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[W2L]

If someone is criticizing 'whites', then yes, it's racist. When we attribue a characteristic to someone because of their race, that is racism.

Minorities can be, and are, just as racist as whites are but we never talk about that. I wonder why.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Racism is bad. I'm not ok with it.

Windsor's black population is around 7000 or about 3 percent!

Detroit's black population nearly 1,000,000 or about 85 percent!!

There is no universe where these are remotely comparable!!!

But you're pretty okay with it.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Minorities can be, and are, just as racist as whites are but we never talk about that. I wonder why.

Minorities are just as racist as whites. Start a thread about which issues are adversly affecting whites and I'll participate.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

But you're pretty okay with it.

Would you be happy if Windsor looked more like Detroit?

Consider this, so you can know me a little better than you do. I live in a city renowned in the region for the quality of drinking water (keep Flint, MI in mind). However, I drink only distilled water, have for 50 years. I also have a filter on my shower head to remove chlorine, etc. That, among many other aspects of life, places me in the smallest of minorities. So much so that most people don't understand me at all.

 

[PeachyKeane]

The truth sometimes hurts. People are so papered over with lies that when they hear the truth they can't "haaaaaandle" it.

So what is 'the truth' about people like me?

 

[Speedwell]

You would prefer 'benign neglect'? I can do that.

The "neglect" part, anyway.

 

[Speedwell]

The truth sometimes hurts. People are so papered over with lies that when they hear the truth they can't "haaaaaandle" it.

And why are you uniquely placed to reveal these lies and to pronounce that racism is no longer an important problem for minorities?

 

[W2L]

Minorities are just as racist as whites. Start a thread about which issues are adversly affecting whites and I'll participate.

Its about love for everyone, even for whites.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

So what is 'the truth' about people like me?

Much of the black community in America is deeply troubled.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Its about love for everyone, even for whites.

That needs clarification, to wit, you don't have to like someone in order to love them. Godly love, agape/agapeo has no such requirement.

 

[bhsmte]

Much of the black community in America is deeply troubled.

Define "much". Also give us specifics.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Much of the black community in America is deeply troubled.

Much of America is troubled. Black, white, brown and polka-dot. The question I'm still posing is why I cannot be compared to a person from Windsor?

 

[PeachyKeane]

Its about love for everyone, even for whites.

Okay...? Do you have a specific complaint?

 

[PeachyKeane]

Would you be happy if Windsor looked more like Detroit?

If Windsor looked more like Detroit how?

Consider this, so you can know me a little better than you do. I live in a city renowned in the region for the quality of drinking water (keep Flint, MI in mind). However, I drink only distilled water, have for 50 years. I also have a filter on my shower head to remove chlorine, etc. That, among many other aspects of life, places me in the smallest of minorities. So much so that most people don't understand me at all.

Aspects of life makes each person a minority. You're an individual. So am I. At the same time, that also doesn't make you different or special.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

And why are you uniquely placed to reveal these lies and to pronounce that racism is no longer an important problem for minorities?

Like I said in one of my posts yesterday in this thread, minorities don't need white people coming into their communities and telling them what they need to do with their own lives or how they should live their lives or how they should feel about the racial injustices committed against their own people and their ancestors. Minorities don't need white people telling them to get over the past and move on.

I can't recall how many times I've heard white people try to insist how Native Americans should feel about their experiences as Native Americans or how minorities should react to racism against them. I've encountered many white people over the years who just had to add their two cents worth about what it must be feel like to be a minority or who have even tried to insist racism no longer exists.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Define "much". Also give us specifics.

I don't think the comment needs to be placed under a microscope.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Much of America is troubled. Black, white, brown and polka-dot. The question I'm still posing is why cannot I not be compared to a person from Windsor?

Maybe you can, as an individual. It depends on the metric.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Aspects of life makes each person a minority. You're an individual. So am I. At the same time, that also doesn't make you different or special.

I believe that I'm different and special. The world needs more people like me.

 

[bhsmte]

I don't think the comment needs to be placed under a microscope.

Of course not. That may reveal something.

 

[PeachyKeane]

Maybe you can, as an individual. It depends on the metric.

You said - and I can quote it if you'd like - that Windsor cannot be compared to Detroit because Detroit is mostly black.

Under what circumstances would I, a Detroiter, be comparable to a Windsorite?