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Old 07-05-2008, 02:19 PM
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Isn't it time we stopped accepting the blame and feeling the guilt for crimes and actions of which we, the current generation, had no part?
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You feel guilty for being white? That sounds like an issue to address during therapy.
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I don't know about you, but I don't feel sorry at all. There is a difference between empathy and guilt.

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You feel guilty for being white? That sounds like an issue to address during therapy.
I don't feel a bit guilty or sorry for being white. I simply think it is time to acknowledge that the playing field has largely been leveled. I am tired of watching minority members play the race card when racism is not an issue and getting away with it because no one wants to be accused of racism for telling them to give it a rest.
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I don't feel a bit guilty or sorry for being white.
Well why start the thread?

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I simply think it is time to acknowledge that the playing field has largely been leveled.
Has it really?

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I am tired of watching minority members play the race card when racism is not an issue and getting away with it because no one wants to be accused of racism for telling them to give it a rest.
Ok, I can live with that. Give us some examples of how the race card is being played when there was no racism.


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The shame of my own particular whiteness usually lasts until May.

June, tops.
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I didn't do (*)(*)(*)(*). I'm white and I have no guilt; probably because I'm the most unprejudiced person I know but no guilt none the less.
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Isn't it time we stopped accepting the blame and feeling the guilt for crimes and actions of which we, the current generation, had no part?
perhaps an alternate question: do racists exist today?
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perhaps an alternate question: do racists exist today?
Unfortunately, yes, but their numbers are dwindling.
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