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Every time a convenience store owner suspiciously eyes a black guy in his shop, he's giving the message "I don't trust you, I think you may be a thug." When a black guy repeatedly gets this reaction in multiple convenience stores, it tell him that society expects him to be a thug. That in itself...

Individually, your judgment doesn't impact black culture. Collectively, it absolutely does. How can it not? I didn't say you were a racist, I said you were an asshole. Your defense seems to be "People are assholes. So what?". The fact that assholes justify their assholism by saying that other...

Really? I'm not seeing it. Sounds like two sides of the same coin to me. You remind me of my friend who gets annoyed when I complain about his littering. "It's just a fucking wrapper. Look how much shit is already on the ground. This doesn't make a difference." Everybody who assumes their own...

We have no control over sky color and water wetness. We do have control over whether or not to be an asshole. Your argument is invalid.

You know what the single biggest factor determining success in school is? Family income. I had to take a "Diversity in the classroom" course and when that bit of information was presented, I was pretty frustrated. Why the fuck are you drilling into me that I have to respect the individual...

I like my wisdom in bite-sized nuggets delivered by the voice of God.

Really? What's the difference?

The point was your son's life would be a lot better if people weren't assholes. Being an asshole to disadvantaged people is something we have personal control over, and if you choose to be an asshole anyway then you're part of the problem.

I addressed this. We should give a fuck because we share this society. The actions of some people affect everybody. Of course black people need to act in their own self-interest. The least we can do is make it easier for them by accepting and welcoming them as equals. Heck, I don't even like...

Your post started on the wrong foot, but this is easily the most intelligent thing I've seen you post in weeks. I especially like "They can live up to our expectations", because that's exactly what they're doing. We expect them to have a shitty culture, and they respond by having a shitty...

So when your kid gets picked last for the soccer team and the kids say "It's not our fault you're retarded! If you don't like it, why don't you kill yourself?" how would you explain that to your son without being a hypocritical prick? PS: Being black and being mentally challenged are both...

Well, the way I see it, saying "It's their problem"IS"accepting a terrible culture". Detaching yourself from a problem is accepting it. To be clear, racism is onlypartof the problem. But it's the part we have the greatest individual control over. And if more of us took responsibility for our own...

Who are you asking? Like I said several times already, white privilege is not about guilt. Guilt means you did something wrong. You didn't have to do anything wrong to get white privilege. It's about acknowledging that you were given advantages that are deprived from others. If you're OK with...

Hey, that's an honest and straightforward perspective. "I got lucky, you didn't. Sucks to be you." I wonder how that attitude might change if you had a mentally challenged kid.

A valid question. I don' think you're suggesting that blacks might actually be genetically inferior (like Hodj said, we're all biologically the same), but that the problems they face are a result of their own actions (hypothetically). If that were true, would there be a way to fix the situation...

I appreciate you not responding to me (you don't want to get infracted again, after all), but this is more proof that you're really, really bad at getting the point. In your defense, I'll take back what I said about you in particular being privileged. That you were able to get so far in life...

Now you're playing semantics. You can't have disadvantage without advantage. White privilege and black disadvantage are two sides of the same coin. I was careful to point out that it's not about trying to make white people feel guilty, though. Acknowledging you have advantages is not the same...

They don't necessarily offend me, but they usually are a sign of ignorance and they certainly contribute to the greater acceptability of racism in general. I mean, you can call me a "wop" and it wouldn't mean shit because I'm still white and still benefit from the advantages that come with it...

Are you white? Then you have white privilege. This has nothing to do with your ancestry. It has nothing to do with putting blame on you. It has nothing to do with trying to make you feel guilty. It has everything to do with the many, many small (and sometimes big) advantages being white gives...

I use "everybody" in the general "we're all in this together" sense as opposed to the "each and every one of you is part of the problem" sense. However, if your question is serious, there is a way your attitude can change: You can stop contributing to the acceptability of racism by not...

I saidEVERYBODY, which by definition includes black people. What you don't understand or choose to ignore is that attitudes like this are absolutely part of the problem and perpetuate a vicious cycle. Thanks, Fanaskin, for actually writing the most well thought-out and intelligent response to...

Oh yeah, the "so many groups and programs" argument. Look at everything being done to help black people! We're practically bending over backwards to give them advantages even white people don't have! We'll keep eyeing them suspiciously in our shops, crossing the street to the opposite sidewalk...

How aboutEVERYBODYchange their attitudes?

No, I'm not saying it was mistake because he was shot. I'm saying it was a mistake (not an accident) because he let his hormones and frustration get the better of him and attack someone. Regardless of the consequences of those actions, it's a stupid and unjustifiable thing to do. I'm not, nor...

Holy shit, what a wreck. I think she took both feminism and race relations back 10 years. From the comments: I wonder if she was just expecting a lot of "You go girl! What an asshole that guy was!" comments...

Why does it give you more joy to imagine a 17 year old crying as he bleeds through the last terrifying moments of his life? He made a stupid mistake attacking a stranger. It cost him his life. That isn't enough for you? You want him to cry "like a bitch" just to appease your sense of...

I personally can't show how the Constitution is being violated, but couldn't a team of lawyers? Have they tried? Couldn't we use the many times a program designed for one specific purpose was then abused for purposes far beyond the original scope as a reason to cast reasonable doubt that PRISIM...

OK then, change the Constitution. Add an amendment that says your right to privacy is not valid if the government decides for any reason to ignore it. Until that's done, they're just getting away with pissing in the face of the principles America was founded upon.

Can he sue the federal government for charging him when there was no clear evidence suggesting they had a reason to do so?

"Popularity" should not be able to overpower the constitution.

So I ask again, if there are "technically legal" ways of screwing people out of their rights (by the people whose ONLY responsibility is to protect them, no less), then what's the point of having rights?

I blame the media for being too lazy to verify what they were publishing. I don't expect them to dig up past photos of her or know that she's an activist for the far left, but she readily admitted ?There are people here who are racist and apparently think that?s OK. I?m not one of them. I?m...

Can a president be held responsible for violating your constitutional rights? Is it ever possible to prove that such a violation has taken place? Is it even against the law to compromise the freedoms of your people? Is there a statute of limitations on this? If there are no consequences for...

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This is why I choose to not affiliate myself with any particular label that will allow people to make assumptions about me. Although... I guess I have claimed to be a feminist... that must be why I'm getting Rerolled ads pointing me towards single lesbians...

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From one of the best movies ever: (Shaolin Soccer, in case you didn't know)

Got SR3 for free on Playstation Plus and played the shit out of it (Platinumed it). It was a ton of fun, but I hope they made some improvements for IV. For instance, while driving against traffic and getting near-misses kind of made every drive potentially somewhat productive, they can take it...

Was he following the truck because it looked suspicious?