Racism BS

[Dreamline]

I dunno if its were I live or what some motherfuckers are so racist!  I was driving through a shopping center to park and these 2 skinny assholes ran in front of me (walking).  They purposely walk everywhere I went and I'm not manic so didn't fuck with them (yet).  I go into the seafood place and the Korean owner gave mine to me because I called it in, many other people were waiting already.  They harassed me and the Korean guy the whole time saying stupid shit like its because they were black.  Only black people here are so fucking racist like that to that degree (its absolutely true).  I fucking just ignored them but then the two assholes were waiting for me in the parking lot by the truck.  I immediately put my hand on my knife and flipped it open.  They decided not to fuck with me.  This parking lot like most others is ghetto and people get robbed in mid daylight.  Between the crime and the harassment WTF???  When I go somewhere with my BFF they don't fuck with me or they fuck with her too because she's with a white person.  Stupid.

[Kensho]

i hope no one gets too offended here but there are blacks and then there are n*****s... i hate n*****s... they sell drugs to one another and blame it on white people... they commit violent/non violent crimes against innocent people and are are jailed then go onto blame it on a white society that didn't allow them to fit in... they have children when they're unable to provide for them, they collect off of society through social programs my taxes pay for and say we owe it to them, they reverse discriminate, they demand reparations in the form of free education money compensation, i could go on, but i'll leave it there...

like i said, i did volunteer work for a very progressive radio station for a number of years... they brought in a new station manager and within months the culture within the station radically changed... people didn't out right diss me but i was living on the fringe to the point i began feeling guilty about being white... very weird situation... in less then a year their listener support dropped so much that the pacific board of directors stepped in and got rid of the new station manager and brought back as many of the old producers as possible... some of them said fuck off, that they already moved on to better things... yeah, working there was weird, it went from a cool group of upbeat, progressive blacks to you owe me n****s...   

my wife and i have black friends... i've worked with and met very cool blacks that have worked hard and deserve what they have through their achievements... i've met and worked with 100's of blacks who were poor on the streets and while doing work for the salvation army that never told me i owe them something... i would go out of my way for these people because they had a dignity about them that made me care for them even more...

don't tell me i owe you something... fuck you!

Kensho 

[Dreamline]

I know what you're saying...just like there's white people and there's white-trash!!!  People will probably get pissed because because of the label you gave them, they can't think past slavery and segregation that these young ghetto people have no clue of.  They call each other "n***a" and even "n****r" but have a double standard, god forbid I say it to them meaning no harm.  I absolutely know what you mean...I've gotten away from labeling them only for the sake of having more neutral communication about them that people would learn from, instead of labeling them as a hopeless group with a derogatory soul.  That said, this guy who was renting a house on my street is from Nigeria.  He and his family have been friends of ours.  Anyway, he was talking to my dad once about the ghetto black people not paying rent and threatening him.  He said in his accent "you know, there are black people and then there are n*****s" and talked about what a shock he got coming here from Africa, where poor people are kind and generous.  He is a professor (I think math) and doesn't get the ghetto black people who won't do shit with their life.  He tries to help them and they drop out of his class.  Really nice guy.

[Paz]

  One of the only rules here is that we don't tolerate racism in any way, shape or form. Using racial epithets falls under the rule spectrum. I edited the offensive words because they offended me.

 Unfortunately we live in a world where no one is perfect, there are a lot of people of all races and genders who are total leeches on society. Some races & genders & religious groups are totally intolerant of others, this is very upsetting to all of us who are kind, loving, accepting and hard working.

 We all need to become color-blind and gender-blind, and accepting of others.....this also includes the very people who you are complaining about. We can only hope that the world consciousness movement that is going on right now will help to hasten this process......

 And we also need to remember that we who suffer from mental illness are not accepted for the fine people that we are, people label us & judge us without even knowing us, they just use one example, i.e. like anyone who suffers from a mental illness who goes on a shooting rampage & kills innocents. Society has the perception that we are all violent and dangerous people who deserve to be doped up & locked up. This type of thinking not only hurts us, it hurts Society as a whole, because it preaches fear & intolerance.

 That said, I totally understand where you both are coming from....there are "Trash" people of all races, genders, & religions who are intolerant and who use all of the social programs that they can get their hands on....they abuse the system, and the system is broken and allows for this behaviour to perpetuate. We need to use our outrage constructively to make sure that they fix the system so this type of behaviour isn't allowed to continue.

[Dreamline]

Yes, if we label people instead of the problem, nothing is changed.  I guess I sounded like I was agreeing with the Nigerian guy calling them n****s.  It was funny when he said it at the time though.  But definitely labeling and categorizing people (or anything) is making a over-generalization.  Its one thing to describe people (like he's black or they are women) but labeling, white-trash is also derogatory.