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Vattel

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44. Seriously dude, racism is a horror

Reply to Bay Boy (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 08:16 PM

Jul 2013

and anglos are not the victims.

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Mr Obama, I've been followed in stores too... [View all] Bay Boy Jul 2013 OP

Are you trying to compare your experience to his or mine? tia uponit7771 Jul 2013 #1

I don't know what Bay Boy Jul 2013 #2

Being a black man in America...Is it your claim that my experience and your are the same culturally? uponit7771 Jul 2013 #5

I'm sure our life experiences are different.. Bay Boy Jul 2013 #15

Come now, let us reason together. No I dont automatically think its because of my race or gender but uponit7771 Jul 2013 #21

Not sure I understand your reply... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #23

I'm sayin because of the way that non whites are portrayed in America I don't think I'm out of order uponit7771 Jul 2013 #25

Maybe wrap your head around your earlier comment Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #37

Hmmmmm lamp_shade Jul 2013 #3

I ask my wife Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #4

lol...yep...believing this one... Horse with no Name Jul 2013 #6

What are you believing... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #7

Why would one attempt to diminish the experience that black Americans have? etherealtruth Jul 2013 #8

They are coming out of the woodwork!! uponit7771 Jul 2013 #10

Why? etherealtruth Jul 2013 #14

~facepalm~ Marrah_G Jul 2013 #9

What is your point here? gollygee Jul 2013 #11

Creepy white guys will have that happen to them Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #12

Oh my, you are of course correct etherealtruth Jul 2013 #18

I have spent a lot of time in the Middle East. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #24

Exactly etherealtruth Jul 2013 #28

I totally get it Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #31

People are people etherealtruth Jul 2013 #33

+++++1! CrispyQ Jul 2013 #32

and creepy is usually just another word for either hfojvt Jul 2013 #40

Maybe to you. I'm not quite that bigoted. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #43

Where did I say... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #45

Post 15 Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #47

Maybe a comma will help... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #48

Allow me to suggest that if a woman locked her car doors at a stoplight Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #49

Take no offfense if I put you on ignore... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #51

Allow me Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #55

Wow, you're a real charmer. No wonder women are scared of you. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #56

You are on fire etherealtruth Jul 2013 #53

And I am only typing with one hand Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #59

Admittedly etherealtruth Jul 2013 #63

+1 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #67

I have sleeves and dreads, as well as many visible piercings SQUEE Jul 2013 #71

I was sitting in the dentist chair sorefeet Jul 2013 #13

Your IRL name wouldn't be Navin R. Johnson, would it? nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #16

I know the movie... Bay Boy Jul 2013 #19

^^^ hehehehehe lamp_shade Jul 2013 #20

I was thinking maybe his name was Mr. Ayak. n/t Ian David Jul 2013 #61

yeah. but yours is because you had your dick out Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #22

STOP IT PRETZEL_WARRIOR Skittles Jul 2013 #35

I approve of this response. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #57

Now I'm in love with you. n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2013 #62

That comment ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2013 #70

You've wandered onto the wrong websites, too. nt valerief Jul 2013 #26

What.The.Shit. Earth_First Jul 2013 #27

BFD. Gormy Cuss Jul 2013 #29

Uuuggghhh! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #30

Decisions, decisions. What to do? Not reply, let it sink into oblivion where it belongs or reply so uppityperson Jul 2013 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #36

I love that story. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #38

Yeah, you know what? Me too. RevStPatrick Jul 2013 #39

Wow - that Questlove piece was a powerful read. Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #54

I hope the OP reads this gollygee Jul 2013 #73

Yeah, but he was talking about strangers doing it. Robb Jul 2013 #41

Um... so you're a creepy white guy? MerryBlooms Jul 2013 #42

Seriously dude, racism is a horror Vattel Jul 2013 #44

If you are a "white guy" and women lock their doors when you approach them, then... Deuce Jul 2013 #46

Meh. Igel Jul 2013 #50

That totally relieves you of your white male privilege mwrguy Jul 2013 #52

You must be one scary looking dude. Have you thought of hiring yourself out as a movie extra? n/t Ian David Jul 2013 #58

I remember once traveling cross country with my African-American friend Eugene Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #60

TREMENDOUS Fail. WilliamPitt Jul 2013 #64

One thing you can be sure of is that you were NOT followed because Sheldon Cooper Jul 2013 #65

I can't believe Tien1985 Jul 2013 #66

+1 Matariki Jul 2013 #68

I guess that at least half of white Americans believe that racism means pre-civil right movement Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #69

Yup. This. nt Ruby the Liberal Jul 2013 #72

You've been followed in stores... with a cell phone camera Quantess Jul 2013 #74

So, I've had stores lock their doors as I've approached them and women follow me in cars. Scurrilous Jul 2013 #75