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Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:25 PM

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so you deny white privilege and global climate change/global warming
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Obviously disruptive; as you can probably tell, this topic had nothing to do with AGW, anyway.

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A History of Liberal White Racism [View all] bravenak Jun 2014 OP

As Coates notes RainDog Jun 2014 #1

I posted part 2. bravenak Jun 2014 #2

I can't believe you were alerted upon. joshcryer Jun 2014 #3

When? bravenak Jun 2014 #4

here...............stupid alert as the jury noted Demonaut Jun 2014 #6

That saddens me. Nt bravenak Jun 2014 #13

I was #4, for what it's worth. joshcryer Jun 2014 #15

Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #18

Thank you! Warpy Jun 2014 #19

Thanks! joshcryer Jun 2014 #23

great vote and great explanation CreekDog Jun 2014 #93

No! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #30

7-0 goes to MIRT; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #31

I hope they do, 1StrongBlackMan. sheshe2 Jun 2014 #37

I will not be silenced ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #40

I knew that... sheshe2 Jun 2014 #44

Admin reviews all alerts. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #120

the admins see all alerts and read them. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #206

So MIRT doesn't see 0-7s to show? Interesting. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #207

no there is no reason for us to deal with them. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #208

We better stay in order to draw more people in. bravenak Jun 2014 #32

Well, let me educate the alerter a bit more Warpy Jun 2014 #17

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #35

Block busting didn't work too well in my last neighborhood in Boston Warpy Jun 2014 #58

Awesome post!! bravenak Jun 2014 #63

+1000 countryjake Jun 2014 #124

Wow BainsBane Jun 2014 #105

Fucking pathetic. I hope the admins note who alerted on this. redqueen Jun 2014 #140

I'm sorry to say this, but, truthfully, Juror #1 got it right more than anyone else. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #154

You keep using words like "truthfully" wrong gollygee Jun 2014 #200

Therein lies the problem BainsBane Jun 2014 #205

Agreed. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #9

Nope, no targeted alerting going on here at all... SidDithers Jun 2014 #100

I always read him RainDog Jun 2014 #7

I wonder that too since the British did offer freedom to Blacks who fought on their side. bravenak Jun 2014 #10

Throughout history Americans have left this country RainDog Jun 2014 #14

The senate IS like the House of Lords. bravenak Jun 2014 #24

In Massachusetts, slavery ended in the 1780s MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #16

Yes, Manny, but this is also about other things too. bravenak Jun 2014 #21

Just responding to your observation on the British offer MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #26

Oh, my bad. Nt bravenak Jun 2014 #27

Oh, yes, some Brits did.....but not really out of altruism(not in most cases), mind you. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #77

They used us for their need to try to end the rebellion. bravenak Jun 2014 #79

I would have too JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #103

Your husband is a smart man. bravenak Jun 2014 #104

He's smart but he's also kind of crazy! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #109

That is so funny!!! bravenak Jun 2014 #111

My goodness gollygee Jun 2014 #5

Thank you for giving me the results. bravenak Jun 2014 #11

I'm interested in that book - thanks for posting. el_bryanto Jun 2014 #8

I posted part 2. bravenak Jun 2014 #12

IT is available on the Kindle - i just checked. Thinking of getting it el_bryanto Jun 2014 #20

Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #22

That's a benefit - but honestly - if i get it on my Kindle I'm likely to read it el_bryanto Jun 2014 #96

I saw this comment from one poster named "chadstanton": Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #25

Funny, i blame the mormon church a bit more than the black churches. bravenak Jun 2014 #29

I want you to read Republican Gomorrah JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #107

Erik Prince would be Blackwater right? Jamastiene Jun 2014 #177

You got it! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #179

Are you talking about this: Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #193

Yep! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #199

Do you see it as part of 'The Family' as some of the same players are there? freshwest Jun 2014 #218

I absolutely do! JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #219

Yes, I've used the same technique. Embrace their reality, befriend their heroes and despise their freshwest Jun 2014 #221

The American Communist Party was the only civil rights supporter ... kwassa Jun 2014 #28

so this is how the right wing accuses some black people from those days of being commies JI7 Jun 2014 #33

But major African American leaders at the time RainDog Jun 2014 #41

i recently read that book and it does remind me of these things JI7 Jun 2014 #42

What they fail to realize Mnpaul Jun 2014 #74

Thanks for pointing this out. vlakitti Jun 2014 #46

Liberalism isn't really equipped to deal with looking at the entire Starry Messenger Jun 2014 #53

But wait, we're all told that Obama is a traitor, and FDR was a saint! ConservativeDemocrat Jun 2014 #34

Damn. bravenak Jun 2014 #48

"War on The Weak" by Edwin Black documents the eugenics movement loyalsister Jun 2014 #36

Great info. bravenak Jun 2014 #50

You're welcome loyalsister Jun 2014 #75

Edwin Black's a good guy......but he's wrong about progressives. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #191

The progressives did favor involuntary sterilization loyalsister Jun 2014 #196

They also kidnapped and sterilized poor whites, a source of old white anti-government hatred. freshwest Jun 2014 #220

This started in southern states loyalsister Jun 2014 #224

Thanks for this OP. Very much. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #38

No problem. bravenak Jun 2014 #43

I found it. You could edit the OP to include it. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #66

Okay. bravenak Jun 2014 #68

bravenak - you may have already seen this -- Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #39

Love it!!! bravenak Jun 2014 #45

I almost did an OP about it today but, did not have the time. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #47

That is great! I'm going to post in on FB. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #49

go for it ... that is where I found it. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #51

Y'know, I don't dispute the accuracy of Coates' history, alp227 Jun 2014 #52

I think we need to look at it from today's standard so that we don't slip back. bravenak Jun 2014 #54

"times liberals fantasize about" whoa whoa whoa wait a minute. alp227 Jun 2014 #55

Lot's fantasize about FDR. bravenak Jun 2014 #59

FDR definitely wasn't perfect, because of the internment camps and such. alp227 Jun 2014 #65

I guess his not pushing for anti lynching legislation biases me. bravenak Jun 2014 #67

Thanks for the link. In contrast, LBJ was willing to push for the Civil Rights Act alp227 Jun 2014 #70

You are right. bravenak Jun 2014 #72

Ahhh ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #161

I learned a new term. "Presentism" Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #98

the reason there is less support for Govt programs is because it's seen as benefiting Blacks and JI7 Jun 2014 #176

Well a lot of eugenic stuff still exists AngryAmish Jun 2014 #97

True loyalsister Jun 2014 #210

I've said before, and I'll say again, the measure of how much Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #106

"I don't dispute the accuracy of Coates' history". I do. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #155

The "Democratic Party" used to mean Majority Rule, as in the White Majority.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #56

Excellent article lovemydog Jun 2014 #57

Thank you. bravenak Jun 2014 #61

Kick and Hell yes Recommend! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #60

Good night! bravenak Jun 2014 #62

You too bravenak! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #64

Not every Democrat was a liberal and it didn't start with Wilson, but with merrily Jun 2014 #69

Thank you for this post. bravenak Jun 2014 #82

You're welcome. merrily Jun 2014 #86

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #71

Thanks for the kick. nt bravenak Jun 2014 #73

Yeah......I'm sorry, but Katznelson pretty much falls short on this. Coates too. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #76

How you been Joe? bravenak Jun 2014 #78

..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #80

No honey. bravenak Jun 2014 #81

Sure, hon. Sure. And I'm Bill Cosby. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #83

You just told me that i am out of the mainstream. bravenak Jun 2014 #88

so you deny white privilege and global climate change/global warming CreekDog Jun 2014 #95

Touch�, touch�. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #99

And the results are in. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #136

Thank heaven JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #202

Hello CD. I see you're engaging in your favorite B.S. games again. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #137

LOLOLOL! RainDog Jun 2014 #146

Remember what you asked him that day? bravenak Jun 2014 #147

Tutti-Frutti RainDog Jun 2014 #151

Great post i was trying not to start with him. bravenak Jun 2014 #153

smart thinking RainDog Jun 2014 #158

I sometimes wonder if you are a writer in real life. bravenak Jun 2014 #160

Thanks! RainDog Jun 2014 #162

Unfortunately ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #166

He's older than me RainDog Jun 2014 #168

One of the lessons learned/taught ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #181

Ah RainDog Jun 2014 #187

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #195

actually, he's just atheist RainDog Jun 2014 #198

I understand ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #203

Sadly ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #164

I'm sorry that's the case here RainDog Jun 2014 #165

you're chiding Coates and the OP for misrepresenting black people? CreekDog Jun 2014 #94

Theodore Bilbo was a member of the KKK. Rex Jun 2014 #84

That's basically what Katznelson and Coates implied.....even if not intentionally, perhaps. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #85

I'm in total agreement, revisionist history is for the KKKarl Roves of the world. Rex Jun 2014 #87

They did not say that. bravenak Jun 2014 #89

Well I don't know what is liberal about white racism, seems like a strange title. Rex Jun 2014 #90

fdr's administration called him "a great friend of liberal government" fishwax Jun 2014 #169

The article is about what was historically considered liberal gollygee Jun 2014 #201

Nobody is immune to racism, but social liberals were opposite of the KKK. Rex Jun 2014 #211

It's just talking about liberals in the Democratic Party gollygee Jun 2014 #213

"Actually *legitimately* studied US history" ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #113

I dunno what you've been reading..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #134

Are you serious? ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #141

Okay, but, TBH. there's no such thing as "white history". AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #144

The entire history of the country is white history ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #157

"You sound very young, very idealistic." I used to be idealistic myself, yes, I will be honest. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #159

When, exactly, did you opine that white privilege existed? Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #186

It was a long while before I joined DU, to be truthful. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #192

That's funny. I can cite quite a few specifics about why I know it exists. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #194

Most studies on "American" history don't even begin to tell the whole story... countryjake Jun 2014 #145

"What you say here sounds exactly like the argument....." Are you sure? AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #152

Yes, it was indeed sickeningly sweet, but recognizing the need for Black Studies... countryjake Jun 2014 #156

Have to agree there, not near enough time is spent on minority history. Rex Jun 2014 #148

Wait! Wasn't this ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #163

Thats how i read it.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #167

Phew ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #174

what were some of Bilbo's extreme right wing positions, aside from his fishwax Jun 2014 #170

Not sure if I want to go thru the trouble of spending hours & hours digging..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #171

Based on what I've said here? What was that? I've only posted twice fishwax Jun 2014 #172

To clarify, I meant just your reply to my post. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #175

The Rand Paul analogy isn't really a very good one, Joe fishwax Jun 2014 #178

You have to realize, however, more than anything..... AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #182

Then it shouldn't be difficult to answer my earlier question: what are some of his right-wing fishwax Jun 2014 #185

*Sigh*. You just don't get it. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #190

I get the concept, Joe ... I'm just asking for a single shred of evidence fishwax Jun 2014 #197

I can only speak for family experience JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #204

Thanks for sharing that background fishwax Jun 2014 #215

Your welcome JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #216

K and R, great post! etherealtruth Jun 2014 #91

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #92

Oh shit JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #101

Good topic to explore right about now. bravenak Jun 2014 #102

Coates argument falls apart Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #108

No. bravenak Jun 2014 #112

The eugenics movement is not acceptable by anyone today and not acceptable Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #123

No. bravenak Jun 2014 #125

Is this the poster JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #126

Yes!!! Ahhhhhh!! Driving me bananas! bravenak Jun 2014 #129

ahh! for my journal JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #132

Your opinions and feelings are just as valid Harmony Blue Jun 2014 #222

Nope.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #223

OMG. bravenak Jun 2014 #225

I tried as hard as I could to make sense of your rambling post brentspeak Jun 2014 #130

It refers to a post he made about black families. bravenak Jun 2014 #131

It's in reference to other stances the poster has taken in the past... countryjake Jun 2014 #133

k&r for exposure... giftedgirl77 Jun 2014 #110

Kick...and I would alert on the alerter. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #114

I wish i could.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #115

Send an email directly to Skinner, or post in AtA. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #117

Thanks.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #118

Send an email of the jury results to the admins. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #116

Thanks.nt bravenak Jun 2014 #119

There IS racism in White Liberal America. Many people of color have experienced this Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #121

Go to AA. bravenak Jun 2014 #122

I think I read it. I haven't been on DU for awhile, but I do remember. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #127

and it is flaming DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #128

Not much, though. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #135

How do you know this? You don't. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #143

interesting stuff. i bought two books for my kindle based on this thread. m-lekktor Jun 2014 #138

I am just trying to let people see the world through my eyes. bravenak Jun 2014 #139

I would rather you don't go. Jamastiene Jun 2014 #183

If i do i will make sure to do a GBCW for you and let you know where i go or get your facebooks. bravenak Jun 2014 #184

Yeh. Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party, was a racist who owned slaves. Zorra Jun 2014 #142

You have gotten the wrong message. bravenak Jun 2014 #150

Thanks. Zorra Jun 2014 #180

Hi Zorra. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #173

There is no explanation you would willingly understand. kwassa Jun 2014 #188

K&R Thanks for posting this! mwrguy Jun 2014 #149

Yeah. Coates's writings over the past two years have been amazing Recursion Jun 2014 #189

WATCH HERE: White, black, red, brown, yellow, and *other* liberals march with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Zorra Jun 2014 #209

What a great post! Waiting For Everyman Jun 2014 #212

I'm very glad you think so, Waiting For Everyman, thanks. nt Zorra Jun 2014 #214

Outstanding post...recommending people read it..thank you. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #217

Some progressives remind me of Janet Parshall randys1 Jun 2014 #226

She was terrible. bravenak Jun 2014 #227

Of course they save the in house shill for the last word ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #228