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Aerows

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37. I live in Mississippi

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 10:07 AM

Mar 2012

I was at the gas station and I went in to get a coffee. I walked in on the black clerk and a Hispanic customer slinging EPIC racial pejoratives at each other. The N word, the S word, and probably a few more that I don't want to remember. It was so volatile of a situation, that I decided I didn't need coffee that bad and just paid at the pump.

So no, it most certainly isn't just limited to white vs. black or anybody vs. anybody. And since I'm a lesbian, I will also point out that I am familiar with bigotry against the LGBT community, and bigotry there is no prettier. I doubt there is a single gay person in the United States that doesn't know someone personally, or has witnessed someone they don't know beaten up for being gay. It doesn't happen to lesbians as often, but gay men and transgender individuals suffer from bashings all of the time.

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Why is America still so ignorant about racism? Read this quote from a neighbor of George Zimmerman. [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2012 OP

I have spent some time talking with people from countries south of the US CBGLuthier Mar 2012 #1

One place I worked at had anti-gay graffitti - hedgehog Mar 2012 #2

I live in Mississippi Aerows Mar 2012 #37

Sadly abelenkpe Mar 2012 #3

And if one looks closer nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #4

That is very true. My family knew another family of Hispanics ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2012 #16

See my post earlier about the gas station Aerows Mar 2012 #38

It's easy for some to dismiss racism so as to ignore it's effects and lazily blame the victim uponit7771 Mar 2012 #5

The one thing cyglet Mar 2012 #6

Or, NOLALady Mar 2012 #10

Which is your culture? robinlynne Mar 2012 #12

American. NOLALady Mar 2012 #13

I'm not really willing to completely say that cyglet Mar 2012 #17

There are two other NOLALady Mar 2012 #18

I get that cyglet Mar 2012 #19

Most people didn't see it on TV NOLALady Mar 2012 #20

Wow. This is without a doubt one of the most perfectly written posts I've ever seen here Number23 Mar 2012 #25

Are you suggesting that racial profiling didn't exist or got worse Number23 Mar 2012 #24

No. cyglet Mar 2012 #26

"I'm suggesting it may aggravate things." Number23 Mar 2012 #27

I've always thought cyglet Mar 2012 #29

I love hip hop music and have since I was a kid Number23 Mar 2012 #30

There's a lot of people that think only white people can be racists Downtown Hound Mar 2012 #7

The Truth is often uncomfortable. GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #8

I ask myself this a lot. BlueIris Mar 2012 #9

I have a DIL NOLALady Mar 2012 #11

Jesus. BlueIris Mar 2012 #21

My sister adopted two children from China Aerows Mar 2012 #39

I have been noticing this .. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #14

Zimm's friend and family's . sendero Mar 2012 #32

I knew a Puerto Rican of obvious predominately African descendent who hated Blacks. ieoeja Mar 2012 #15

Except some of his "facts" aren't really facts. Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #22

Sure, you are waiting for "ALL the facts". You have a lot of assumptions in what you write. And you uppityperson Mar 2012 #28

Because we have two contemporaneous phone records of the confrontation.... Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #35

Z did chase down and shoot T after confronting him. And Z is "white". uppityperson Mar 2012 #41

Sure, he only called him a "fucking c**n" on the 911 call. Son of Gob Mar 2012 #31

And we all know.. sendero Mar 2012 #33

Yes, there is a difference of opinion of what he says on the tape. It's not clear. BUT... Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #36

K&R Number23 Mar 2012 #23

Well we know that Peru elects a local Indian for President nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #34

Trayvon Martin was stalked, attacked... Iggo Mar 2012 #40