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13176953, Write about what? Improving black friendships? Smarter men have
Posted by Atillah Moor, Mon Jul-24-17 12:10 PM
And their works are still widely available. No need to re-invent the wheel.

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>What's stopping you from writing about it yourself?
>You are the one who feels it's a problem, correct?

It's been done

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>>I'm assuming other black people will read the article and I
>>think it's not entirely productive to rally troops around
>the
>>"bad white people" banner without adding something positive
>>for the reader. Just seems a little pity party like or
>misery
>>loving company.
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>I'm not sure where you're finding the "misery" in
>the article. Reply 27 from FluidJ in this very
>thread find happiness and relief in the realization
>presented in the article.
>I'm a Black person, and I found the article productive.
>She may have voiced something other Black people needed
>to hear at this time.

Perhaps

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>But again:
>Are you having trouble maintaining friendships
>with Black people, specifically? What are the
>"unique" issues you're running into with them?


No I'm not and as far as unique issues go I don't see a need to re-iterate what I already did in my reference to overall issues presented by men like Neely fuller and Malcolm X. In my own experiences I relate more to Neely than Malcolm.

Friends for me are like my words -- few and wisely chosen (when I'm not on this board)