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Date Posted: 14:02:03 09/20/04 Mon
In reply to:
Shani
's message, "Re: CaLi.....to CaLi" on 12:30:06 09/20/04 Mon
>I understand that you are upset. But being
>African-American, I cannot respect you right now.
>There is no good reason to call anyone a nigger and
>turn around and say (in the same sentence) that you
>are not racist. That's like spitting in a Black
>person's face. I have come across a ton of racist
>white people that have had more than a few things to
>say to me, but that doesn not make it right for me to
>hate all white people everywhere. I don't use racial
>slurs on the board to express my dislike of people
>that I come into contact with on a regular basis and I
>would appreciate it if you did not either. I am not
>asking you to apologize or to leave the board or
>anything like that. I just wanted to express my
>opinions on your comments just as you expressed yours
>about Deb's. It really makes me sad that you would
>feel justified by a bad experience to use a word that
>is intended to rob people of their humanity and
>dignity. We all know a list of racial slurs that we
>can hurl at people, but there is enough going on in
>the world that we don't need to bring up an issue that
>we say doesn't apply to us in the first place. What
>is in your heart comes out of your mouth. So if you
>are truly not racist, you won't feel the need to say
>anything against any ethnic group that would identify
>you as racist.
>
>
>>Yea i know it was wrong of me to use those
>>words....Sorry if i offended anyone....But the ones
>>that i was involved w/didnt use too nice of words, up
>>in my face & it really pissed me off cuz they thought
>>they were supperior over all others....Im not racist
>>but if sumone like that wants to act that way toward
>>me then im gonna have a few things to say about
>>it....I did not call them that to there face nor would
>>i ever but i juss wish theyd respect ppl for who they
>>are n not by there skin color...(which was basically
>>wut the fight wuz all over, for the most part) Im a
>>lil calmer today but it still really gets to me that
>>they act that way, that there like one & if u have a
>>problem w/one of there group then they all have to get
>>involved....Rasizum gets ppl killed everday & these
>>ppl that were involved didnt care at all that they
>>could really be starting sumthing bigger than the
>>picture....Do u understand where im coming from?? I
>>dont use the N word never but after yesterday, it has
>>changed my outlook toward african-americans....If u
>>cant understand me then maybe u should of been there
>>at that very moment in time to have sumone (meaning a
>>guy) up in ur face telling u harsh things, then all
>>his lil ass buddies up in ur b/f's face & the manager
>>of where u work's face too...Then the gurl employees
>>of the same race trying to get in it telling u that
>>they'll kick ur ass anyday when u didnt even say
>>nuthing to them & there spose to be ur friend...Then
>>see how much respect u have for them then....If nobody
>>understands me now then ohwell cuz its my opinion juss
>>like everyone else is intitled to there own
>>opinion.......
hey, i know i'm really not involved in this situation but i would just like to emphasize one of shani's points which i think is a good one......there are tons of people in the world that i dislike....white and black alike (or purple or orange-whatever!) the point is, a person that is a jerk is just simply a jerk- white or black alike....there are also groups of white people who think they are all superior and tough....most of the whole "tough" act is simply a part of growing up....sometimes it even lasts longer than that, but keep in mind it has nothing to do with skin color....i used to hang out with kids in the city, and alot of my ex-friends were extremely racist, so i basically grew up around that kind of talk, that's why i stopped hanging around those kids, i've never been fond of that stuff. i really understand that youre pissed off- we all get pissed off! but just keep in mind these people can just be jerks no matter what ethnicity they may be...in light of this conversation, i'm going to specify myself as a "green".....i hope everyone feels better about this....and cali i hope you can understand shani and debs point of view- you could be hurting more people than you realize using language like that, i'm sure you realize that now
love,
~jane~
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