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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:22 PM Original message |
My personal experience with stupid, racist police officers: |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good story - and, yes, |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Nope - not just the south. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. "I felt sad and defeated"---Learned Helplessness, is the name of that process. |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I truly feel that most peoples ignorance is just that. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. You're fortunate, but More..... you dared to learn from others. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. When I lived in Austin, I was dating a black man (who is still a really good friend) |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wow. Us black women really dodged a bullet! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. lol n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. It's not a dislike on his part |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You certainly didn't piss me off. Brothers like him are no loss, imho. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. He's a great guy |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So, I have a question for you |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It's my personal belief that people should be free to love whoever they heck they want to |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Polyamorous - reponsible non-monogamists |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. "we rarely talk about race issues, which, just now, strikes me as odd." |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Sure |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you very much for telling us about what happened to you |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. unfortunately, not that unusual story |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I could not believe they kept apologizing to me for just riding in my car. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. & apologizing for being themselves |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. It does, sadly, still exist. I live in a racially mixed neighborhood, which |
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BlueGADawg (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sorry, no way... |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Sorry you don't believe me but I told it exactly as it happened. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. You don't need to explain. |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 07:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Thanks! |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Belated Welcome to DU! |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. obama thinks crowley is neither stupid nor racist |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So we should all just shut the fuck up, huh? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. no, you should rely on evidence and reason |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Ron Reagan READ the evidence last night on the radio. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. You still haven't reviewed Obama's statements, I see. n/t |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Could be the President was being pragmatic and diplomatic to prevent another MSM shitstorm |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. My post said nothing about what Obama thinks of Crowley. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. More accurately, your friend should have said "Welcome to America." |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. I've been in an ongoing discussion with people, white folks, who just don't understand this. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. A story far too common. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. A co-worker who is a young African American woman |
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