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KStateKing17 posted...

I understand what you're saying. I think it is important to know that all black people in the country don't experience the same struggles and issues, so their idea of what the current issues are and the biggest obstacles my differ. I think that's true for every ethnic group as well. My experiences with racism and prejudice living in a bigger city in the midwest may be a lot different than my brothers in the smaller cities in the south for example.

As long as you can have a healthy discussion and are willing to listen and learn from each other, there really isn't much problem from asking questions.

I overlooked this post at first somehow. Know what's also interesting? Is me not being black makes my experience different in that more people might be open about talking racist shit against black people because they're the type that are cowardly about it. In Michigan, racism is so damn common and the N word is thrown around so loosely in all white groups (not "all" as in every white group). I've even had friends that I liked outside of their ignorance and just had to express my disappointment everytime it came up. Of course, they were the types to not say it around black people.

And people can call me what they want for not completely shutting someone out for it, but Id rather stick around, gain their respect and maybe open their mind to the possibility Im talking sense. Plus, not being black kind of gives me the advantage there. Because if they do see blacks as lesser, someone not black would be less automatically shut out of the conversation. With the added privilege of me, though still feeling a certain type of way, not feeling all the depth of the pain of being part of that community. Hearing the N word might make me feel a certain way, but it doesn't hit me like it would someone who lives through it.

I also really respect the group of people who've came in this topic. Im already glad I decided to actually hit "create" on this one

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