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[Rae]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Those posts are unambiguously racist and I'm surprised and bummed that they're tolerated here. I didn't respond to the attempt at a personal attack in the second post because it isn't worth my time... what exactly are you trying to stir up?

~Rae

[dean_martin]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Those posts are unambiguously racist and I'm surprised and bummed that they're tolerated here. I didn't respond to the attempt at a personal attack in the second post because it isn't worth my time... what exactly are you trying to stir up?

~Rae

Call it when you see it. I'm trying to be more acutely aware. I've been disappointed in a lot of what I've seen lately on boards that I go to for entertainment. There's no instruction manual on how to respond though. Good luck and Godspeed.

[bobsticks]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Those posts are unambiguously racist and I'm surprised and bummed that they're tolerated here. I didn't respond to the attempt at a personal attack in the second post because it isn't worth my time... what exactly are you trying to stir up?

~Rae

Rae Rae, you and I have never had a problem and I don't anticipate having one here.

I have no problem believing that Compton, formerly a poverty-stricken and still overwhelmingly non-Caucasian might be home to some anti-white sentiment...just as would have no problem believing that the general population of Martinsville, Indiana (birthplace of the KKK) might harbor a greater-than-average anti-minority standpoint.

I personally didn't interpret Roy's comment to indicate that he thought that all African American folks would spit obscenities at white folks nor am I comfortable denying a member the right to share his experiences, good or ill.

I don't think a substanitive discussion about race relations means anything if it's implied that one group/set/demographic could never be guilty of bad behavior. Everybody has some blood in this and, frankly, once the conversation gets specific (as in multiple experiences within a given community) real issues like poverty, poor education, single-parenthood, etc, can come to the forefront.

Besides, I took the original comment in an ironic, tongue-in-cheek way. I mean, "Straight Outta Compton" and all that...

Sorry if that offends your delicate sensibilities.

[Finch Platte]

I can't tell if you're serious or not. Those posts are unambiguously racist and I'm surprised and bummed that they're tolerated here. I didn't respond to the attempt at a personal attack in the second post because it isn't worth my time... what exactly are you trying to stir up?

~Rae

If you're talking to me, I didn't take the post as racist either (see Bobsticks' response), and you jumped on the guy without having all the facts.