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My friend said Id rather offend my white friends than bury my black friends and it is all I have thought about for two days
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Food for thought (Original Post)
StarfishSaver
May 2021
OP
Offending someone, friend or family is not a consideration. I have always spoke up to racism,
LizBeth
May 2021
#2
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)1. Everyone no matter what color says that.
How can those things be equated?
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)2. Offending someone, friend or family is not a consideration. I have always spoke up to racism,
misogyny, homophobia. If a white person, man or straight person is offended, then theirs to walk.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)3. Funny how
when people say things about race that offend some white people, it's a federal case, but when Black or Brown people are offended by something a white person says, we are being divisive and need to shut up lest we bring down the entire Democratic Party.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)4. I hear the same with women, and often, consistently. And ya, not so funny. I do not know if there
is something specific you are referring to I am not aware of, but ya. !!!
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)5. K&R
crickets
(25,952 posts)6. K&R for visibility.