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sheshe2

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18. Hey malaise...

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:41 PM

Mar 2015

We have never ever been seen as

feminine or indeed delicate so we don't count. It's a complex subject because on the one hand it has given us space but, on the other hand it is racist to the core.

I think part of it is because you are strong and you scare the heck out of them. It's their loss that they ignore black women. You are indeed feminine, delicate yet your strength carries you.

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Black Women Are Beaten, Sexually Assaulted and Killed By Police. Why Don't We Talk About It? [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2015 OP

It always reminds me of a few years ago when one white woman in DC was missing randys1 Mar 2015 #1

Well, cwydro Mar 2015 #2

National TV? I dont watch anything other than MSNBC so I may have missed it. randys1 Mar 2015 #3

Yes, it was played on CNN daily. cwydro Mar 2015 #8

Race baiting LOL randys1 Mar 2015 #10

LOL all you want. cwydro Mar 2015 #13

Spoken by a white person? randys1 Mar 2015 #14

I'm not going to play your game hon. cwydro Mar 2015 #17

I simply asked if you were white? I am, and I know that I dont know randys1 Mar 2015 #19

"It's economic status that counts in this country." Number23 Mar 2015 #44

Wait! Wait and wait and wait. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #86

That's what we're always told. Which is why so many of us started our own things that we didn't have Number23 Mar 2015 #88

You! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #93

Well.... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #99

The fact that we can point to one, two, or three instances is indicative of the problem tishaLA Mar 2015 #6

No, I am a race baiter, though LOL randys1 Mar 2015 #11

I wasn't speaking directly to you randy. cwydro Mar 2015 #15

I dont care, I have thick skin, but maybe you should ask a POC about your hypothesis randys1 Mar 2015 #16

I am not a "POC" as you call it. Oh wait, cwydro Mar 2015 #22

I really wish I could find the post 1SBM wrote last week tishaLA Mar 2015 #27

Um cwydro Mar 2015 #30

You also have to include the first part of that sentence tishaLA Mar 2015 #31

It still didn't make sense. cwydro Mar 2015 #33

I'll remove the clauses that are causing the problem tishaLA Mar 2015 #34

Actually, I am the OP. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #48

Sorry that I pissed you off. cwydro Mar 2015 #55

Poor women of any color are not counted as important. cwydro Mar 2015 #12

That may be true, but the brutality visited upon African American women, tishaLA Mar 2015 #20

You must not know many Latina cwydro Mar 2015 #24

o, I do. But thanks for not responding to what I wrote. tishaLA Mar 2015 #26

Not sure exactly what you want me to respond to. cwydro Mar 2015 #28

Again, nobody is denying gender discrimination tishaLA Mar 2015 #32

Now see ? cwydro Mar 2015 #35

I never mentioned sympathy and I tried not to use the word oppression tishaLA Mar 2015 #39

I'd like to meet them. bravenak Mar 2015 #41

Bravenak, it will be hard as hell to "meet" people that only exist in someone's imagination Number23 Mar 2015 #46

For real. I was like, 'Where the hell do they live?" bravenak Mar 2015 #49

I wasn't going to mention this; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #73

I just bet it would. bravenak Mar 2015 #77

Oh lord. cwydro Mar 2015 #72

Probably not a bad idea. Number23 Mar 2015 #84

Whatever dude or dudette. cwydro Mar 2015 #102

Condoleeza Rice had a similar experience while shopping guillaumeb Mar 2015 #54

I've been followed in the store. bravenak Mar 2015 #78

Yes, cwydro Mar 2015 #71

I believe you are oblivious. kwassa Mar 2015 #74

Professional black woman checking in here. A doctorate and two Master's degrees. And yes... Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #80

One is reading it with me. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #101

I am a professional (though, male),very well educated ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #70

You are not a woman of color. You are not a woman. So, how can you discount our experiences? Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #81

Only because there was dramatic footage of the abduction itself bettyellen Mar 2015 #9

Except for the other woman cwydro Mar 2015 #23

Newsworthy because of her delusional tweeting of an imaginary relationship and prior stalking of bettyellen Mar 2015 #106

Chandra Levy was the DC woman tularetom Mar 2015 #5

Thanks...Condit sure got the raw deal on that one. But this is a perfect example randys1 Mar 2015 #7

A bit off topic but there was another intern that was found dead in a congressman's office tularetom Mar 2015 #25

You are awesome! JustAnotherGen Mar 2015 #53

Lacy Peterson was the pregnant woman in central Ca. Her husband killed her. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #52

We have never ever been seen as malaise Mar 2015 #4

Hey malaise... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #18

I'm gonna have to disagree on this. cwydro Mar 2015 #37

... tishaLA Mar 2015 #47

Ok. cwydro Mar 2015 #62

You really need to do some homework. kwassa Mar 2015 #64

I don't need to do any homework cwydro Mar 2015 #66

but you haven't studied it. kwassa Mar 2015 #68

I think I posted ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #75

No, nothing has changed. kwassa Mar 2015 #76

But I have a 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #103

And this is why so many black women mistrust white women who call themselves feminists. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #83

You are over 50 years old and are unfamiliar with the age-old stereotypes that White America Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #82

I wish Marym was on this thread. She was just so sad about this fact. bravenak Mar 2015 #21

Get that list together when you can, bravenak... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #50

I will, it can be an ongoing project. bravenak Mar 2015 #90

I'm willing to help, too. Can't exclude American Native women, either. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #85

Awesome. bravenak Mar 2015 #89

Makes me realize something kinda sad... Lancero Mar 2015 #29

Black bodied women are endless recepticles of violence AngryAmish Mar 2015 #36

Not all of us, mind you..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #60

Not all males...got it... AngryAmish Mar 2015 #65

LOL! Perfect nt tishaLA Mar 2015 #67

Well, what did you expect? AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #69

Missing White Woman Syndrome kwassa Mar 2015 #38

This, kwassa.. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #40

yeah, I hate that "it's not race, it's class" crap. kwassa Mar 2015 #43

That bit should be pinned to the front page of this forum for all eternity Number23 Mar 2015 #51

It is insulting in so many ways Number23. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #58

Case in point: Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #42

Damn it, the story at the links makes me sick. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #45

Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #56

It is not about meism, 1SBM, sheshe2 Mar 2015 #63

Thanks for the reminder, 1SBM! We can never forget the brutality perpetuated against black men, too. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #87

k&r Starry Messenger Mar 2015 #57

There is some truth to this. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #59

Me.... sheshe2 Mar 2015 #94

Yes, I agree. AverageJoe90 Mar 2015 #98

k&r Sheelanagig Mar 2015 #61

Because as many of us have been trying to explain as recently as Ms. Arquette's gaffe... Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #79

"Black men could care less about us as women." Number23 Mar 2015 #91

Number23: You know my statements were general, not to be taken literally. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #92

I understand ENTIRELY Number23 Mar 2015 #95

Always, my friend, always!! :) Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #96

Good to see you LS! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #97

Kick sheshe2 Mar 2015 #100

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