How long does that have to last for though? 1,000 years?
Also, why is it so hard for you to understand that everyone doesn't agree with you on this and there are plenty of good reasons for that?
> There are people in the US who have been marginalized and oppressed because of the color of their skin...
Oh boohoo. Take a look around you and you'll find plenty of poor white people who have also been marginalized and oppressed because they don't have the money to lobby the government like the rich white people.
People of every race are free to point out Twitters double-standard and Twitter is free to ban them. People are also free to leave Twitter in droves. Personally, I never use it.
How long does that have to last for though? 1,000 years?
Until it stops being a clear and present danger to people of color.
Also, why is it so hard for you to understand that everyone doesn't agree with you on this and there are plenty of good reasons for that?
There are reasons, I would argue most are not "good". Most are based on an embarrassing lack of empathy on the part of white folks.
Oh boohoo.
Oh, the irony of making fun of people of color for feeling marginalized in a thread where white people are freaking out over a tweet. PoC should stop being so sensitive? Let's have white people get to the front of the bus for that trip.
People of every race are free to point out Twitters double-standard and Twitter is free to ban them.
And, I'm free to make fun of my fellow white people for being so sensitive to any perceived slight while they're loudly telling black folks to shut up already about racism.
> Until it stops being a clear and present danger to people of color.
Wooo. Yeah it's so dangerous out there for black people. Poor white people are probably safe though, right? Ummmm...no.
Let's be clear though: The danger you're talking about is words on a page. That's what Twitter is protecting us from.
As if my mind were so weak that I need to be protected from words. That's the real insult here.
> Oh, the irony of making fun of people of color for feeling marginalized in a thread where white people are freaking out...
Yeah, but I'm black. So, where's your argument now? Also, I wasn't making fun - I seriously want you try cry me a river about words on Twitter. Because it's breaking my heart too. Seriously! I wish nobody would use it.
> And, I'm free to make fun of my fellow white people...
OK, but again... I'm black. So, thanks for making fun of my opinion?
Poor white people are probably safe though, right? Ummmm...no.
Class and race are both complicated issues in the US, and they often are interrelated. I'm not saying white people, particularly poor white people, have perfect lives free from fear or harm inflicted by institutions. White people can also have hard lives; but it is not because they are white. That's all I'm saying.
Let's be clear though: The danger you're talking about is words on a page. That's what Twitter is protecting us from.
On that, we're agreed. I don't know that an "I hate black people" tweet by an internet troll is really where Twitter's efforts should be directed. But, the greater harm, I think, comes from the false equivalence of saying that racist tweets about white people are the same as racist tweets about black people. The historical context just isn't the same.
Yeah, but I'm black. So, where's your argument now?
I think I still feel the same way, though obviously I'm moderately surprised you're not white; I've had too many conversations with white folks who take the tone of "black folks need to shut up about racism". I, of course, think you have every right to express your opinion on the matter, and I defer to your greater experience being black (having never been black, myself).
So, thanks for making fun of my opinion?
I made fun of the opinion of white people claiming "racism" against white folks is equivalent to racism against black folks; I stand by that making fun. I think you're making fun of taking twitter seriously, at all, which is another discussion altogether.
Regardless, I'm happy you aren't bothered by racist posts about black folks on twitter. I'm not bothered by racist posts about white folks on twitter. Hooray, I think we agree!
> White people can also have hard lives; but it is not because they are white. That's all I'm saying.
Black people can also have easy lives for reasons outside of skin color.
Black people can also have hard lives for reasons outside of skin color.
As I've pointed out elsewhere...White people can also have a hard time because of their skin color. Try visiting the ghetto or prison sometime.
> I'm not bothered by racist posts about white folks on twitter.
No. What you're doing is much worse than that. You're getting bothered by racists posts about a group of people that you don't even belong to, many members of which don't want your sympathy or your protection because it makes them victims.
Also, why is it so hard for you to understand that everyone doesn't agree with you on this and there are plenty of good reasons for that?
> There are people in the US who have been marginalized and oppressed because of the color of their skin...
Oh boohoo. Take a look around you and you'll find plenty of poor white people who have also been marginalized and oppressed because they don't have the money to lobby the government like the rich white people.
People of every race are free to point out Twitters double-standard and Twitter is free to ban them. People are also free to leave Twitter in droves. Personally, I never use it.