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cwydro

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24. You must not know many Latina

Reply to tishaLA (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 08:51 PM

Mar 2015

or African American women!

I do!

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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

I'm right here. LWolf Mar 2015 #104

K&R treestar Mar 2015 #105