blackbeatnik asked: I see. Well I saw your comment to, I think it was stfuconservatives, about how people say "oh i'm not sexist BUT" or "oh i'm not racist BUT". And it was just nice to see you say what you did because it's not said by people often. I wanted to say thank you.
No problem. I’m sick of it, too. My step grandpa is black and I don’t use him every time I’m afraid of offending someone. If there’s one thing I wish “my fellow white folks” would get it’s that the fear of offending is probably more racist than anything they have to say. What they say might be misguided and ignorant, but a lot of those folks aren’t half as afraid of offending their white friends. It’s like white people don’t understand that, wrong or right, you should just say what you’re gonna say. Black folks aren’t any more fragile than anyone else and they’re not all going to riot if you say something they don’t agree with. Everyone gets offended and everyone offends somebody. I get embarrassed, though, when I hear a white person say “I’m not______, but _____”.
I just wanna be like “I’m not your boss, but you should shut the fuck up.”
I never do, though. I usually just say “Are you sure?” or I exit the conversation.