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Originally posted by Ideal08:
Why can't we be adults and discuss this??? Why does it always get out of hand, and no one wants to talk about it anymore? Why will these questions KEEP resurfacing until we can have a civil discussion about them without people getting their panties or boxer/briefs  in a bunch? I am in no way saying let's start spewing out malicious racial stuff, I'm just saying, can we at least talk about it, dang. And I understand that people might get offended by some stuff, but ok, they will get over it. And that includes me. I'm sure something will get said in this thread that will tick me off. That doesn't mean I'm not woman enough to handle it and move on. That's all I'm saying.
I have faith that we can handle this maturely.
I just don't get it. I have white friends that are near and dear to my heart (and I don't mean associates either, I mean I would die for them, and I know they would do the same for me) and we talk about race stuff all the time. We talk about stereotypes, everything. Why can't we do that here?
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Soror Ideal08:
You've obviously picked very mature and enlightened people as your friends. It's good to hear that you can discuss race issues with them. Not everybody is there yet. We have had roughly 40 years of civil rights in theory, but 40 years of civil rights can't automatically reverse insanity dating back to the 1600s.
Race issues, differences should be discussed. We have to learn.
