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In reply to the discussion: "Let's work to end racial discrimination" is a better approach than "whites are so privileged". [View all]onpatrol98
(1,989 posts)The poster asked black people on DU if we wanted him/her to GIVE us his job. Really... And, I'm the one being ugly? Seriously??? We don't want his job. We have our own jobs. Damn good ones, often. We have our own things. We've worked hard for them. The notion that somehow we're sitting out here, possibly pining away for something possessed by someone else is utterly ridiculous. It's laughable.
It's like a 1950s comment or assumption. But, it's friggin' 2014. I want to put the world at ease. We don't want your stuff. We probably wouldn't like your stuff. Whatever stuff it was. We've got our own stuff. You keep yours. We'll keep ours.
It's like when some little old lady grabs her purse to protect it...when you enter into an elevator with her. I want to laugh out loud. It's an offensive notion.