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FLUIDJ
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"Do white people refer to themselves as "white folks"? "


  

          




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Nah, just Tim Wise
Sep 17th 2020
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lol
Sep 17th 2020
9
No, using "folks" that way is our thing.
Sep 17th 2020
2
I mean, "volk" just means "people" in German
Sep 17th 2020
11
      And folk is just another word for people in English, yet here
Sep 17th 2020
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           I see that. Im just not getting the volk/folk comparison
Sep 17th 2020
13
                I said that that was an ironic [inconsistency].
Sep 17th 2020
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                     Haha
Sep 17th 2020
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No w it's "white people"
Sep 17th 2020
3
This was another show about White Folks as well
Sep 17th 2020
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never seen this LOL...for some reason, I ffwd to this spot, and i'm dyin...
Sep 17th 2020
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only when they're trying to be self-deprecating
Sep 17th 2020
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I've known a lot of white people in my life, a lot
Sep 17th 2020
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I've always had mixed feelings about our flagrant use of "Black folks"
Sep 17th 2020
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      I prefer Black folk over Black people in casual convo
Sep 17th 2020
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           Exactly...casual being the key. I'm repeatedly seeing/hearing it in form...
Sep 17th 2020
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white people who try too hard, or are being dicks
Sep 17th 2020
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not even once
Sep 17th 2020
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ive heard older southern white niggas use the term.
Sep 17th 2020
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The Real Question Do They Consider Themselves To Be Europids?
Sep 17th 2020
19
Shouldn't have made it up
Sep 17th 2020
20
As a resident representative of white people I say no.
Sep 17th 2020
22

Boogie Stimuli
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Thu Sep-17-20 12:26 PM

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1. "Nah, just Tim Wise"
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Jk, I have no idea.

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Brotha Sun
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Thu Sep-17-20 01:03 PM

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9. "lol"
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"They used to call me Baby Luke....but now? The whole damn 2 Liiiive Crew."

  

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Teknontheou
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2. "No, using "folks" that way is our thing. "
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The ironic thing is the Nazis used the equivalent word "volk" all the time to refer to the German/Aryans people.

  

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sectachrome86
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11. "I mean, "volk" just means "people" in German"
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not really a Nazi thing

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Teknontheou
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12. "And folk is just another word for people in English, yet here"
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we are in this post discussing why white people in the US don't use that word in that way.

  

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sectachrome86
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Thu Sep-17-20 01:23 PM

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13. "I see that. Im just not getting the volk/folk comparison"
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Teknontheou
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16. "I said that that was an ironic [inconsistency]."
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Thu Sep-17-20 01:29 PM by Teknontheou

  

          

The irony of that fact was the point.

I'm annoyed that you made me reiterate this in an explicit fashion.

  

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KiloMcG
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21. "Haha "
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3. "No w it's "white people""
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They had a whole TV show on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx5fsOHML1I

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Teknontheou
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4. "This was another show about White Folks as well"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8pg4MhY2c

  

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FLUIDJ
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7. "never seen this LOL...for some reason, I ffwd to this spot, and i'm dyin..."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx5fsOHML1I&feature=youtu.be&t=1058


"Get ready....for your blessing....."
"Bury me by my Grand-Grand and when you can come follow me"

  

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BrooklynWHAT
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Thu Sep-17-20 12:44 PM

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5. "only when they're trying to be self-deprecating"
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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MEAT
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6. "I've known a lot of white people in my life, a lot"
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Thu Sep-17-20 12:48 PM by MEAT

  

          

And they'll identify with ancestry more than white ... reap all of the benefits of whiteness
But in casual conversation it's all "My great grandfather came over from Poland" or yada yada
You can see forms of that in Damali's post

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FLUIDJ
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8. "I've always had mixed feelings about our flagrant use of "Black folks""
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Thu Sep-17-20 12:54 PM by FLUIDJ

  

          

it has a sort of casualness to it that, yes, in many ways is authentic and endearing.....
but in other ways...the levity of it is rather demeaning....

I've also heard this a lot...white people do tend to zero in, with an almost jarring specificity, to their lineage (and there's a great deal of privilege tied to their ability to do so).... It's def. a flex IMO...


"Get ready....for your blessing....."
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legsdiamond
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14. "I prefer Black folk over Black people in casual convo"
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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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FLUIDJ
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17. "Exactly...casual being the key. I'm repeatedly seeing/hearing it in form..."
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settings....
TV interviews....article interviews, articles, etc....
And in "mixed company"...
Don't like it....

"Get ready....for your blessing....."
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Mynoriti
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10. "white people who try too hard, or are being dicks"
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reminds me of people going out of their way to use spanish with someone hispanic. "amigo" can be extra pandering, or purposely dismissive.

or you could just be friends and you're fucking around.

  

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Amritsar
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15. "not even once "
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Reeq
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18. "ive heard older southern white niggas use the term."
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they pronounce the h in white too.

  

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19. "The Real Question Do They Consider Themselves To Be Europids?"
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It's amazing how caucasians basically adopted the race term white when "white" actually meant pure, holy, & without sin, when beforehand they were called "black" by other races and then gave the term "black" to their slaves.

Anyway, do you think they consider themselves caucasians or europids, is the real question.


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20. "Shouldn't have made it up"
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KiloMcG
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22. "As a resident representative of white people I say no."
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No they/we do not refer to ourselves as white folks. Though that is a very southern term that I grew up with as a part of my vernacular, so I'm certain that white people do refer to other people, regardless of their race, as folks. As in, "those folks over there" and "those folks from thus and such County " etc.

  

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