12-12-2019, 10:15 PM
(12-12-2019, 09:32 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: It doesn't mean black people just constantly make things up to be offended about though. There's historical context here and I think it'd benefit you to acknowledge that.
I fully acknowledge that there is a historical context of white people being racist, but what I am saying is that black people need to be careful about using the history of racism as a crutch or a made up reason to be offended.
I worked in a State office in Nashville for a while where 75% of the employees were African American. While working there I got a ticket for rolling through a red light while making a left hand turn. I was mad at myself for doing something stupid. Just a couple of weeks later the same thing happened to a co-worker. It was a down town intersection where it was very difficult to make a left hand turn so I believe that police were monitoring it. But my co-worker was not mad at himself for doing something stupid because he blamed the ticket on a racist police officer instead of his own stupid actions.
If you blame everything on racism then you never correct your own faults.
If you get offended when a white person compliments a black person then you just create more resentment between the races.
There are plenty of racists institutions and actions to be legitimately angry about. No need to make EVERYTHING about racism. That just makes things worse instead of better.
