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Originally Posted by squeeeb
i over generalized, but the local reverend and the naacp members were black, so they are the "black people" i'm talking about.
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I think that would have been a much better thread name. "The NAACP and this minister need to lighten up". I'd agree. It's oversensitivity, imho.
My family was enslaved by Romans a while back, but the thing is that people of german decent don't have to worry about a glass ceiling anymore. Or really ever. They don't have to worry about being more likely to be in poverty or in prison because of their ethnicity. I've only once been treated in a racist manner, and it was a result of what I could clearly see was resentment from being the victim of racism all his life. Let's just be honest: we're not all equal yet. We're getting there, and a lot of wonderful people out there are helping, but we're not there yet. So for now, I'm cool with a little oversensitivity. If my halloween decorations were offending people, which is not my intention, I'd give them the benefit of explaining my intention (scaring helpless children). If they were still offended, I'd take it down. I hardly think it's worth it to have a battle of halloween decorations.