Have You All Read . . .

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Originally posted by VirtuousErudite
I read it and I've really been wondering if I am wrong for feeling this way but the two black girls over in the forum who are members of NPC orgs are really irking me. I have no problem with the fact that they decided to go NPC but it sorta bothers me that they made the comment that "I would never date a black man" and one of them went as far as to say "all my friends are white". Maybe I'm being extra sensitive but it just makes me sick to see things like that and I may be reading too much into this but I wonder if they even like black people in general.

i don't think you were too sensitive in making your assessment of the two black women...i was puzzled and saddened as well (and for their sakes, too) by their comments. it's one thing to date other races, but to limit yourself to one race and brag about having race-exclusive friendships is just PLAIN IGNORANT! think about how those comments would sound coming from two white women...i also wonder if their statements were taken as positive and complimentary by the posters who consider themselves "white"...

i find their declarations especially telling...i mean, did ANY of the "others" feel the need to state that they "would never date a white man/woman" or that "all my friends are black"? if i missed it, please let me know...thanks!

i, too, liked the fact that many who posted were "straight up" and basically admitted that bigotry DOES still exist and is still being taught in families. honesty of that type, in such a forum and in life, is a very rare pleasure, indeed.

perhaps, if there were more candid speech EVERYDAY, we'd have fewer misunderstandings--and we'd know EXACTLY where people stood.