Can we really be friends with white people?

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  1. Space_Time

    Space_Time Well-Known Member

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    With all these rigid ideological requirements I'm not sure how many white friends would-be possible. I didn't know there was going to be a race war. Would it ever be possible for you to attend 'the cookout':
     
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    I blame everything on slavery and slave owners. It was the worst thing that ever happened here and we're still paying for it every day. I look at all the crime and de-civilization that's going on today and it hurts me.
     
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    yeah.. the commies been wanting that for decades, race war..
    and the news feeds seem to be tailored and directed at target groups, so yeah..

    if you read, what is feed to you on the news feeds, you may want to war with the other.

    I think that whom you refer to as white people, are known here as Anglos, or a more derogatory term, would be gringo. Mostly what the term white people refers to are people of European ancestry, because caucasian would include some some very dark caucasians in India. And, of course, those people of asian ancestory look pretty white to me,, but they are not typically included in the term "white people".

    Personal experience?.. the races seem to have a large blend of skin colors, especially when mixed, I read somewhere that most all american Black people have some European blood.
     
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    As long as people use skin color as a measuring tool, there will be strife.

    The piece quoted in the OP unfortunately highlights the ever existing problem. It doesn't matter what color someone's skin is to large groups of people, if it's different then theirs, then there is a reason to exclude.

    How very sad.
     
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    On this weekend, we must never forget and live toward the ideals of the dream. The lead in of the thread totally discards MLK Jr and his dream.
     
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    Whoever wrote that article is nothing more than a racist.

    Might as well call us marshmallows and ophays
     
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    Well I’ll admit I was wrong, systemic racism really is alive and well in this country and it’s aimed at white people.

    And then there’s this:


    Now Accidents Are 'Racist,' America — and It's All Your Fault


    As leaders shift blame from electric space heaters to overcrowded housing in the wake of deadly fires in both the Bronx, New York and Philadelphia, experts say the true culpritis poor residential conditions and the racism rife in the nation’s urban planning and infrastructure decisions.

    Within days of each other, the fire in a Bronx building killed at least 17 people, including several Gambian immigrants, and another in a Philadelphia row house killed a dozen.

    But the fatal nature of these fires follows a historical pattern in which negligent policymaking and infrastructural decisions can kill Black people at disproportionate rates.

    https://redstate.com/mike_miller/20...racist-america-and-its-all-your-fault-n505953
     
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    Color or hue of pigmentation is not the issue the lack of love is.
     
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    It is the nature of the creatures of the world to have "the other".
    It is my sincere belief that if we were all clones we would find some way to differentiate "the other" among ourselves
     
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    Can we really be friends with black people?

    If that headline triggers some emotion in you and the current OP headline does not then you are a 100% pure flat out hypocrite and are the exact problem with this country right now.

    How about you befriend folks who you get along with regardless of what they look like? "We're comfortable with them joining a black space". How about white folks shouldn't feel guilty about having strict boundaries with black friends in order to protect their inner peace? Is that ok? Oh no of course not that's Nazism and racism and white supremacy and all of that crap. But black folks not wanting white folks at their cookout unless they are "comfortable with them joining a black space" and they are vetted and vouched for in order to "protect their inner peace" is perfectly acceptable and not racist at all.

    How disgusting and absolutely pathetic. I'm so thankful that I don't live near nor am forced to interact with any of this racist trash.
     
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    LOL I've got so many other ways to discriminate, skin color comes in very low on the the list.
     
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    Is a black space, a place where the cars cost more than the house, you’re only allowed to speak broken English, there aren’t any fathers, and eventually someone pulls a gun and shoots someone?

    Since we’re talking about racist people saying racist things, might as well toss out some stereotypes:). But seriously I’d rather not be friends with anyone who thinks I need to earn their trust before being invited into their “space”. WTF is that? Getting invited over isn’t brain surgery.

    Just imagine anyone white uttering the phrase can we be friends with black people? Jeezus.
     
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    yes, there are black racists too, and they don't like white people

    same as the white racists that don't like black people
     
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    Black people have trash culture and trash politics, and if being their friend means I have to accept and agree with that trash culture and politics, then why would I or anyone else want to be their friend? Just to have that obligatory black friend to shield you from accusations of racism? No thanks. That’s an asset liberals love having, not normal people.
     
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    Progressives caused this ****. And their solve is to bend over and take it up the ass because of guilt over stuff that happened years ago.
     
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    In the minds of some folks what you said is not possible.

    I had a black roommate for two years and when I mention it I’m told that’s what a racist would say.

    Before being transferred to Puerto Rico a black chick and I did some serious flirting at work and I was about to ask her out but never had the chance. And while in PR I married a PR chick. But I’m told that’s what a racist would say.

    My cousin married a black fireman who is one of the nicest and most charismatic people you’ll ever meet. But I ever tell you that you’ll be told it’s because it’s what a racist would say.
     
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    Can they really be friends with white people? Even white people can't be friends with white people. White people don't have friends! ;)
    Cooking with White People | Awkward Puppets
    Duration: 1:42
     
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    I spent a semester with a Nigerian-African so it's not racist to mention him from college because he is not an Afro-American.
     
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    Yeah it's pretty sad that a certain demographic of this country is trying very hard to rewind the clock backwards to where skin color is what matters most. But since it's white people on the receiving end of the hate it's magically ok now.

    I'm friendly with everyone in general and I will befriend those who share my values regardless of what they look like. My local watering hole is primarily comprised of middle aged white people and owned by an older Korean woman. Based on the ridiculous logic presented in the OP this is the very definition of a "white space". Somehow I feel quite comfortable waltzing in there every weekend evening. I'm so "welcome" in this place that I don't even order, I simply sit down and a beer is brought in front of me because I'm a regular who is friends with the bartenders. Bartenders, one of whom is a lesbian Trump supporter married to another lesbian Trump supporter who both have southern accents that put even mine to shame. The other bartender is a good friend of mine, also white, who I helped pick out Christmas gifts for her daughter who also works there. The daughter, also white, found out that I did that (the survival stuff she knew her mother didn't figure out) so she decided to buy me a Christmas gift herself and gave it to me at the bar 2 weeks ago.

    99.9% of all patrons to my bar are white, all great friendly folks who if I walked in there right now and asked for help of any sort every one of them would put their beers down immediately and lend a hand. I'd do the same for them, it's happened plenty of times before. I rarely ever invite anyone out, I simply head to the bar and meet a bunch of local friends that I know will be there. Again, all white.

    Never once in the years that I've been going there or any other place around here has anyone ever even so much as remotely hinted that there was something "wrong" with the fact that I don't have the same skin color as everyone else. I'm just as comfortable there as I am at family reunion gatherings where they are dozens of black people at a "cookout".

    Hell I've even kick back drinks with a local motorcycle club with a VERY famous name and reputation on more than one occasion here. All white, and also bikers, and also 1%er white bikers. That one honestly did surprise me, I was also taught that those folks actually were racists. Nope, not at all. Don't disrespect those folks though that's for sure, but they were just as friendly as anyone else when they realized I could shoot whiskey. Until I couldn't anymore...at which point I was harassed to no end and ridiculed...but then they made sure I got home ok and invited me back out again like good proper folks would. Don't try to outdrink 3 piece patched famous biker clubs....you won't.

    I've learned throughout my life that folks give WAY LESS of a damn what color you are than the media and society tries to claim they do. Be yourself, be respectful, don't be an ass, and the overwhelming vast majority of people will hang out with you. Hopefully one day society itself realizes that instead of trying to segregate themselves in little bubbles.
     
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    There are no race-based 'infrastructural decisions' .. because public housing is open to anyone who wants it. And more importantly, no one is compelled to live there. If people want to get out of those places, no one is stopping them. As someone famous said ... the bus leaves every hour.

    What they have in these areas is a people problem. People not maintaining their homes, and people choosing to foster the bad behaviour which destroys quality of life for all concerned. There are public housing complexes in Europe and Asia where everyone has great pride in their little home. Again, this is a people problem.
     
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    Post of the week!
     
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    It's not real guilt. It's all just LARPing to enjoy their own (white) supremacy.
     
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    I've been married to a black man for nearly 30 years, and I still ocassionally get called racist for that outrage.

    And you thought we'd left the miscegenation-haters behind with Hitler :p
     
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    there is black trash and white trash... you don't have to accept and agree with the trash
     
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    Ok but it is way in the past. The best bet is to get back to the activities aimed at reducing racism which we had going on for decades. That the left resurrected racism for political gain is a tragedy.
     
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