re: 7 Things I Can Do That My Black Son Can’t

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What is racism to you?

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Have you ever defined it on this board? If so, I must have missed it. Please give me a definition and I'll answer your question.

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2. I Can Succeed Without It Being Attributed to My Race

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Truly this is why I despise "affirmative action". It's an open insult to the people it claims to help.

That said, he's wrong. Because any success he has will be attributed to "white privilege".

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3. I Learned About My Ancestors’ History in School

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This is even sillier. His examples are the ancestors of the founding of America. I consider Black people to be Americans. We share a common history. Not a separate one.

It's a shame what we're becoming as a culture.

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7. I Can Count on Being Met on My Own Terms

If I’m being treated poorly, I don’t stop and think about whether it’s due to my race. But unless we somehow make a giant leap forward, my son will always have to wonder.

Recently, I became a father for the second time. My daughter, only three months old, will grow up to face many of the same challenges as my son, on top of the extra ones that come with being a woman: the struggle for equal pay, the catcalling, the constant threat of sexual assault.

I don’t want to give my children a complex about all of this, but I can’t wish these problems away, either. I can’t eliminate all the unfair hurdles that exist in the world. I can only do my best to raise kids who are able to jump over them.

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I dont even know what to say.

I am a white dude with a black wife and kids.

This dude is a fricking Yahoo. Fitting he writes for them.

My wife has had more black people call her out for marrying white than any white person has EVER done. She won't live in Louisiana because of the black people there. (She is from Texas)

While I was in the military, almost every black women would tell her shite in passing.

Black dudes often would just stare at me.

I know there are racist on all sides, but from my personal experience growing up in Louisiana and living in Texas, Florida, and Nevada, we get more shite from black people than anything else.


Although, this one story is quite funny. I had this white couple come up to me while I was holding my daughter. My wife wasn't around at the time. The lady said, "oh we have one of those too".

I was confused for a second and said, "one of what?"

She goes, "a black baby"...

I told her its not some fricking club and left.

I was a church....LOL.


I never understood why some of these white yahoo's adopt/marry a different race with that mindset.

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i get heated talking about this, too, because those pieces of shite destroy the educational opportunities of plenty of good kids

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Compulsory public education has long outlived its usefulness.

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. I Can Walk Through a Store Without Being Followed
Um, that's not racism.

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Yes it is.

Don't agree with the rest though.

And props to JayDeer

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1. I Can Walk Through a Store Without Being Followed

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I spent practically the whole afternoon with my wife and daughter at Mall of Louisiana today. I don't like shopping so much, but I am an avid people-watcher. In each store we'd go to, I'd find a chair and try to spot black folks being followed. No shortage of black folks there today, either. I saw nothing that looked like people being followed.

Anecdotal, I know, but call me skeptical. I think this complaint might possibly be overblown.

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Anecdotal, I know, but call me skeptical. I think this complaint might possibly be overblown

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Trust me, it happens.

Not in every store, and for sure not as often as a generation or two ago, but yeah, I've lost count of the number of times I've been followed and/or closely watched in a store.

It's a discomfiting experience.

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In each store we'd go to, I'd find a chair and try to spot black folks being followed.

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seems healthy

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Posted by the808bass on 12/28 at 5:47 pm to SlowFlowPro quote: i get heated talking about this, too, because those pieces of shite destroy the educational opportunities of plenty of good kids Compulsory public education has long outlived its usefulness.

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Yes and it mostly hurts poor students who are trying to make a better life for themselves but cannot because there are yahoos in the their class who do not want to learn and will prevent everyone from receiving an education.

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Al Dante

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It's been done.