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NYT: Can My Children Be Friends With White People?
The New York Times ^ | 11/10/17 | Ekow N. Yankah

Posted on 11/12/2017 7:21:58 AM PST by Simon Green

My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old’s happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best friend. “My best friends are you and Mama and my brother and …” But even a child’s joy is not immune to this ominous political period. This summer’s images of violence in Charlottesville, Va., prompted an array of questions. “Some people hate others because they are different,” I offer, lamely. A childish but distinct panic enters his voice. “But I’m not different.”

It is impossible to convey the mixture of heartbreak and fear I feel for him. Donald Trump’s election has made it clear that I will teach my boys the lesson generations old, one that I for the most part nearly escaped. I will teach them to be cautious, I will teach them suspicion, and I will teach them distrust. Much sooner than I thought I would, I will have to discuss with my boys whether they can truly be friends with white people.

Meaningful friendship is not just a feeling. It is not simply being able to share a beer. Real friendship is impossible without the ability to trust others, without knowing that your well-being is important to them. The desire to create, maintain or wield power over others destroys the possibility of friendship. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous dream of black and white children holding hands was a dream precisely because he realized that in Alabama, conditions of dominance made real friendship between white and black people impossible.

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As against our gauzy national hopes, I will teach my boys to have profound doubts that friendship with white people is possible.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: identity; racist; white; whitepeople; whites
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To: lee martell

Had a young couple that I liked that lived next door to me for 16 years. They had a new baby boy and subsequently his younger brother came along. They were very nice people. Their children would come over and help me wash my car, dig weeds and shovel snow. They knew that our friendship made them the only children in the neighborhood that were allowed to play in my yard.


81 posted on 11/12/2017 8:19:20 AM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Simon Green; BenLurkin; Lurker; neverevergiveup; Scott from the Left Coast; chris37; Jonty30; ...

Fake hate crimes by black citizens against white citizens is part of the problem...

Ekow N. Yankah needs to read the list - then ask why WE should extend ‘trust’ ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/


82 posted on 11/12/2017 8:19:28 AM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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To: Simon Green

Blacks perpetuate racism far more than whites. The Liberals want to keep racism alive and well. It give them hope of keeping black voting Dmeocrat


83 posted on 11/12/2017 8:23:32 AM PST by okie 54
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To: Simon Green

Is it just a coincidence this author’s first name, spelled backward, is “woke.”


84 posted on 11/12/2017 8:23:43 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: petitfour

Five years ago, Mr. Inspectorette suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. I was waiting outside the CCU, obviously distraught, when an African-American man who was with four or five middle-aged AA ladies approached me and asked if I was OK. I told him about Mr. Inspectorette, and he asked if I would like them to pray with me. I gratefully accepted and they wrapped me in prayer in love. I will never forget that moment.


85 posted on 11/12/2017 8:24:10 AM PST by Inspectorette
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To: petitfour

I so wish race didn’t matter to anyone.

We all know it doesn’t matter to God. It’s awful we can’t live as He would have us live.


86 posted on 11/12/2017 8:24:25 AM PST by warsaw44
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To: Spok

But brains deal with generalizations in absence of specific data... That’s my point. I think we agree.

When we don’t know an individual the tendency is to act upon one’s generalizations, especially when pushed for a decision by circumstances.


87 posted on 11/12/2017 8:26:07 AM PST by Tallguy (Twitter short-circuits common sense. Please engage your brain before tweeting.)
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To: Simon Green

“...I will have to discuss with my boys whether they can truly be friends with white people. “

Uh, you are an Asshole and at a minimum derelict as a father....

Intentionally....


88 posted on 11/12/2017 8:27:18 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Simon Green

Remember: it’s not racial discrimination when black people do it.


89 posted on 11/12/2017 8:28:02 AM PST by Tzimisce
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To: GOPJ

http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/

Second source.


90 posted on 11/12/2017 8:28:16 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Fungi

He looks like a yanker.


91 posted on 11/12/2017 8:28:55 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Simon Green

Obviously already teaching kids to hate Whitey and to blame all their failures on Whitey.

What the hell are “gauzy national hopes “?


92 posted on 11/12/2017 8:30:49 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Tallguy

Right, but we should always be aware that we’re doing so and be cognizant of the potential for error and injustice. Human beings should benefit from doubt whenever it’s practicable.


93 posted on 11/12/2017 8:41:09 AM PST by Spok
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To: Simon Green

Mama’s right . . . stay the hell away from us white folks. It’s obvious that your raising a racist future criminal. Just stay away.


94 posted on 11/12/2017 8:44:42 AM PST by laweeks
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To: BenLurkin

if what this racist says is true, why are thousands of non-whites busting their behinds trying to get into the United Stares and Canada by any means possible.


95 posted on 11/12/2017 8:47:34 AM PST by albertabound
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To: Simon Green
It is impossible to convey the mixture of heartbreak and fear I feel for him.

Hey, Parent: And YOU will be the cause as you project YOUR prejudices onto your son....

Ever think of following the example of thousands of black parents that don't project such pre-prejudice onto their children?

Their children grow up and prosper without the lead ball and chain of fear/hate towards white people - just because they're white.

96 posted on 11/12/2017 8:54:23 AM PST by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/5978-there-is-nothing-more-painful-to-me-at-this-stage


97 posted on 11/12/2017 8:55:06 AM PST by albertabound
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To: Simon Green

That are the rantings a true racist!


98 posted on 11/12/2017 8:57:45 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Simon Green

“We seem to be entering dark times – allegations are being printed as facts and lives are being put in jeopardy without a hearing, due process or evidence,”

What a RACIST POS!

If white people said this about black people, what would the response be?


99 posted on 11/12/2017 9:04:21 AM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: Simon Green
Can My Children Be Friends With White People?

I guess the answer to that is another question, "How thorough of a job did you do in raising them as bigoted racists?"

100 posted on 11/12/2017 9:05:29 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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