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topic #12677011
Subject: "what's the difference?"
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Deadzombie
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13358 posts
Wed Dec-17-14 12:03 AM
86. "what's the difference?"
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In response to 83
I'm going back and forth about it, personally.
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should black people take slavery personal?
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Tue Dec-16-14 01:06 PM
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RE: should black people take slavery personal?
SHAstayhighalways
Dec 16th 2014
1
... this is just put me in the mood for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
2
most "ethnic groups"were enslaved/ subjugated at some point in history--
Somnus
Dec 16th 2014
3
amen
ThaAnthology
Dec 16th 2014
31
My pops was just talking about this today
Atillah Moor
Dec 16th 2014
51
RE: should black people take slavery personal?
lfresh
Dec 16th 2014
4
RE: should black people take slavery personal?
lfresh
Dec 16th 2014
5
RE: should black people take slavery personal?
lfresh
Dec 16th 2014
6
you really needed all three? you couldn't just choose one?
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
8
RE: you really needed all three? you couldn't just choose one?
lfresh
Dec 16th 2014
12
yes. it is personal.
FLUIDJ
Dec 16th 2014
7
you don't feel silly taking something like that personal?
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
9
RE: you don't feel silly taking something like that personal?
lfresh
Dec 16th 2014
13
No I don't feel silly about it. It's very personal because it's a part o...
FLUIDJ
Dec 16th 2014
14
why yes
Ashy Achilles
Dec 16th 2014
10
When its residue affects the society I live in today? Hell Yes
WarriorPoet415
Dec 16th 2014
11
RE: should black people take slavery personal?
Starbaby Jones
Dec 16th 2014
15
i dunno why this one got to me
MiracleRic
Dec 16th 2014
43
it will be less personal when i no longer deal with the effects of it.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
16
terrible assumption.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
19
Personal is an odd choice of words
John Forte
Dec 16th 2014
17
agreed.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
18
We should understand that we are all directly impacted by it
John Forte
Dec 16th 2014
20
i think this is different than global warming.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
23
I think the answer is yes
Atillah Moor
Dec 16th 2014
62
I don't know if that analogy works
Marbles
Dec 16th 2014
54
It absolutely fucking works
John Forte
Dec 16th 2014
63
It's not about scale at all...
Marbles
Dec 16th 2014
65
oh.
Somnus
Dec 16th 2014
21
RE: should OKP take trolls serious?
atruhead
Dec 16th 2014
22
this is new. i've never been called a troll before.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
24
you must be referring to the other slavery then
atruhead
Dec 16th 2014
30
word-is, africans sold other africans.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
32
should Jews take the Holocaust personally?
atruhead
Dec 16th 2014
40
attack
ThaAnthology
Dec 16th 2014
25
My father's grandfather was a slave. That's really not that far removed...
Buddy_Gilapagos
Dec 16th 2014
26
but slavery was a long time ago and didn't happen to you.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
33
not hard to take personally what was done to others
teefiveten
Dec 16th 2014
36
which is what makes the OP so baffling.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
42
if the answer is so obvious, why don't we 'act' like it?
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
49
the replies under 39 sum up the entire argument.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
53
yes it did.
ThaAnthology
Dec 16th 2014
47
i was being sarcastic.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
56
stay with me.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
68
ahh.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
69
ok. that's interesting.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
70
sure, but i don't get the connection between this and the OP.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
72
i tried my best to broach the subject/question objectively.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
75
i wouldn't.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
76
there's more distinction to be made.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
77
so it's exactly what i thought it was.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
79
oh. I'm not suggesting either reaction is right or wrong.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
80
Your great-grandfather was a slave? Was someone in your
Teknontheou
Dec 16th 2014
59
Everything around the European settlers colony brand of
Musa
Dec 16th 2014
27
I agree with ALL that you are saying here...
Brownsugar
Dec 16th 2014
34
I think we are seeing the preview of revolution.
Musa
Dec 16th 2014
50
Do U really think it will be as long as 10 or 20 years???...
Brownsugar
Dec 16th 2014
73
I think it's coming and that it's by design.
Atillah Moor
Dec 16th 2014
66
Whats your surname? n/m
DaHeathenOne76
Dec 16th 2014
28
-.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
29
That gives me an idea why you asked your question
DaHeathenOne76
Dec 16th 2014
35
POST-JACK: How should we compare/ equate (or should we even try to)--
Somnus
Dec 16th 2014
37
If you're serious
Atillah Moor
Dec 16th 2014
67
I take it very personal that I have to deal with the lingeriing effects ...
Marbles
Dec 16th 2014
38
if so, i'd want us to channel that energy into doing better
southphillyman
Dec 16th 2014
39
i'd like all humans to be better.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
44
oh that's a good argument for not taking slavery personal.
southphillyman
Dec 16th 2014
45
theoretically.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
46
oh add #39 on the end then
southphillyman
Dec 16th 2014
48
which is exactly where we will always disagree.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
52
yea you live in a binary world
southphillyman
Dec 16th 2014
58
or, some of us get irritated answering the same (disingenuous) questions...
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
60
sound like a personal problem
southphillyman
Dec 16th 2014
61
all people in America tend to repeat similar talking points on this.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
64
RE: i'd like all humans to be better.
Brownsugar
Dec 16th 2014
55
i was typing reply 56, and like clockwork, you bring this.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
57
LOL!!! It's all good though...
Brownsugar
Dec 16th 2014
71
i don't see how what you wrote is relevant to anything.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
74
Did you call me a coon???...
Brownsugar
Dec 16th 2014
81
yes.
Joe Corn Mo
Dec 16th 2014
82
This post is the embodiment of what Michael Berry talks about.
deejboram
Dec 16th 2014
41
only if you see it that way.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
78
personal, no...personally, maybe
godleeluv
Dec 16th 2014
83
ok ok. the Internet told me that personally is grammatically correct:
Deadzombie
Dec 17th 2014
87
What is this personal shit? <--- in Jesus Quintana's voice
Castro
Dec 16th 2014
84
it's a question because niggas don't act like it.
Deadzombie
Dec 16th 2014
85
Were you taught in school that slavery was personal?
Castro
Dec 17th 2014
88
did teachers explain black history in school? Yes, of course.
Deadzombie
Dec 17th 2014
92
It's personal whether we "take" it that way or not.
Boogie Stimuli
Dec 17th 2014
89
absolutely. nm
Binlahab
Dec 17th 2014
90
it annoys me that i feel the need to explain or convince others
Binlahab
Dec 17th 2014
91
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