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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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"Why I'm No Longer Talking to Black People about Race."
Consider that statement if you want to read this book. Avoid the mental gymnastics of postmodernism. Ask yourself, "does this statement show love and respect to other humans?"
If you answered no, then you are not a moron. Stay that way. Treat people as individuals, not as stereotypes.
Consider that statement if you want to read this book. Avoid the mental gymnastics of postmodernism. Ask yourself, "does this statement show love and respect to other humans?"
If you answered no, then you are not a moron. Stay that way. Treat people as individuals, not as stereotypes.
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Here's a question. Have you ever talked to a black person about race? Like had an in-depth discussion that lasted hours and hours?
If you answered no, you should probably read the book.
Your hypothetical question carries no weight in your effort to pretend like it's some mind boggling statement where reversing the title of this book causes some to gasp, have an epiphany, and rethink their position.
Sorry this book makes you feel attacked on a personal level.
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Dots replied "...says the white man who doesn't face negative stereotypes in his daily life and has benefitted from a system, culture, and history that coddles and normally promotes his world view. "I'm colorblind, I don't see race", he says proudly, puffing out his chest slightly."
White people don't face negative stereotypes? Really? You all have already deemed him a racist because of his comment, yet you know nothing else about him and nothing he said was racist or hateful. White are constantly deemed:
racists
oppressive
micro aggressors
selfish
descendants of slave owners (forget the fact that the majority of whites never had ancestors who owned slave, or that blacks participated in the slave trade, there were black salve owners, and the African tribes enslaved one another long before colonialism.
To have an easy and privileged life, even if the opposite is true.
To be hate mongers
Cultural appropriators (whites aren’t allowed to have a culture, much less show that they like or respect other cultures)
Thieves (especially when it comes to the westward expansion of the U.S. But whenever a white person gets something, there is always someone else accusing them of stealing it.)
But you’re right. White never face negative stereotypes. Please, educate us some more on your extensive knowledge of white people.
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Read the goddam book before being unnecessarily offended and angry. If you don't like the book, then go ahead with negative comments backed by reason and your logic. But this comment is illogical, and frankly aids the message of Eddo-Lodge. So really, bravo for cementing that.
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It’s unfair to give a book you haven’t read one star just because you don’t like its title.
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Look at the titles of the books in your own reading list before you start complaining about the titles in another's reading list. *eye roll* FYI, books are always judged by their titles.
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