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Topic	New York Times: Don't let your black children be friends with whites
That_Happened 11/14/17 10:30:06 AM #31:	We can still all pretend we are friends. If meaningful civic friendship is impossible, we can make do with mere civility sharing drinks and watching the game. Indeed, even in Donald Trumps America, I have not given up on being friends with all white people. My bi-ethnic wife, my most trusted friend, understands she is seen as a white woman, even though her brother and father are not. Among my dearest friends, the wedding party and childrens godparents variety, many are white. But these are the friends who have marched in protest, rushed to airports to protest the presidents travel ban, people who have shared the risks required by strength and decency. There is hope, though. Implicitly, without meaning to, Mr. Trump asks us if this is the best we can do. It falls to us to do better. We cannot agree on our politics, but we can declare that we stand beside one another against cheap attack and devaluation; that we live together and not simply beside one another. In the coming years, when my boys ask again their questions about who can be their best friend, I pray for a more hopeful answer. His opinions are close to MLK's comments about the "white moderate." That if you're white and you're more interested in order than justice, or think Trump is a good man who has great ideas but the PC SJWs are always complaining about him saying nothing more than mean things, then true friendship with you is impossible because you don't fully care about your minority friends. I understand where he's coming from but the thing that sucks most about this perspective is when you're a minority and distrustful of whites, and you teach your kids that angle (whether right or wrong depending on where you live), you're setting them up for misunderstandings. Black kid disrespects the police, suddenly he's shot because he wouldn't comply with simple orders. But I don't know what I'd do if I was in his position. Either trust the people who claim to like you but voted for a piece of shit like Trump who historically has nothing but contempt for your people, or be wary of those same people and isolate/segregate yourself for life. Neither is a good option. --- http://fusionanomaly.net/magnoliabutitdidhappen.jpg <cite>That_Happened posted [p:890367038] in New York T... [t:75989881]...</cite> <quote><quote>We can still all pretend we are friends. If meaningful civic friendship is impossible, we can make do with mere civility sharing drinks and watching the game. Indeed, even in Donald Trumps America, I have not given up on being friends with all white people. My bi-ethnic wife, my most trusted friend, understands she is seen as a white woman, even though her brother and father are not. Among my dearest friends, the wedding party and childrens godparents variety, many are white. But these are the friends who have marched in protest, rushed to airports to protest the presidents travel ban, people who have shared the risks required by strength and decency. There is hope, though. Implicitly, without meaning to, Mr. Trump asks us if this is the best we can do. It falls to us to do better. We cannot agree on our politics, but we can declare that we stand beside one another against cheap attack and devaluation; that we live together and not simply beside one another. In the coming years, when my boys ask again their questions about who can be their best friend, I pray for a more hopeful answer.</quote> His opinions are close to MLK's comments about the "white moderate." That if you're white and you're more interested in order than justice, or think Trump is a good man who has great ideas but the PC SJWs are always complaining about him saying nothing more than mean things, then true friendship with you is impossible because you don't fully care about your minority friends. I understand where he's coming from but the thing that sucks most about this perspective is when you're a minority and distrustful of whites, and you teach your kids that angle (whether right or wrong depending on where you live), you're setting them up for misunderstandings. Black kid disrespects the police, suddenly he's shot because he wouldn't comply with simple orders. But I don't know what I'd do if I was in his position. Either trust the people who claim to like you but voted for a piece of shit like Trump who historically has nothing but contempt for your people, or be wary of those same people and isolate/segregate yourself for life. Neither is a good option. --- http://fusionanomaly.net/magnoliabutitdidhappen.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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