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TBA

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2. I agree

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 27, 2017, 02:15 PM

Jul 2017

I actually had the opportunity to have an extended candid conversation with a young African American man several years ago. Mostly I asked him questions and he told me stories.

This guy looked like he stepped off the cover of GQ. He was extremely handsome and poised. Even so, the discrimination he faced on an almost daily basis was shocking.

I mean... I don't want to sound naive but I thought we were further along. We are not. Racism is the cancer that will kill this country. Trump just metastasized it.

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Will white folks PLEASE STOP whitesplaining the experience of being black in America to black people [View all] onecaliberal Jul 2017 OP

Yes. Don't Talk. Listen. MineralMan Jul 2017 #1

I agree TBA Jul 2017 #2

K&R. White people need to listen, do their own research and talk to their friends and families. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2017 #3

Other than seeing on TV a man who later became Georgia's Governor chase Black people out Hoyt Jul 2017 #4

I was raised in a rural farm community. I've never looked back either. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #6

I had someone whitesplain that he served in the military in Iraq IronLionZion Jul 2017 #5

You'd think that situation would give people pause for thought... onecaliberal Jul 2017 #7

Some people don't have time for thought IronLionZion Jul 2017 #8