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Haha imagine being this much of a racist loser.
We like to have one thread per topic so we merged a 2nd thread that was started after this one into this one. The 2nd thread had the title of "Boston Mayor accidentally sends out invite for an "Electeds of color"-only holiday party to all Boston city councilors"
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Musk is more African than you as he was born in Africa.
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Randomly beating up Asians wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
I go to many large work-related holiday parties every year, and as a black person would love a space to celebrate without a high probability of being exposed to racism.
My white friends don't share this interest, because they haven't experienced violent and oppressive racism throughout their lives.
It's cute: this thread shows exactly why these spaces are needed. (As does the LR board on a regular basis.)
Statistically, you're more likely to be a victim of violent crime from a fellow black person... MUCH more likely.
If you think the above fact is uncomfortable or "racist," then we should advocate for a color-blind society. If you want a race-conscious society, you won't like the result.
As one Black Man said while being interviewed during the George Floyd riots, all Blacks really want is for Black Men to be just as safe in a White Neighborhood as White Men are in a Black Neighborhood.
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wazzu1452 wrote:
I remember when Democrats instituted slavery in the south and then Jim Crow later on....
I remember when Democrats started the KKK and I remember when Democrats opposed the Civil Rights act of 1964.I thought we were over all of this Democrat racism...
Only to find out the Democrat Mayor of Boston is engaging in more segregation.
Why can't we just judge people on the quality of their character?
Isn't what the Mayor is doing FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY/FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION? ar ight that is in the Constitution and Bill of Rights?
Why do Blacks and Whites and every other group, get along great with all their Teammates on Little League, High School, and College get along Great with all their teammates, yet Politicians don't in fact they seem to want to put everyone against everyone based on race as if by design. ALL Politicians should learn what E PLURUBUS UNUM means (Out of Many One) I doubt the Players on the Michigan, Washington, Alabama, Texas teams are not squabling based on race, I bet no members of those teams have ever been excluded from Team Parties, My guess is players of different races get invited to church by teammates, It is almost like Teammates are more united than politicians. When I was on Teams no one was ever excluded based on race.
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God will judge the contents of people’s hearts and minds not the color of their skin.
Acts 17:31 KJV
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
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TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
God will judge the contents of people’s hearts and minds not the color of their skin.
Acts 17:31 KJV
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
Yeah, pretend guy in this sky that for years people used to justify slavery is going to really help
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It’s actually fairly easy to be disgusted by words like the N-word. Unless you yourself are racist POS and are looking for a chance to use it more.
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TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
God will judge the contents of people’s hearts and minds not the color of their skin.
Acts 17:31 KJV
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
God will judge this No Whites holiday party very harshly. Mayor Wu will rue the day she sent out the invitations excluding whitey. In the afterlife, I mean. Here on earth, she will probably have a great holiday office party with no racist white supremacists messing up the festivities.
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Silly fool boy wrote:
It’s actually fairly easy to be disgusted by words like the N-word. Unless you yourself are racist POS and are looking for a chance to use it more.
This is how free speech is attacked. I have never seen a single instance of anyone using that word on twitter
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Silly fool boy wrote:
TMADDDHASFNE wrote:
God will judge the contents of people’s hearts and minds not the color of their skin.
Acts 17:31 KJV
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
Yeah, pretend guy in this sky that for years people used to justify slavery is going to really help
Some photos of the No Whites party in the link below. As predicted here, the POCs in attendance all look happy and safe so this may have worked out for the best. That said, I'm not sure how close they were checking genes, because one guy way back on the right looks pretty white to me.
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Wild Cherry wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
I go to many large work-related holiday parties every year, and as a black person would love a space to celebrate without a high probability of being exposed to racism.
My white friends don't share this interest, because they haven't experienced violent and oppressive racism throughout their lives.
Don't kid yourself on people's interests. Your white friends cherish the times they can get away from you when you go off one of your harangues.
Truthfully, I keep things harangue-free around white people (except for my white wife).
Most white people I know are great, but a small minority are viciously racist while also too sensitive to hear these things.
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maga2024 wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
I go to many large work-related holiday parties every year, and as a black person would love a space to celebrate without a high probability of being exposed to racism.
My white friends don't share this interest, because they haven't experienced violent and oppressive racism throughout their lives.
It's cute: this thread shows exactly why these spaces are needed. (As does the LR board on a regular basis.)
I call BS on this. If there's actual racism at a holiday party (of course, not the 'white man bad' woke type) the person would be fired
If you think that every instance of racism at a holiday party in 2023 will lead to a firing, you are supremely out of touch with the world.
Your ignorance makes a good case for these safe spaces. Well done!
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MelRnr wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
I go to many large work-related holiday parties every year, and as a black person would love a space to celebrate without a high probability of being exposed to racism.
I have an honest question for you. If you are experiencing racism at these work events, why not file an EEOC complaint?
There are laws in place and a system set up to deal with racial discrimination in the workplace.
Good grief.
1. Because there is a world of racist speech and acts that are not amenable to most formal processes, including EEOC complaints.
2. Because the benefits of complaint processes are also less than the harms that can follow process, to both that complainant and the perpetrator. I have no interest in causing HR trouble for my colleagues, especially as I don't see this as a "legal" issue and have never seen this "system" bring about positive results. (Although the option is important in many cases.) As an adult, I prefer to speak directly to people, and I find this works very well. I just wish it weren't necessary.
Any other questions flowing from your lack of experience with racism?
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Newname wrote:
Silly fool boy wrote:
It’s actually fairly easy to be disgusted by words like the N-word. Unless you yourself are racist POS and are looking for a chance to use it more.
This is how free speech is attacked. I have never seen a single instance of anyone using that word on twitter
Twitter has reported having removed millions of instances of the n-word.
But don't let a few facts get in the way of your narrow anecdotal experience.
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the beagle wrote:
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Haha imagine being this much of a racist loser.
Imagine thinking this would be OK to post on a running website's message board.
But no, racism doesn't exist. Right, guys?
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Randomly beating up Asians wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
I go to many large work-related holiday parties every year, and as a black person would love a space to celebrate without a high probability of being exposed to racism.
My white friends don't share this interest, because they haven't experienced violent and oppressive racism throughout their lives.
It's cute: this thread shows exactly why these spaces are needed. (As does the LR board on a regular basis.)
Statistically, you're more likely to be a victim of violent crime from a fellow black person... MUCH more likely.
If you think the above fact is uncomfortable or "racist," then we should advocate for a color-blind society. If you want a race-conscious society, you won't like the result.
First, we are talking about plans for a single workplace holiday party in Boston. It's unclear why you are bringing in your shallow interpretations of data on violence.
In any case, your statement is of course true -- in segregated areas of the US, which describes most of the country. Rates of violence are, obviously, higher in impoverished areas (which, due to systemic racism, are for the most part majority PoC). Your statement is like saying that people living in California are a higher risk of violence from Californians than New Yorkers, as if that proves something about Californian tendency toward violence.
Interestingly, and unsurprisingly, this "fact" simply isn't the case in integrated areas. Which is exactly the point. Risk of violence is driven by poverty, not blackness. Ask Appalachia what race is perpetrating the most violent crime.
Personally, in all of the (thankfully few) times I have been physically attacked by strangers, including shoves on the street or food thrown at me in a park, it was by white people shouting racial epithets.
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Newname wrote:
space cadet detector wrote:
Correct. White-only events, spaces and organizations exist all across the country. These are maintained by both interpersonal and systemic racism.
No need to "imagine" anything.
Lots of mayors holding whites only events are there?
Another post highlighting the very ignorance that makes events like this necessary.
Bravo!
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douglas burke wrote:
As one Black Man said while being interviewed during the George Floyd riots, all Blacks really want is for Black Men to be just as safe in a White Neighborhood as White Men are in a Black Neighborhood.
Well said!
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Boston is full of racist education institutions and governmental officials... even the BAA is racist. Seems to be the necessary evolution of a city saturated with 'education', 'medical industry', and 'tech'. Who is surprised?
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It is one though wrote:
Lomez wrote:
Nobody claimed it was a constitutional violation. It’s not a constitutional violation to walk up to someone and call them an a**hole to their face, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stick up for yourself.
It is a constitutional violation, though. It's a government sanctioned party therefore it violates the 14th amendment of the federal constitution as well as federal and state laws and probably the constitution of Massachusetts.
I think the rest of us should start asking ourselves “who cares?” Look, if someone doesn’t want me at their party because my skin is the wrong color, I don’t want to be at that party anyway.
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