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In reply to the discussion: Black women are tired of explaining to white women why they should care about everyone's interest [View all]InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,121 posts)55. I don't blame black women at all. I'd be tired too havin to keep explaining to white women
what should be so damn obvious... we're in this together!!
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
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EffieBlack
May 2019
OP
They will do so only when they confront, wrestle with and dismantle their own inherent racism, which
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#1
If the OP isn't about you, it isn't about you. But there is definitely a problem with white women.
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#4
If you read my post, you will see that I didn't lump all white women together
EffieBlack
May 2019
#5
Moving to Biden should not be tied in with selfish, narrows just me thinking or an exercise in
emmaverybo
May 2019
#60
If you hadn't stopped reading, you probably wouldn't have asked such a ridiculous question
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#20
Getting what should be natural organizing groups to recognize it isn't only "nice" to do, but in
hlthe2b
May 2019
#29
What would you say is the best way to call attention to the fact that these alliances need to be
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#32
After the ugly splintering among the organizers for the Women's March, I've thought about this...
hlthe2b
May 2019
#34
Blaming the OTHER is what the RW does. It is beneath us. Ugly and ultimately ineffective.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#39
Asking for constructive solutions to working across differences and toward common goals is hardly
hlthe2b
May 2019
#53
You could not be more wrong. Your assumptions only show you know nothing about me.
hlthe2b
May 2019
#58
Calling out people in certain groups for their behavior is not "group denunciation"
EffieBlack
May 2019
#35
wow, way to totally discount/ignore my entire post. Just blast away at all of the "other"
hlthe2b
May 2019
#38
I didn't put words in your mouth. I'm responding to exactly what you're saying
EffieBlack
May 2019
#45
This sort of thing would likely inspire more voter turnout among women, especially black women
IronLionZion
May 2019
#44
A lot of women don't see most anti-abortion efforts as a problem because they think it
StarfishSaver
May 2019
#51
I don't blame black women at all. I'd be tired too havin to keep explaining to white women
InAbLuEsTaTe
May 2019
#55
If you're among "these women" who "fully understand," my OP wasn't about you
EffieBlack
May 2019
#64