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Originally Posted by Plan9
And you're absolutely right, Baraka. Being white isn't cool anymore (if it ever was). It's downright shameful. You're not allowed to have "white pride" (whatever the hell that is) because it's incredible loaded. And I'm glad for that, too. Racial pride (somebody explain how that is ever positive) is totally asinine but especially such for white people. White people have been a leading cause of murder, war and slavery throughout human history.
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