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MrScorpio

(73,712 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:52 PM Apr 2018

Filed under "Things that only white people can do in America"

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Filed under "Things that only white people can do in America" (Original Post) MrScorpio Apr 2018 OP

Yep irisblue Apr 2018 #1

Bingo! Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #2

The one that sticks in my head are the guys on the bridge pointing loaded rifles at Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #3

I remember that as well. thucythucy Apr 2018 #4

Here's a white guy who was arrested over 100 times IronLionZion Apr 2018 #5

The Very Smart Brothas wrote a list last of things to do JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #6

irisblue

(34,261 posts)

1. Yep

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:57 PM

Apr 2018

Anytime from now on that triffling piece of "Becky fluff" gets googled for a job....
Someone(ahem) will see this as a good thing.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)

2. Bingo!

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:58 PM

Apr 2018

Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts)

3. The one that sticks in my head are the guys on the bridge pointing loaded rifles at

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 05:59 PM

Apr 2018

government officials in Nevada.

Nothing, ZIP happened to them. Had they been a group of Black Panthers, all would be dead now.

thucythucy

(8,742 posts)

4. I remember that as well.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 06:47 PM

Apr 2018

Picture perfect definition of white privilege.

IronLionZion

(46,968 posts)

5. Here's a white guy who was arrested over 100 times

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 08:49 AM

Apr 2018

and murdered a cop recently. https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/somerville-career-criminal-arrested-killing-yarmouth-cop

No matter how much data is out there on white guys killing cops, the cops still believe in their gut that the one that kills them won't be white.

JustAnotherGen

(33,550 posts)

6. The Very Smart Brothas wrote a list last of things to do

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:47 AM

Apr 2018

To Make White people uncomfortable - which translates to 'things to not do' - because only . . .

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/50-ways-to-make-white-people-uncomfortable-1825188582

1. Be black.

2. Be not white.

3. Be not white and not American.

4. Tell the truth.

5. Cite facts.

6. Talk about the past.

7. Talk about the present day.

8. Talk about the future.

9. Say things like “Hi” and “Excuse me” and “Perhaps, if I were so inclined, I’d meet you at Chipotle later. But alas, my palate is discerning, and you will, instead, find me at Waffle House.”

10. Enter buildings.

11. Walk past buildings.

12. Walk.

13. Stand.

14. Sleep.

15. Have an appropriate response to a thing a white person or a group of white people did, which can sometimes be anger.

16. Remind them of the truth.

17. Remind them that there are people other than white people.

18. Remind them that the people other than white people also happen to be people.

19. Remind them of anything, really, including a Jeep.

20. Shop at a mall.

21. Drive a car.

22. Sit in a car that someone else is driving.

23. Have money.

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