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Old 08-15-2012, 09:15 AM   #51
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Living in Germany, I have a lot of such moments. Blacks are a small minority here and struggling to get past the stereotype of poor refugees form Africa.
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Old 08-16-2012, 10:10 PM   #52
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This is a very interesting thread, and I can definitely relate. I read the news online everyday and any headline that has "killed" in it makes me click it to see if they describe the perpetrator.
My kids have collectively shook their heads at me many times because I screamed out in relief..."YES! They weren't black!"
When I was younger I decided that if someone lumped me in with all of the "bad ones" that it was their problem. They were racist. They were stereotyping me. Their bad.
Now that I'm older, it seems that actually it is my problem. It is my childrens inherited problem. It's one more obstacle that can't be overcome.
Somehow I hear it everyday and it never matters how many negative acts the white race commits, because if one black person does it, we're all guilty, and it's used as "evidence" to prove once again that we're a lesser race.
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Old 08-16-2012, 10:42 PM   #53
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Nighttimer thanks for that Chris Rock link. Haven't seen that in years, and it still brings tears to my eyes. Too funny, too sad, too true.
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Old 08-17-2012, 06:18 PM   #54
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More like one of those "I wish the Daily Fail wouldn't post this kind of shit" moments.

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Old 08-18-2012, 09:24 PM   #55
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I do wish they wouldn't post that stuff, but I wish even more that people would stop doing it.
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Old 08-19-2012, 02:27 PM   #56
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