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12710839, RE: *side eye*
Posted by Corey_Atherley, Tue Jan-27-15 05:33 PM
I'm over race matters. I don't beat myself up or wallow in being a victim. From my experience (as a dark-skinned black man) I grew up in a mixed community. I shared the same playground with whites, went to school with them, and drank from the same water fountains. Have I experienced some level of ignorance? Who hasn't? But when some of us wallow in being victimized and then turn around and blame a particular race for our bad choices and personal pitfalls, that deserves a "side eye". This is why white people accuse of us of playing the card at every turn, especially with a man of color in the White House. The very same black folks crying foul over oppression are in their communities tearing down their own, neglecting their own, not providing for their own, and raping / killing their own. Hate begets hate. I cannot stress that enough.