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In reply to the discussion: DU ... Just So You Know, It's NOT Our Imagination ... [View all]Moosepoop
(1,920 posts)... is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
OK, I'm a woman, but that quote holds true for me and for all of us.
I've been here for almost 10 years. I read every day but it's rare that I log in and even rarer that I actually post.
But I'm going to start logging in to respond to any racist postings that I come across.
I've never encountered anything as egregious as what is in the OP before, but yes, there is racism on DU, in various strengths and varieties, constantly. I'm rather ashamed of myself for not speaking up and speaking out on it earlier. So much garbage gets flung around DU that it would be a 24/7 exercise to address it all, so I just haven't addressed much of anything.
No more.
1StrongBlackMan, I regret not entering the fray before now. I'm a 50+ white woman living in a mainly white, redneck rural area, and I've never shied from calling out racism in my day to day life when it occurs (which rarely happens any more as most people have learned by now not to display it around me).
I've known for a long time that racism on DU is NOT in anyone's imagination. The people named in the OP (and you!!!) are some of my favorite posters here. I'm in awe of how so many of you keep your head and deal with the insanity that comes your way.
Thank you for this post. It woke me up, and I needed that.
K&R