[PM_Mama00]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
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If you've (a general you, not an AXJules you or a PM Mama you or whoever) read that and still don't feel like you've ever felt privileged simply by being white, then either (a) people don't think you're white or (b) you aren't paying enough attention.

I went to discussion tonight about issues at my old high school and one of the things we discussed was race. One of the women there said that she doesn't think that many white people can even imagine -- and I would tend to add don't even try to imagine -- what people of color in this country face. Way too many white people immediately go into defensive mode whenever a topic like racism is brought up, and that's not conducive to discussion.

Why can't we have a discussion about discrimination on this board that doesn't involve a discussion on reverse discrimination?

I get what you're saying, but I myself have never been in a position where it was me against other members of other races for whatever situation.

But I have been in a situation where I've seen the hurt on my friend's face and our fave waitress at our diner when a huge fight broke out and the instigators (spelling?) started using the N word on them. But I also saw the pain and anger in my other friend's face when they started with the Asian racist words. So it's not about black or white and it shouldn't always be. Blacks aren't the only ones who get discriminated or disrespected. Like I forgot who said, there are Hispanics, and there are Asians, Indians, Arabs which I think are getting it a lot worse these days, I can't even name everyone on the list.

But I also saw the anger in half of my class's faces when one woman who obviously hated whites (yes I do know this cuz I overheard a conversation between her and one of my friends) uttered the word "honkey". Or how scared I got when I was almost attacked (thank God for power locks and power windows) and called a "white bitch" and "damn honkey".

Racial slurs either way or any way are just shitty.