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Willravel · 10-17-2004, 02:52 PM

That is one hell of a story (not speaking sarcasticly, but sincerly). I feel a great amount of remorse towards that man, and everyone who has ever been treated like that. I say remorse because I am infected with a terrible condition; I'm white in America.

I live in this happy little world that all of me and many white friends love black people, but we never seem to hang out with them. We totally believe in equal rights, but aren't bothered by racial profiling. We gladly make racial and ethnic jokes around the office, drinking our $3 cups of coffee. We see the news, where a black man is suspected of a rape, despite there being no whitnesses and no evidence to say if the guilty party is black, white, or anything else, but we don't even notice. We live in a world where the media tells us about black people who are so white washed, and so unthretening, that we don't mind seeing them on tv. But not too much. We see Wayne Bradey and Bryant Gumble and we think that those are the 'good blacks'.

This is a disease of retardation. This is a disease just as alive and thriving as it was 50 or 100 years ago. It has mutated to fit the worlds changing views, but it is still just as strong as it ever was. This is the continuing decay of equality. At times like the one Faq mentioned, I am embarassed for my race. I wonder how it is that african, asian, indian, native american, middle eastern, south american, central american, and every other group can put up with our shit so often and for so long.

I was lucky enough to have basically no white friends growing up. That doesn't mean the infection hasen't tried.

This is a PERFECT example of why everyone has to be allowed to vote. What if a woman like that was in charge? What if you were in charge? What if I were in charge? I don't trust myself to be completly 100% fair, and if you do you need to rethink your own personal truths. We are constantly fighting to keep our constitutional rights, so why would we knowingly give up such a fundamental right?

Edit: while I was writing, 2 other people posted. This was in response to Faq.

10-17-2004, 02:52 PM	#29 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	That is one hell of a story (not speaking sarcasticly, but sincerly). I feel a great amount of remorse towards that man, and everyone who has ever been treated like that. I say remorse because I am infected with a terrible condition; I'm white in America. I live in this happy little world that all of me and many white friends love black people, but we never seem to hang out with them. We totally believe in equal rights, but aren't bothered by racial profiling. We gladly make racial and ethnic jokes around the office, drinking our $3 cups of coffee. We see the news, where a black man is suspected of a rape, despite there being no whitnesses and no evidence to say if the guilty party is black, white, or anything else, but we don't even notice. We live in a world where the media tells us about black people who are so white washed, and so unthretening, that we don't mind seeing them on tv. But not too much. We see Wayne Bradey and Bryant Gumble and we think that those are the 'good blacks'. This is a disease of retardation. This is a disease just as alive and thriving as it was 50 or 100 years ago. It has mutated to fit the worlds changing views, but it is still just as strong as it ever was. This is the continuing decay of equality. At times like the one Faq mentioned, I am embarassed for my race. I wonder how it is that african, asian, indian, native american, middle eastern, south american, central american, and every other group can put up with our shit so often and for so long. I was lucky enough to have basically no white friends growing up. That doesn't mean the infection hasen't tried. This is a PERFECT example of why everyone has to be allowed to vote. What if a woman like that was in charge? What if you were in charge? What if I were in charge? I don't trust myself to be completly 100% fair, and if you do you need to rethink your own personal truths. We are constantly fighting to keep our constitutional rights, so why would we knowingly give up such a fundamental right? Edit: while I was writing, 2 other people posted. This was in response to Faq.