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To: Question_Assumptions
white people often underestimate racism and don’t always see racism where it really exists

Care to give some examples of that?

I'm half white (going by ethnicity) and seven-eights white (going by race). Is that pale enough to be one of those ignorant blind whiteys who can't see racism?

My other ethnic half is Hispanic. I guess maybe the eeevil white blood in me clouds my vision and prevents me from being a wise Latina.

481 posted on 07/10/2009 9:30:49 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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Mixed-race actress Jessica Alba, when she was pregnant, said, “I hope my baby is brown.” Not one person, liberal or conservative, criticized her for that remark.

Can you imagine the outrage if a mixed-race actress had said, “I hope my baby looks white?” Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and La Raza would be rioting in the streets, baying for her blood like rabid dogs. Why is it okay for black and brown to have pride in their skin color, but light-skinned people (whites - including white Hispanics - and Asians) virtually are required to hate themselves in this era of political correctness and Obama worship?


487 posted on 07/10/2009 9:49:29 PM PDT by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: JillValentine
Care to give some examples of that?

Let's just say that I "driving while black" really does happen and I've personally been surrounded by 5 police cars because there happened to be a black person in my car at the time (the black friend was the only person in the car taken aside and frisked). Further, it's difficult to interpret some of the examples in the original complaint letter as anything but racist but plenty of Freepers are ignoring or dismissing those complaints.

The best illustration of the problem I've ever seen was a nice car pulled over by the state police. Standing on the side of the road was a nicely dressed black couple and the police officer was inside the car searching it thoroughly. What one sees there will likely depend on one's race. Did the police officer have cause to search the car? I don't know for sure but I do know that white people tend to automatically assume the police officer has a legitimate reason for stopping the couple and searching their car while black people tend to assume it's a fishing expedition by the police officer to get something on an otherwise innocent black couple. And in making that assumption, each side has a bias that's inevitably wrong at least some of the time.

And telling me your non-white ethnicity is "Hispanic" is meaningless because "Hispanic" isn't a race.

539 posted on 07/11/2009 8:21:49 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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