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MrScorpio

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21. I should point out some context here...

Sun May 13, 2018, 09:12 AM

May 2018

Unfortunately, in this country, many whites conflate comfort with safety. They didn't call the cops because they were in unsafe situations, by any stretch of the imagination. They called the cops on those black people because they were uncomfortable with having black people existing in locations that they arbitrarily determined were "white spaces."

It's as if they were imposing some sort of virtual reality Jim Crow scenarios onto black bodies.

That's highly dysfunctional behavior in this day and age.

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White Fragility Digest #1: 13 May 2018 [View all] MrScorpio May 2018 OP

A White North Carolina High School Student Says BLM Mural Is Offensive -- So He Destroyed It MrScorpio May 2018 #1

"respect for officers because their job is not easy." BumRushDaShow May 2018 #4

student activist Emma Gonzalez retweeted steventh May 2018 #22

There's something happening here... kentuck May 2018 #2

Watch Nashville, Tenn., Mayoral Candidate Tell Roomful of Black Voters Racial Profiling Is 'Absolute MrScorpio May 2018 #3

racists hate grow and grows heaven05 May 2018 #5

People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along? oberliner May 2018 #6

And what do you think would it take to do just that? MrScorpio May 2018 #7

Build bridges oberliner May 2018 #8

And what would these bridges look like? MrScorpio May 2018 #10

Love trumps hate oberliner May 2018 #12

Ok, and how would that apply to the three separate incidents that I posted? MrScorpio May 2018 #15

Reflect on "love trumps hate" and try to apply it to those incidents yourself oberliner May 2018 #16

Well, let's see here... MrScorpio May 2018 #20

So... what would be your suggestion? Tipperary May 2018 #25

My suggestion is that the shop-owner fire that clerk. MineralMan May 2018 #34

My suggestion? OK... MrScorpio May 2018 #42

IOW, Bring a cheesy cliched slogan to a gunfight. Easy to say when you're not tblue37 May 2018 #29

So, the victim is supposed to show love for the oppressor? MineralMan May 2018 #33

Check out last weekend's W. Kamau Bell episode of United Shades of America Blue_Adept May 2018 #35

Check this out. I've provided a link, for your convenience, below: MineralMan May 2018 #36

It's a CNN show Blue_Adept May 2018 #37

I watch almost no television programming at all. MineralMan May 2018 #38

Well fuck me with a chainsaw Blue_Adept May 2018 #40

Among the Inept, Ignorance Is Bliss meathead May 2018 #43

Here's the full episode Blue_Adept May 2018 #39

Vocal allies ProudLib72 May 2018 #31

What were the women doing not to get along? So in the name of getting along get harassed ? lunasun May 2018 #13

Nothing oberliner May 2018 #14

Here's what you are missing. Solomon May 2018 #24

What did the black women do to not get along ? JI7 May 2018 #26

Yes, we should get along by not calling the police on people of color over nothing all the time gollygee May 2018 #41

This behavior is out of control. Lonestarblue May 2018 #9

Not the least bit unbelievable mountain grammy May 2018 #19

K&R lunasun May 2018 #11

From the Daily Beast: When Calling 911 Makes the Emergency salin May 2018 #17

I should point out some context here... MrScorpio May 2018 #21

Important context. salin May 2018 #23

Since I was replying to someone else's post, you probably won't see my post #29 above, so I am tblue37 May 2018 #30

It's hard to legally regulate the behavior of people... malthaussen May 2018 #18

K&R ismnotwasm May 2018 #27

It Would be Helpful to Put Out this Store's Name on Social Media dlk May 2018 #28

It's literally in the first sentence of the article oberliner May 2018 #32

I know one of these young women Generic Other Jun 2018 #44