Asclepias
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- Aug 3, 2013
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Its not that I am holding onto resentments. Its more like not putting my hand over a fire because I am aware I will get burned. For the most part I simply ignore whites unless its dealing with business or an acquaintance I know. The whites that are close to me I dont view as white. I see them as exceptions to the rule. These white understand and accept me for my views. Some respectfully disagree while others agree.Nah..trust is a choice..you'll decide when..if ever. I just think, to me, your choice is irrelevant. I believe that some blacks hold on the their resentments so long..and so hard, that they damage themselves--and that..is not on whites..or on history or on circumstance..that is on the individual--so decides his/her resentments are worth more to him/her..than freedom.Fair enough..of course..if I made that statement about blacks, being a white person--I can only guess your response--but I bet it would be pretty negative.I dont have a chip on my shoulder around whites and I dont trust them.If it causes someone to have a chip on their shoulders around whites, it will be their own fault for any negativity they feel toward them.How does one say "be wary of whites being prejudiced or racist" without pointing out they should be especially wary of whites?
Do you have compete amnesia relative to American race relations? Things have not been the same in this matter relative to bacs and whites. Blacks are not the ones who enslaved whites then when slavery ended we made sure to make laws that still made it certain backs could not have the same rights as whites,. Then after that was done, we decide to hide our racism while still doing racist things but telling everybody how it is not racist even when it's apparent that's exactly what it is. I'm talking about real occurrences, not made up beliefs of the overly violent black by those who have killed he most and committed the most violence as a race in this nation. And so we are just to trust blindly because you say so.
I really am color-blind..and many of my black friends tell me that that is not always a good thing..from their perspective.