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Black Yale student falls asleep in a dorm common area so a white student calls the police on her.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/...rnd/index.html

05-09-2018 , 07:20 PM

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Onion

05-09-2018 , 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin J

Hmm. Pretty interesting disagreement then because I think the optics of seeing almost exclusively black people and very few, if any, whites protesting obvious straight up racism are also pretty terrible. In fact, it makes me sick. Since the election I've shown up at protests and marches and as a white male it's a very powerful feeling. How much more powerful would the optics be if instead of a sprinkling of white people (or men among women), our true majority were represented?

It's not a matter of who's job it is. It's a matter of who's problem it is. If you think racism is strictly a problem reserved for non-whites to handle for themselves, then I don't know what to say. As American citizens we should have each other's backs. Leaving it solely, or even mostly, to non-whites to fight for every inch of their rights is just wrong imo. JFC it's 2018. When will whites become every bit as outraged when black people get kicked out of a Starbucks and ARRESTED for something that no white person ever would? Or shot DEAD by law enforcement for something no white person ever would, or when a Hispanic man gets a ****ing gun pulled on him for buying mementos. Like that would ever happen to a white person? Or AirBnB guests leaving a home and having cops called on them because they were black. Or two people visiting a college and having cops called on them because they weren't white... And this is just the most obvious **** that makes the news. When do white people rise up in unison and shout enough!

I'm not saying go home, this is a job for whitey. I'm saying racism and discrimination is a problem for EVERYONE who wants to live in a culturally diverse, educated, and progressive society. I think it's not only necessary, but mandatory that more white people are fighting along side non-whites in the battle for equal rights and treatment. And it should be to the point where non-whites shouldn't even have to show up. Whites should beat them there.

Last note: I agree it's sad that non-whites don't get the respect that whites do, but it's unfortunately still a fact. When "Trump's America" sees a bunch of blacks protesting it's an affirmation of what they fear most. An uprising from oppression and there go them blacks getting outta line again. It's important to remind them they are a minority among whites and think having huge turnouts of majority whites protesting makes a much bigger impact and lets racists know this is NOT their America and they will not win.

I mostly just browse the politics forum because there are a lot of smart and knowledgeable posters here. Maybe I'm thinking about it all wrong. If there's a better way towards progress way I'm all ears.

In truth it's optimal for minority groups to lead change efforts with substantial support of allies in majority culture.

05-09-2018 , 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by eyebooger

https://twitter.com/ABC7Brad/status/993918551730900992

Looooool I saw that earlier today and rolled my eyes, but just now noticed the fine print... that's where I grew up.

Edit:
This was our previous claim to internet fame, so... yea seems about right

https://youtu.be/y3Nqxzf37Kg

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05-12-2018 , 12:19 AM

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05-12-2018 , 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by micro dong

When are Trump's detractors gonna stop getting BTFO?

This is what telling on yourself looks like.

05-12-2018 , 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by microbet

Nice one. You don't do a lot of zingers, but your batting average is very high.

The joke about “Obamadeaths” or whatever in the other thread slayed me.

05-12-2018 , 03:49 PM

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Michigan’s GOP has a plan to shield some people from Medicaid work requirements. They’re overwhelmingly white.

African Americans make up about 23 percent of that population, but they would make up only 1.2 percent of the people eligible for the unemployment exemption. White people make up 57 percent of the total potential affected population, but they make up 85 percent of the group eligible for the unemployment exemption, according to an analysis of the state's data.

05-12-2018 , 03:52 PM

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Michigan’s GOP has a plan to shield some people from Medicaid work requirements. They’re overwhelmingly white.

African Americans make up about 23 percent of that population, but they would make up only 1.2 percent of the people eligible for the unemployment exemption. White people make up 57 percent of the total potential affected population, but they make up 85 percent of the group eligible for the unemployment exemption, according to an analysis of the state's data.

If Ta-Nehisi wrote The Case For Reparations today, this policy would be front and center

05-14-2018 , 11:04 AM

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05-14-2018 , 11:40 AM

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i just stumbled across this. kid has 11.8k followers already for being 'an 11 year old who LOVES our president!'. closer inspection reveals 90% of the kids posts to be retweets of his mother, a FNC talking head called Dr Gina, who is clearly forcing him to do it. the only posts the kid actually makes himself are about cute animals, because he's ****ing 11.

i feel like this has the right combination of absurdity and sadness to fit the thread. stop pimping out your child and let him play with lizards like he wants to ffs

05-14-2018 , 02:18 PM

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05-14-2018 , 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by gobbo

Well I mean, Fox News is essentially a government arm at this point

05-14-2018 , 02:30 PM

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lol get rid of ****in arkansas

05-14-2018 , 03:48 PM

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https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/996114173863038978

05-14-2018 , 09:12 PM

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05-15-2018 , 04:19 PM

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Bah. The comments are the real story here. I wonder how much of it is troll farm.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...him/610430002/

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In a video seen 1.6 million times on Twitter by Monday night, the man turns to the woman and asks, "Is it Halloween or something?" When she replies, "Do you know I am a Muslim?" and inquires whether he has a problem with it, he says, "I don't like your religion, how's that?" and adds, "I don't want to be killed by you."

05-15-2018 , 04:52 PM

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99% of the time they are yelling at women.

05-16-2018 , 12:42 AM

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http://www.latinorebels.com/2018/05/16/angrywhitedude/

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This is a quick transcript of what transpired:

WHITE DUDE: …your staff are speaking Spanish to customers, when they should be speaking English.

EMPLOYEE: Sometimes they do…

WHITE DUDE: Every person I listened to. He spoke it. He spoke it. She’s speaking it. It’s America.

VOICE 1: It is America.

VOICE 2: That’s ****ed up.

VOICE 1: He’s very ignorant, and he shouldn’t be allowed…

WHITE DUDE: So I will be following up, and my guess is, they’re not documented. So my next call is to ICE to have each one of them kicked out of my country. If they have the balls to come here and live off of my money. I pay for their welfare. I pay for their ability to be here. The least they can do, they least they can do is speak English…. If you intend on running a place in midtown Manhattan, your staff should be speaking English, not Spanish.

VOICE 1: Because of people like you, our nation is ****ed up…

WHITE DUDE: Honey, I’m calling ICE..

VOICE 1: Call ICE.

WHITE DUDE: Maybe you shouldn’t eat that sandwich today. Take a break from the food.

VOICE 1: Maybe you should get hit by a car, you piece of ****.

05-16-2018 , 12:48 AM

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Sounds like he is loitering, trespassing, causing a public disturbance, interfering with the normal course of business of a public establishment, and making threats.

Call the cops and lock him up!

05-16-2018 , 02:37 AM

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odds that guy actually has even ever opened the Quran/Koran?

05-16-2018 , 02:49 AM

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Opened the article to take a look:

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Some White Dude in Midtown Manhattan....

Gotta be honest, was not expecting that.

Edit: Tourist, maybe?

05-16-2018 , 07:47 AM

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GA gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams:

If the GA governor race rings a deplorable bell, but the name Michael Williams does not, you may be remembering this other ad I posted itt from a different candidate.

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Brian Kemp for Georgia Governor:

Deplorables gonna have a tough choice come May 22.

05-16-2018 , 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

Opened the article to take a look:

Gotta be honest, was not expecting that.

Edit: Tourist, maybe?

Tourist from Staten Island?

But, rich guys suck. Just about the only pricincts that voted Trump in LA county were in Beverly Hills and Rolling Hills (a super rich town that is entirely gated off). He was just probably a typical Wall Street dude.

05-16-2018 , 02:53 PM

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Just came to post the Manhattan guy video but see ICE has been called on my pony. It's really disturbing how frequently these incidents are happening now. Maybe they're just getting more publicity than before? Either way, Trump's America is an awful gross place.

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