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kwassa

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56. I partially agree with you and partially don't.

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 10:59 PM

Dec 2013

Having lived in extremely multicultural environments, like now, where there are 90 different nations in the local elementary schools, I assume nothing anymore. I know I know nothing about the stranger in front of me merely by the appearance.

There are indeed dumb asses in every ethnicity. I've heard people of different ethnicities ask stupid questions about each other. I've heard dumber questions than the ones in the OP. By adults.

At the same time, there is an assumptions about non-whites that are quite irritating to those who don't conveniently fit in the preconceived categories of white people. Not all, but many white people do this. And some of this is ignorance, and some of the ignorance, a subset, is racist in nature. Some is not.

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Racial Microaggressions, Portraits of People Highlight Every-Day Racism [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

The trick is to treat everyone the same, regardless of their race. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #1

First nobody is going to ban you ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #2

Is dumbassery automatically racism? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #3

+1. Nothing there that carries the assumption that the people being addressed are "less than". El_Johns Dec 2013 #10

Hmm ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #13

How do you know it was a white person asking the question? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #16

When people ask me stupid questions about my severely handicapped sibling, I just find that El_Johns Dec 2013 #19

I used to do that JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #27

To each his (or her) own. El_Johns Dec 2013 #37

And really, the pictures give no context Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #15

I heard a guy serious believed that this was the reason Asian drivers ... kwassa Dec 2013 #45

On the other hand Bonobo Dec 2013 #53

Not so much "not seeing people as black", Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #63

More as seeing a fellow human being as a fellow human being. N/T ballabosh Dec 2013 #67

Even though I'm white, Lunacee_2013 Dec 2013 #4

A sweet young thing from the south asked me "But what IS he?" about a fellow nurse Warpy Dec 2013 #5

Ha, I live in the south Lunacee_2013 Dec 2013 #64

I find it interesting, if problematic, that it is simultaneously racist to ignore someone's... Shandris Dec 2013 #6

I thnk it is as simple as Skidmore Dec 2013 #7

ttt Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #8

"Where are you really from?" redqueen Dec 2013 #9

K&R. As a white person, I can kind of relate to what each of these bullwinkle428 Dec 2013 #11

Excellent! MrScorpio Dec 2013 #12

. Starry Messenger Dec 2013 #14

Not one picture with a white person with a sign saying The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #17

How do you know the people, referred to in the signs, are white? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #18

I don't "know" know, but I'd say it's pretty clear where it's coming from The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #20

A "white mindset"...what IS a "white mindset" and Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #21

First thing, I'm pretty sure we're in agreement in this thread The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #24

That has to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever read Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #25

Your concern is noted. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #26

What "concern"? I find it hilarious Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #31

Um, yeah. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #32

Were they now? And how could you pretend to know this? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #34

Not interested in your little games. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #41

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #42

They are actual things they've been asked/told gollygee Dec 2013 #29

How do you know? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #36

The project was to show examples of microaggressions people have experienced gollygee Dec 2013 #39

Well, for one, I doubt any adult would ask a grown Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #44

So you think they're lying gollygee Dec 2013 #47

Ahhh, so they were subconsciously being racist Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #49

You don't think people can be subconsciously racist? gollygee Dec 2013 #51

Racists are dumb, that doesn't make every dumb person a racist Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #54

That proves that there are some pretty treestar Dec 2013 #22

Or some overly sensitive college kids Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #23

I don't see any "aggression" at all... GladRagDahl Dec 2013 #28

Wow. People at DU don't understand and/or believe in the concept of microaggressions gollygee Dec 2013 #30

Dumbing down racism to acts of dumbassery Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #33

You must not have seen the "micro" at the front of aggressions gollygee Dec 2013 #35

Overly sensitive Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #38

That's your opinion gollygee Dec 2013 #40

If you get offended because some dummy Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #43

Again, these are MICRO aggressions gollygee Dec 2013 #46

Do they now? And it's now an aggressive act Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #50

These are Americans gollygee Dec 2013 #52

So it's racist to not know japanese is spoken in japan? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #55

To go up to an American you know is of Asian decent gollygee Dec 2013 #57

How do you know that happened from the sign? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #58

Tell me, what do you assume happened? gollygee Dec 2013 #59

I don't know if she's an American or Canadian Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #60

Well she certainly doesn't look Japanese gollygee Dec 2013 #61

Neither does my sister in law but she is Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #62

I partially agree with you and partially don't. kwassa Dec 2013 #56

overly sensitive?who are you to decide. what you are doing is giving us an example of microagression seabeyond Dec 2013 #66

And the jury results are in... aikoaiko Dec 2013 #69

Thank You !!! - And For You... WillyT Dec 2013 #48

I'm white. I live in the USA.... Jasana Dec 2013 #65

That's just wrong. Your culture is just as worth celebrating as anyone else's. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #68