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yuiyoshida

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13. Just the other day I was told

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 03:10 PM

Apr 2016

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That if I didn't like America, I should go back to where I came from. HEY! I am American born, and have part Hawaiian Native blood. This person assumed because I am Asian or Japanese that I must be fresh off the boat. Well, guess what? AFTER Japan, my family has three generations in Hawaii before I was born in San Francisco.

Don't assume because I am Asian American, that I must be fresh off the damn boat.

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There was this moment on DU about 8 years that removed all my beliefs that liberals were not racist [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 OP

Hope for DU's sake they were just the RW trolls who've been using DU like a playground blm Apr 2016 #1

no, i dont think any of them were trolls. I think people just assume that white people La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #4

That sickens me, La. blm Apr 2016 #5

i am pretty sure they would all tell you that this had nothing to do with race La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #6

I understand…. blm Apr 2016 #10

I also do not believe it resembles troll behaviour . Quite a unified block reassuring each lunasun Apr 2016 #33

I agree brer cat Apr 2016 #2

I have had an education about many white people, here. Especially the ones who claim Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #3

I don't want to seem like an agitator The Polack MSgt Apr 2016 #20

I only do that so there is less reason to hide what I say, as that is happening a lot to me lately Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #28

That's understood. The Polack MSgt Apr 2016 #35

As we speak I am dealing with GOP trolls on another thread, where the patriots in CA protesting Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #36

Trump's campaign just proves The Polack MSgt Apr 2016 #37

That's a great point... OneGrassRoot May 2016 #43

You have to put that caveat in there because "offended" MADem May 2016 #46

I've always know racist white liberals. The 2008 Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2016 #7

Oh gods, do I ever remember that. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #8

.. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #9

You weren't at all. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2016 #11

I missed all of that- but know you well enough to trust it happened as you say- my friend. bettyellen May 2016 #39

I believe you JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #12

Just the other day I was told yuiyoshida Apr 2016 #13

To tell you the truth, I don't know who any one is. zalinda Apr 2016 #14

Thank you so much for this important and incredibly relevant contribution to the conversation Number23 Apr 2016 #18

and this related to what i said how? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #21

No every one is the same. zalinda Apr 2016 #22

so you're answer to my issue, it to let it go? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #23

You were talking about the Internet. zalinda Apr 2016 #24

how do you none exists? were you in my shoes? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #25

I am only an authority on what I have experienced as a woman. zalinda Apr 2016 #34

Group Host - Please Step Away from This thread JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #32

For me it wasn't DU, but my first job. TygrBright Apr 2016 #15

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #27

As I just explained to another here, if you dont couch it that way (that cant be the right Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #31

I'm so sorry this happened to you here---or anywhere. lexington filly Apr 2016 #16

May I offer ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #29

K&R ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #17

I am sorry :-( etherealtruth Apr 2016 #19

Language and attitude HassleCat Apr 2016 #26

The whole Ferguson episode woke this white male to white privilege gordianot Apr 2016 #30

The Prop 8 fight on DU was illuminating to me. kwassa Apr 2016 #38

there is a thread on Malia Obama going to Harvard when she starts college JI7 May 2016 #40

It's hard when you think blacks are not as intelligent La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #41

That's so true MrScorpio May 2016 #42

How could white liberals be racist if they voted for Obama? YoungDemCA May 2016 #44

Well, if you ever wondered about that before, have a look at this MADem May 2016 #45