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

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The thing that struck me about the article was how he mentions in passing he doesn't "want to give his kids a complex about this." With his attitude they most definitely will have a complex. They'll get older and read this piece their own father wrote and it will shape them.

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

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This guy just forgot about white privilege... IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT WHITE PRIVILEGE

Half the issues are administrative...

Teachers leave because they don't feel supported.

Still, i am of the opinion you could build the nicest schools and have best of best and students from rough areas couldn't care less.

Participation in school is selling out to white culture ...

How do we overcome this mindset?

So one white person makes your point? Got it.

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Yeah! Its not racism! Its facts man! 70% of shoplifters are white and retail stores lose more to theft by employees than shoplifting. But if they have a gold tooth and cornrows you just KNOW they're up to no good!

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My ex worked in a small mall store where occasionally, she was the only employee in the store. Then, there was a rash of groups of black girls coming into the store and their routine was that when she would go help them, some stood between her and the phone at the counter while others literally filled bags and walked out.

After a while, if a group of black girls came into the store, she remained behind the counter. I'm sure some non criminal black girls took this as "racism" and, they were wrong. It's called experience.

In stores that routinely get robbed by both races, I suspect that employees closely monitor both races but, even then, I'll bet you $100 that every black who gets followed thinks THEY are being followed due to racism.

Finally, I have been followed in a store a few times in my life. Occasionally, if I'm just wandering about in a store, I've noticed that I have someone hovering. I typically realize that to them, my aimless wandering can seem odd.

Bottom line though. Even if a store employee followed EVERY customer, blacks would still say THEY were being followed "cause they're black" because they wouldn't be aware of the following of whites too.

Moreover, ya sort of can't win for losing. I've seen blacks complain that they don't get helped as promptly cause they're black and I've seen blacks complain that the employee is "helping" to keep an eye on them. Basically, their default is "that's racist!!!!!"

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I was called a bitch, a cracker, a honkey, a white she devil and several other names.

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Well, are you not any of those things?