(07-17-2019, 10:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(07-17-2019, 09:54 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: Everyone has encountered situations where their race was used negatively against them. The difference is that black communities too often attribute bad experiences to their race. I also didn't say it doesn't play "no role whatsoever". I don't have to stipulate that racism exists every time I say racism isn't an issue. If Roof is your proof, then how does Emanual Samson play into that example? Can I play the race card now?

Besides, I'm not sure that I'd use a psychopathic murderer as proof that society is racist.

I agree with Rollerjag's "willful ignorance" sentiment here, which, in my estimation, is overly generous.  I won't even bother to elaborate or expound on the rest of this.

Maybe you should have the courage to say what you mean if you’re going to infer something worse. 

(07-18-2019, 07:29 AM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(07-17-2019, 09:54 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: Everyone has encountered situations where their race was used negatively against them. The difference is that black communities too often attribute bad experiences to their race. I also didn't say it doesn't play "no role whatsoever". I don't have to stipulate that racism exists every time I say racism isn't an issue. If Roof is your proof, then how does Emanual Samson play into that example? Can I play the race card now?

Besides, I'm not sure that I'd use a psychopathic murderer as proof that society is racist.


Willfully ignorant is accepting that "bad things happen" simply because they're black. Maybe you can clarify that last sentence; it seems like you're implying something else.

Can we get a specific example where your white race was used negatively against you? Maybe one where law enforcement sought you out specifically because of the way you look?

Just one? How about this very conversation where it’s been implied I’m racist because I don’t agree that racism is a real problem?

How about the double standard that I’m expected to prove my victimhood while Bullseye is given a pass? 

I’m not going to go through each experience with you. I will say that I’ve had police called on me, by a black person, for sitting in my car (idling) for “too long”.  I’m not a victim though so I don’t view everything as being racially motivated. I’ve also been told I’m in the “wrong neighborhood”. I’m not even going into all the [BLEEP] I hear at work.

It isn’t racist to consider racism a nonissue.

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