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Originally Posted by Changing City
Read it again. He was suggesting that people in Richmond don't work. It fits a pattern of comments over years, as cov and vin both noted.
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That is a actually a judgmental
opinion on how the statement can be interpreted. Just because your opinion of the content that whatnext writes is always loaded with hate (or whatever) without it being explicitly expressed, doesn't mean that
I need to share in that groupthink mentality. I'm not defending the individual as I still think that it was an out-of-pocket remark and I called it out; but to call the statement out as a blatant example of racism is reaching.
The point that you missed is that my suggestion is to call someone out
smarter by getting them to explain
questionable remarks so that we aren't jumping to conclusions. You're more than welcome to use a different approach though
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Originally Posted by cov
ok, if you are asking to be embarrassed  .
weird how you want to wait for me to respond but won't wait for whatnext to explain himself. |
You didn't wait for whatnext either to explain themselves before typing out your response so the pot is calling the kettle black here
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Let's break down what I wrote since I can see that I struck a nerve with you when I wanted to encourage a little more self-awareness:
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Originally Posted by scryer
Not really from my perspective... and this is based on technicalities and semantics.
What whatnext posted suggests that people in Richmond don't work in Richmond. Generalizing the population of Richmond based on a stereotype and interpreting whatnext's statement as being racially charged is actually on you.
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Originally Posted by cov
Letting alone to have you come to his rescue, then turn around to accuse the people who pointed out the bigotry as the real racist.
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Again I never called you a racist. I called you out for projecting your own
generalization towards this municipality's demographics and jumping to conclusions on an ambiguous off-the-cuff statement. I think that there was a smarter way to investigate whatnext's intentions with that statement without lobbing accusations on a standalone statement.
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Originally Posted by cov
even pulled the as a colored man card, gross  |
Lot's of problems with this statement. But let me lead by example for just a minute:
1. What do you mean by
colored man? Are you referring to me as a person of color or are you making an assumption? If you assumed that I'm black and are now referring to me as being colored, then it is actually something that is quite
offensive. I think that it is very interesting that you would refer to me as a colored man rather than a person of color.
Chicago Tribune
Slate
NPR
I even left ya a few mainstream articles on how it is an outdated term with the way you used it publicly
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2. Where did you see me refer to myself as a
man? Are you assuming my gender? And does this assumption have anything to do with a generalization on the general demographic of this forum?
3. Does
open dialogue surrounding racism and racial issues bother you?
You don't need to respond to this message but I would suggest taking a look inwards and sorting out how you formulate your generalizations and assumptions because it is starting to show on the forum.
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And now, I am going to exit this conversation as we are detracting from the Richmond developments/updates.
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