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What Many of Us White Americans Still Do Not Understand
Townhall.com ^ | November 16, 2021 | Michael Brown

Posted on 11/16/2021 5:41:30 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 11/16/2021 5:41:30 AM PST by Kaslin
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Spots. He sees spots. Lots of spots.


2 posted on 11/16/2021 5:44:21 AM PST by corkoman
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“And do you need to have ‘the talk’ with your boys when they become teenagers, …”

Yes, I did. The same speech that got a guy fired a few years ago.

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3 posted on 11/16/2021 5:44:24 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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I will not nor will I ever “grieve” over something my great, great, great grandparents may or may not have done. And the “we just want you to listen” went out the window years ago.

What they are really saying is “shut up, whitey and hand over whatever we ask for.”

I’m sick of it.

L


4 posted on 11/16/2021 5:47:09 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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The “Black Community” is a political construct to create the appearance of unity where there actually is none. The concept of a black community is racist to the very core of the thought


5 posted on 11/16/2021 5:47:24 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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I think he’d be better served looking at black “culture” rather than blaming whitey.


6 posted on 11/16/2021 5:47:56 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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No, navel gazing like this screed are the problem. People are people, done.


7 posted on 11/16/2021 5:48:16 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Kaslin

EXCELLENT ARTICLE thank you for giving a new perspective.


8 posted on 11/16/2021 5:50:03 AM PST by southernindymom
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I understand the language of looters. The racial victimology is a new version of the ancient con game, but the substance of the arguments has not changed.


9 posted on 11/16/2021 5:51:27 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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I have had the “talk” with all my children about how to interact with a policeman and I am white as can be.

Stay in the car
Keep your hands visible
Make no sudden moves
Be polite, contrite and respectful at all times

And above all, if you resist arrest in any way, fully EXPECT to be shot dead!


10 posted on 11/16/2021 5:53:26 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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And do you need to have ‘the talk’ with your boys when they become teenagers, urging them to respond to police officers with the utmost respect lest they be shot?


It’s a core part of the upbringing and doesn’t need a separate talk unless things are going wrong. Antagonizing someone with a gun is just a bad idea.


11 posted on 11/16/2021 5:54:25 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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Let’s just ignore current black behavior and focus on past white behavior, says the author.


12 posted on 11/16/2021 5:55:10 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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They want us to know our history better than many of us do, not just praising past American exceptionalism but also grieving over past American racism.

No, they're not really interested in us "grieving" over past American racism, they want retribution for the racism that none of us had anything to do with, and they want us to ignore the epidemic levels of black racism against whites that exists today. Not only to ignore it, but to actively support it, and to PAY for the privilege.

13 posted on 11/16/2021 5:57:21 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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"I will not nor will I ever “grieve” over something my great, great, great grandparents may or may not have done. And the “we just want you to listen” went out the window years ago. What they are really saying is “shut up, whitey and hand over whatever we ask for.” I'm sick of it."

Agree. This is defeatist tripe from those who will lead us to destruction.

14 posted on 11/16/2021 5:58:17 AM PST by Truth29
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As white Americans, when we watch the video of the tragic death of George Floyd, do we see this as race related?

Pretty clear that this writer has already been manipulated by the racism hustlers.

The facts are that George Floyd died of a drug overdose while being restrained by the police, after resisting arrest. The race of all involved in that is irrelevant.

The massive media propaganda campaign has been effective, but if a writer is going to ask people to use critical thinking, and introspection, he needs to give a much better example of his own thinking.

15 posted on 11/16/2021 5:59:02 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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“And do you need to have ‘the talk’ with your boys when they become teenagers, urging them to respond to police officers with the utmost respect lest they be shot?”

I am lily white. I was taught by my lily white dad to be respectful to police officers. To this day, it’s “yes sir”, or “yes officer”, even to a 25 year old. This is silly. There is a reason many whites are wary of blacks from the outset. Check crime statistics and get back to me. Behave and we all get along.


16 posted on 11/16/2021 5:59:40 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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These acts were not done by everyday Americans, they were done by progressive democrats. Today, those same progressives have turned their divisive policies on white people. It’s always one group against another with these progressive dems. It’s how they derive their power. It’s a very dangerous game, but it has played well for them so far. What scares me now is that they have actually made it acceptable to discriminate against people for being strait white. I myself am having difficulty finding medical care because of my race, sexual identity and preference. It may shorten my life because I do not fit in one of their aggrieved peoples bucket. I pay my bills and taxes which pay for those who do not pay their bills. It’s modern day slavery.


17 posted on 11/16/2021 5:59:59 AM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Stay in the car
Keep your hands visible
Make no sudden moves
Be polite, contrite and respectful at all times

It's not too difficult.

I have a sibling who is a LEO. When pulling over any AA, the first response is usually 'you just pulled me over 'cause I'm black'. The fact that they were driving 95 mph has nothing to do with it!

18 posted on 11/16/2021 6:01:42 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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Listen to what? Criminals fighting the police and then complaining when they get an end result they don’t like?


19 posted on 11/16/2021 6:02:20 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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I was raised in a church with an anti-Catholic bias. It took me well into adulthood to realize and accept that the Catholics of today were not the same people that committed atrocities centuries ago.

It confounds me how people attempt to hold descendants accountable for the actions of their forebears. The “you owe me because your great, great grandfather owned my great, great grandfather” argument is destructive. Everyone has ancestors who were abused by one group or the other. The only way to move on is to let go.


20 posted on 11/16/2021 6:02:40 AM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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