an aversion to someone else based solely on race
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#457
Where did I write or imply that chauvinism = racism. I posted the definition
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#623
I know it wasnt YOU, but i also posted from Webster's. And that one doesnt mention it.
7962
Mar 2015
#629
Trust me, I am not the original author of this statement of fact, I am just a white
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#404
Yes, they ARE facts. If you are white, you enjoy certain privileges that come with having white skin
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#459
Everybody who grows up in a society where race has salience is racist to some degree, and that
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#441
Affirmative Action! I've had white women come at me in hostility, assuming that I got to one of the
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#451
LOL! That we should love everyone even though we should hold them accountable.
davidsilver
Mar 2015
#367
People got upset at the fact that a black woman hates whit people in this anti black nation.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#7
Then how are blacks any different than whites, according to your point in the OP?
7962
Mar 2015
#301
It isn't that big a number, it is absurd to think that no way a quarter or a third of whites are
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#549
Moved the goal posts a significant minority isn't "most" but rather an unfortunate too many
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#659
I think there are many more than that, my friend. Many more. And sorry. White liberals are worse.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#464
I am so glad you showed up. I can't keep myself from saying what needs to be said.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#468
Don't you know the new rules? When we call out racism that makes US racists. It's ridiculous, right?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#474
It was the plastic surgery to remove her ethnic features we were upset about.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#338
Kanye is a huge star, and he gets attention not for hating on white people or racists, but
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#30
DId you even get an answer yet? Or just white people knee jerk reacting defensively because
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#91
I know you are. She is young and bitter. We all go through that and have to overcome. For our sanity
bravenak
Mar 2015
#407
well turn that around, and you get what POC ask them selves every day of the week.
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#522
"possitivty" sounds nice, but is basically asking POC to STFU about their struggles, and to solve
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#535
POC are looking for support and for white people to recognize the day to day effects of racism and
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#566
So you are never going to learn, I guess. Too bad, if so called liberals cant learn there is NO
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#196
should ... only one reason and it is selfish ... and to love on indiviual basis
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2015
#5
I want to help get past the blockades whether we go under/over/through them, matters not to me.
Tuesday Afternoon
Mar 2015
#115
I can understand one "hating" or suspicious of any group where a significant portion tolerate or
Hoyt
Mar 2015
#17
well the thing about that poster is, he's quite sensitive about things he thinks are anti-white
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#385
funny thing is, if their positions were so popular, why would someone need more than one account?
CreekDog
Mar 2015
#391
I don't think anyone should love any group of people. Human beings are human beings.
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#23
Black people are the most loving and forgiving people on earth! We've already tried this shit!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#467
Black people should not 'like' or 'love' white people, in my opinion. At least not
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#50
The "guilty parties" may be dead (debatable), but their heirs continue to
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#125
I agree. I hope you were not around to witness the defend Louis Farrakhan day(s). n/t
demmiblue
Mar 2015
#254
I'll ask my lily white daughter why her brown boyfriend loves her...and get right back to you...not
Sheepshank
Mar 2015
#63
and I said, why should the guy that likes a white girl hate "her" whole group?
Sheepshank
Mar 2015
#208
People should not hate people period. As for you question, "what have white people done as a group"
still_one
Mar 2015
#64
It is a trust issue. And i explicitly said 'things we have not fought and died for'.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#154
Calm down. My question was more about trust building and why there has not been enough of it.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#327
No, you are FAR from good. Too bad you cant see that, most of us can.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#378
Black men and women are getting shot down in the streets and have to deal with fucking racism every
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#473
I know. It wasn't for you. Just for the folks shocked that a black woman in America might resent
bravenak
Mar 2015
#97
Except that the 1% actually holds power, through their money, their connections, and their
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#475
Please see my post #132, in response to just that sort of reflexive outrage. nt
tblue37
Mar 2015
#136
Sorry. The KKK is WAY worse. They are PROUD of their history of burning negroes.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#220
But she is talking about a race of people and NOT individuals. How is that so hard to understand?
Rex
Mar 2015
#645
I don't know why they should, given the history and present conditions. My guess is that
Jefferson23
Mar 2015
#158
Even the 50 million white racists that the rest of the white people largely ignore as a problem?
bravenak
Mar 2015
#164
"even if i am a homophobe… so wat? i still make more $ than you.. still have an extra hole..
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2015
#180
Thanks. Your comment about taking your white friends to the hood made me laugh...
one_voice
Mar 2015
#360
Which is why I did a thread the other day about Wright...BTW, reverse the roles past 200+ yrs
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#212
I have struggled to try to figure out how to change someone else's mind
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#224
I added "at $7 an hour and no benefits" but even with that, you are right...I stand corrected
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#226
Yes, I got your point with the $7/hour. The rich white men did that, of course, once the customers
valerief
Mar 2015
#227
Your response is very valuable to me because as a business person my first reaction to
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
#230
The greatest change in the world usually comes from those willing to love their enemies.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2015
#206
Thank you. I've always been fascinated with how much grace and dignity African Americans carried
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2015
#222
And you sound like Hannity. Reverse Racism!!! The scourge!!! Bane of Anerica!!
bravenak
Mar 2015
#313
Yep, I'm just like Hannity because I'm offended by racism. If you say so.
DesMoinesDem
Mar 2015
#387
You started a thread that tried to justify racism (i.e. hatred of an entire race of people)
DesMoinesDem
Mar 2015
#434
I said things WE (black people) have not fought and died for. We fought and died for that.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#260
I remember Mom saying to Dad "what difference does it make?" He was a bigot.
raven mad
Mar 2015
#324
Hate is what she feels. I use caution at all times. You never know who will be the next one.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#311
I think a majority of white people oppose overt racism, but until White Privaledge is addressed.
Agnosticsherbet
Mar 2015
#377
White people in America (as a whole) have a lot of work to do on privilege and racism....
steve2470
Mar 2015
#401
Did I ever say I was against integration? Or that I wished they hadn't overturned it?
bravenak
Mar 2015
#445
They were the ones offended at the idea that a young black woman hated white people
bravenak
Mar 2015
#458
The poster is referring to the "Tombstone" that used to be displayed on posters' profiles
KamaAina
Mar 2015
#561
Not at all. It was an attempt at humor, and sarcasm, meaning white people invented pizza,
Zorra
Mar 2015
#598
I'm not. And christianity is full of bad stuff too. Like 'slaves obey your masters'.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#465
Hard to find a good reason, if you're speaking of us white folks in general.
Ken Burch
Mar 2015
#486
Please just stop. You got everything 100 percent wrong and I believe it was on purpose.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#568
This can start you off and you can work your way backwards through time, while leaving me alone.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#589
I never said I wanted to be more inclusive of bigots. You did. Now leave me alone.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#596
Yes. US MINORITIES calling out BIGOTS all the time is why many of US have left.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#604
I have said this over and over on DU. Even wrote an op about it last year in AA.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#606
I'm glad you realized you were wrong! Since I told you bye bye until you get it.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#608
you too. I'll answer, bet you won't. I don't hate or distrust black people as a group,
NM_Birder
Mar 2015
#537
They don't love us. They show us by how our society is run in white supremacy.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#534
b/c historically they have been punished terribly when they have not smiled and shucked and jived
TheSarcastinator
Mar 2015
#547
Many were outraged to find that some young black people don't like or trust white people.
bravenak
Mar 2015
#625
True Enough! I guess it seemed like such a pedestrian question if not simply a rhetorical devise...
2banon
Mar 2015
#630
Because you have to love others to love yourself. Hate the actions not the person.
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2015
#657
In the early 1970's I took a class on Slavery in Missouri known at the time as Black Studies.
gordianot
Mar 2015
#680
Life is complicated there are some relatives you may not want to know about.
gordianot
Mar 2015
#682