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Originally Posted by Irreligious
n David...
I had pretty much promised myself that I wouldn't reply to anymore of your posts because you just make me mad. But...I just wanted to respond to one thing you said in this post.
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Do I need to take sensitivity training before posting so your feelings won't get hurt?
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Originally Posted by Irreligious
You mentioned that the professor used the word "whitey" in his application.
I don't think any of us have a defense for that, BUT...200+ years of institutionalized racism in the "land of the free and the home of the brave" can make a person say things that maybe you or I wouldn't say when we've NEVER experienced being slighted because of the color of our skin.
I understand where he's coming from and my only response to slurs like that is to do my part in creating an environment where he wouldn't say things like that.
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Uhm, 200+ years of "institutionalized racism?" Where you pull that number out of? The "institutionalized racism" ended before 200+years. There may well be racism yet, but it's not institutionalized. Good grief, look no further than who's in the White House.
And you're right ... there's NO defense for that. You can bet your sweet aunt bessie that if a white person were to write on their application to Morehouse or Texas Southern: "As always, (n-word) now sits in judgment of me, preparing to cast my fate. It is your decision either to let me blow with the wind as a nonentity or to encourage the development of self. Allow me to prove myself," all heck would break loose.
Both are meant to be derogatory towards each race ... neither should be more acceptable than the other, though it seems a black can say "whitey" and get away with it more than the white who says the n-word.
Hope I didn't bruise your thin skin with the post.
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