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Originally posted by PM_Mama00
So it's ok that my car was assaulted and I was called a white bitch and this girl attempted to attack me (thank god for counting money and power windows) even tho I did nothing wrong (cept accidentally cut someone off but I apologized)? It's ok that on my way back from up north Michigan at a rest area I saw "honkey" carved into the cement? It's ok that when I got lost in the ghetto of Detroit (Woodward near Cass if you know what I'm talkin bout) I saw a large wooden sign on the outside of a bar that said "No Honkies Allowed". So it's ok if I say the word HONKEY?
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I wouldn't call that discrimination, because honestly I don't think any of the people who did those things were in a position to discriminate against you . . . you weren't putting yourself out there for their approval. Do I think some of those things were hateful? Of course. Do I think they were racist? Sure. But in my mind there's a difference between "racism" and "discrimination."
I'm not one of those people who thinks that black people can't be racist. But I do think that there's a difference between racism and discrimination, and unless you go to work at BET and they claim they can't hire you cause you're white, you're probably not "being discriminated against because you're Caucasian."
On a side note, am I the only white person who isn't offended in the least by the terms "honkey" or "cracker"? During my whole childhood, I never heard them used as anything but a joke and so now whenever I hear them, I can't take them seriously.
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