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Originally Posted by Sharon den Adel  I do not have violent tendancies at all. Other words can offend too, certain words offend certain minority groups - if I called a black person a 'nigger' do you think they'd just think 'Well, names can't hurt me, so I'll just walk away' or do you think they'd retaliate? My guess is the latter. | The person who addresses black people with that term usually aren't even worth my time and effort to get hostile to. Calling me "nigger" would just get questions "why" you wanna call me that. Obviously that person doesn't know me very well. Because calling me nigger will do the direct opposite of making me angry. I grew up very light skinned in the projects. I got called "white boy" and other "insults" about by light color when I was growing up WAAAY more than I have been subjected to racism as an adult. So I couldn't care less either way. I find that my smile and jovial attitude shine through much brighter in most social situations than the fact that I am black.
That's why I enjoy Tristan and his "black people this and that" posts. Does he think I don't know statistics. I am constantly aware of them. I lived them. And I have done my best to make sure I am part of the "good" ones.  |