[Errant]

Most people don't have a clue how black folk feel when it comes to issues of race. I've lived, worked with, and befriended black folks all of my life. Only a few times have I had a black person confide in me how they really felt - it was eye opening. Things like, "You're the only white person I've ever considered a "real" friend", and on this particular story (twelve years a slave), "I don't care to talk about slavery".

Don't ignore the author opening up about their feelings - they run deep in the black community - deeper than most whites will ever know.

Just sayin'...

[CatherineofAragon]

Sorry, I’m all out of sympathy. All they DO is talk about their “feelings” concerning race. I’m sick of it.

If they lived in Africa or Haiti or any other country where blacks are the majority, they’d quickly come to realize that some have real reasons to complain.

Meanwhile, blacks are assaulting whites in the streets, sometimes fatally, BECAUSE they are white, with virtually no pushback.

When it comes to their never-ending racial angst, they can shut up already.

[2ndDivisionVet]

There was a time when I might have cared. Five years on, that ship has sailed.

[Nifster]

And those feelings will continue to stay hidden as long as smarmy elitists like Ms. Okoro continue to miss their ‘teachable’ moment. IF she truly wants to be able to have honest dialog about race part of the responsibility is hers

[ladyjane]

Most people don't have a clue how black folk feel

It is very clear how black people feel. Many of them are very angry and hate all white people. No mystery.

[Venturer]

Yeah well we white folks have feelings too, Do you think any black gives a flying ****?

[hosepipe]

Don’t ignore the author opening up about their feelings - they run deep in the black community - deeper than most whites will ever know.

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Envy and projection of personal guilt on others runs deep..
and BEGS for Affirmative Action.. as retribution..

It is quite criminal.. you know.. EVIL... as well as being lame..
The bitch is evil.. AND stupid..

[Boogieman]

Sure, what you say is true. The thing is: most of us just don’t care anymore.

We used to care. We tried to bow and scrape and make amends. Didn’t work. They hate us anyway, and all signs say that they will always hate us. So why should we bother caring about how they feel when nothing we can do, short of all killing ourselves, will do anything to change it?

[Altura Ct.]

"Most people don't have a clue how black folk feel when it comes to issues of race"

Lord have mercy, blacks and race is one of the most talked about subjects in this nation.

Why is it always implied that how blacks feel about race is paramount?

[fr_freak]

Most people don't have a clue how black folk feel when it comes to issues of race.

Agreed. I've had some conversations with the black folks that would blow most white people's minds. Most recently was a black lady I worked with whom I got to be fairly close friends. She made an offhand remark one day about the big boss (an old white guy) and how she wouldn't be surprised if he were in the KKK. Surely you're joking, I told her, he's the most harmless fuzzball around and the KKK are some nasty fellows. She answered that, as far as she was concerned, any and all white people are members of the KKK until proven otherwise. Mind you, this is in California, which is not exactly a KKK bastion. You get that? As far as she is concerned, simply by the virtue of the color of your skin, she'll see you as one of the most vile, nasty people around.