In a democracy, the 'minority' has a right to voice their grievances and the 'majority' has the responsibility to be responsive to the needs of the minority. Based on this premise, Blacks or other minority groups can voice what whites can't (and be PC). Even for those in the public eye, words coming from a Black person can be taken in a whole different slant (by EVERYONE) than the same exact words coming from a Black person. THIS IS A FACT.
Maybe I am being 'sensitive', but maybe you are not being 'sensitive' enough?
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Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. We are too easily offended. How many times have we fallen out of our collective seats laughing when a Black comedian tells jokes about White people? Let a White guy tell a joke about us and we'll call the NAACP or Tom Joyner to get a boycott started. How many of us are offended when a White person asks questions about our hair? Or if our skin tans?
Rather that be sensitive, I just respond, like I would to anyone else. If a White woman voiced her opinion to me about who she thinks is a good role model for Black girls, I wouldn't tell her she has no "business" discussing that. I would either agree or disagree, the same way I do with you all. White women have freedom of speech too. Who am I to tell them what they can have an opinion about. Whether we want to admit it or not, we have plenty of opinions about them. And we voice them. There's no reason to get sensitive when they do the same.
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