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Originally Posted by Guest
Because I live in the constant hope that someone just might, maybe just one, might re-examine their reflexive responses to anything that involves issues of race. That any story which includes POC feeling they have been victims of racism is a hoax. That while it is not possible to ever expect white people to understand on anything more than an intellectual basis what living as a POC is like, I hope some would not dismiss their concerns, their pain, their worldview as a fake and a hoax. So I present this proof that those statements I listed were wrong. 100% wrong. And that whatever preconceived notions led those people, who I carefully did not name, to make those statements might have a brief moment of thoughtfulness the next time an issue tied to race comes up
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Because there are numerous example of fake racism by white people (Jussie Smollett is but one of hundreds - perhaps thousands); we do not need to be educated on being sensitive to real racism. We understand real racism and hate it. However, when no investigation is done ... when fact are not presented ... when a photo of the actual "noose" is not shown to the public, it is quite easy to drift over to the Jussie Smollett paradigm. In fact, it's my default position until shown otherwise. And I wasn't shown otherwise. So, it was just a rope to grab the garage door.