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Post: 94970959_1 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:23:25 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:23:25 +0000

rac·ist
ˈrāsəst/
noun
1. a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.

a person
not a white person

lmao
im srry im middle eastern, and ik a s**t ton of racist people in my family
ik a s**t ton of racist asians
ik a s**t ton of racist latinos and hispanics
ik a s**t ton of racist indians
ik a s**t ton of racist.... wait for it.... wait..... black people ?!?!??! WHAT?!?!?!?! NO WAY?!?!?!

i've been seeing this on like every social media page there is
but then again, with social media comes a majority of dumb asses so there's that

sry this just pisses me off, anyone can be racist to any race

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Post: 94970959_2 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:25:11 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:25:11 +0000

Yeah but Thanksgiving though.

Thanksgiving.

For All Seasons

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Post: 94970959_3 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:26:33 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:26:33 +0000

I like Thanksgiving.

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Post: 94970959_4 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:27:00 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:27:00 +0000

Agreed

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Post: 94970959_5 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:28:02 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:28:02 +0000

Sabre Sss

Yeah but Thanksgiving though.

Thanksgiving.

For All Seasons

I like Thanksgiving.

my family never celebrated thanksgiving oops
we did get together and what not
but not for the sake of giving thanks or acknowledging the holidays

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Post: 94970959_6 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:28:41 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:28:41 +0000

ya p much

tho what really annoys me is when I talk to people and they're like "everyone's racist" like that makes it ok

that's like harassing women for sex and maybe even raping them and saying "everyone's horny"

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Post: 94970959_7 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:29:03 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:29:03 +0000

Cheryl Tunt

Agreed

ty pal
u can't rlly disagree
it's the definition, p much a fact
like religious people calling science wrong

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Post: 94970959_8 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:29:07 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:29:07 +0000

buhreez

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Yeah but Thanksgiving though.

Thanksgiving.

For All Seasons

I like Thanksgiving.

my family never celebrated thanksgiving oops
we did get together and what not
but not for the sake of giving thanks or acknowledging the holidays

Actually I think Thanksgiving is supposed to acknowledge how white people stole land and turkies and are now celebrating their victory.

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Post: 94970959_9 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:30:16 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:30:16 +0000

Stan and his DiggerNick

i rlly don't think they know what racist means
they probably think saying that means we all view each other differently
no s**t, honey

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Post: 94970959_10 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:31:24 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:31:24 +0000

buhreez

Stan and his DiggerNick

i rlly don't think they know what racist means
they probably think saying that means we all view each other differently
no s**t, honey

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Post: 94970959_11 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:31:25 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:31:25 +0000

Sabre Sss

buhreez

Sabre Sss

Yeah but Thanksgiving though.

Thanksgiving.

For All Seasons

I like Thanksgiving.

my family never celebrated thanksgiving oops
we did get together and what not
but not for the sake of giving thanks or acknowledging the holidays

Actually I think Thanksgiving is supposed to acknowledge how white people stole land and turkies and are now celebrating their victory.

oh we have something like than in iraq but it's like how muslims came in and killed a s**t ton of people to claim land heh

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Post: 94970959_12 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:32:50 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:32:50 +0000

True

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Post: 94970959_13 created on Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:37:01 +0000
Posted: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:37:01 +0000

oh god not this thread again. plz no

I'm gonna put in the super short super imprecise version here in case someone comes in and gets all srs and harshes my mellow this early in the day.

When people say that only white people can be racist, they aren't using the dictionary definition. Racism in that sense is not only discrimination, but in a way that meaningfully impacts the lives of the discriminated group as a whole. So while anyone can discriminate against anyone, only those in a favorable position of power can be "racist." White people are in that position of power inherently as that's the system that's been historically in place.

I've heard it better described than what I've just said, but that's the gist. I personally think it's dumb to use the word racism that way, as it just causes confusion like this thread and that leads to conflict and misunderstandings and when its all said and done no progress gets made just because people aren't on the same page. Like literally every time this thread gets made this happens there's some shittalking discussion instead of a more meaningful discussion on the topic. It's unfortunate sad