Why are you so *angry*, Manny?

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275. Great post and I sincerely appreciate your trying to understand and explain to those who need this

explained to them. I mean that seriously.

But as you can see, the conversation is not one that means anything to those who are determined to kick and rec these types of sentiments. They simply are INCAPABLE of stepping outside of their cushy bubbles of denial. I called this "a shitty OP" because as a black woman, I am (and please excuse my lack of eloquence right now) I am sick and GODDAMNED tired of white people on this board of a certain age pining openly and loudly for an era in which my grandparents, my mother, my aunts, uncles etc. were denied opportunity after opportunity regardless of how brilliant, qualified or hard working they were. I am SICK of it. And what is worse is the close-mindedness and defensiveness from certain quarters than give less than a shit how this makes people of color feel.

There are only a handful of black posters here. But there are several (me, Prosense and 1StrongBlackMan) that are in this thread and saying that we reject the premise of this OP. That we find it offensive. There may be other black posters that love this OP, but there are at least a few of us that are saying we have problems with it and have clearly articulated WHY we have problems with it. And all the person you are trying (very kindly) to educate can see is that someone dared to call this OP and "shitty" without even bothering to read WHY it was called that. You also have others high-fiving the OP after they see how it has upset black posters (one poster downthread said that they knew "Manny was on the right track" when they saw how upset I was. But considering this same poster had a SPECTACULAR Meta Fail thread last year where she attempted to speak about bigotry but did absolutely nothing but reveal her own massive shortcomings in this area, I guess it's not all that surprising).

To be blunt, THIS is the kind of shit that has led a mass exodus of black posters from this web site and there have never been many to begin with. DU is known for being a haven for the less than racially sophisticated (to put it kindly) but to some, the most important thing is to PROTECT MANNY!!! Most likely because it is far, far easier than checking their own privilege and attitudes and listening to how others see an issue.