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ravenstar84 posted this to my troll thread. I closed that one for comments since it's the wrong place.
Please reconsider what you're saying and how, everyone. Try not to be patronizing and not to flame. And a word to Americans: it's not only people of colour who can be subjects to racism. Maybe keep that in mind, too, before you accuse 'white people' of ignorance or guess at the feelings of 'coloured people'. They may be just that, but maybe they know what they are talking about. I won't interfere more than that.
Here's her post.
Then allow me to try.
Wikipedia Emmett Till. I'm sure Wikipedia's article is only the condensed version of it, but it should explain why totalreadr's comment was just sick. Add to the fact that there was a period of time in the U.S. where white men would use the "defending a white woman's honor" excuse whenever they brutally murdered a black man.
Mary_J_59 is a white American woman. She is never going to experience what it's like to be a woman of color. Her explanation of racism and the experience of women of color is completely off and just proves she really doesn't know what she's talking about. Not to mention that her comment was really condescending, considering at least two women of color (including myself) have tried to explain why Lily's situation reflects ours. But she refused to listen. Which is the typical behavior of a lot of white Americans (or anyone who isn't an ethnic minority in their country) who don't have their privilege checked.
Please reconsider what you're saying and how, everyone. Try not to be patronizing and not to flame. And a word to Americans: it's not only people of colour who can be subjects to racism. Maybe keep that in mind, too, before you accuse 'white people' of ignorance or guess at the feelings of 'coloured people'. They may be just that, but maybe they know what they are talking about. I won't interfere more than that.
Here's her post.
Then allow me to try.
Wikipedia Emmett Till. I'm sure Wikipedia's article is only the condensed version of it, but it should explain why totalreadr's comment was just sick. Add to the fact that there was a period of time in the U.S. where white men would use the "defending a white woman's honor" excuse whenever they brutally murdered a black man.
Mary_J_59 is a white American woman. She is never going to experience what it's like to be a woman of color. Her explanation of racism and the experience of women of color is completely off and just proves she really doesn't know what she's talking about. Not to mention that her comment was really condescending, considering at least two women of color (including myself) have tried to explain why Lily's situation reflects ours. But she refused to listen. Which is the typical behavior of a lot of white Americans (or anyone who isn't an ethnic minority in their country) who don't have their privilege checked.