We all brathe the same air, bleed red and will be buried six feet under regardless..... What was the question again?

I can’t remember if I saw it here or on FB, but someone posted a suggestion on how to deal with racist jokes in a less confrontational way, which could come in handy while at work or somewhere else you can’t slap someone upside the head and ask wtf is wrong with them.

The suggestion was, when someone says something casually racist, say: “I’m not quite sure what you mean by that. Could you explain it to me?” The thought is that most people who make these jokes are counting on people laughing or just staying quiet. Asking them to explain forces them to state their racism in plainer terms and, hopefully, embarrasses them. I haven’t gotten to try it out yet, which is actually a good thing, I suppose.

It definitely exists. It's generated out of ignorance and fear. It serves absolutely NO useful purpose !

A while ago I did volunteer work for a “Christian” organization. One day a friend of mine came to this organization to present work on a group helping abused women. She was African American. I met her at the door to greet her because I thought she might be a little uncomfortable with all of the white bread in the room. I hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. After the meeting several of these Christian women came up to me to ask me “where do you know HER from...you kissed her cheek?” They were mortified that I made physical contact with a black woman. ...and when I was still working...in Big Pharma...I hired two African American women...because of their superior qualifications...which is the only reason for hiring a candidate in my opinion. I was known as the only manager in my division who satisfied EEOC requirements. I do not volunteer for the Christian organization any more and I am happy to be retired from Big Pharma. I am disgusted by racism. It exists. The people who call themselves Christian are the worst racists. Corporations are. It far behind. I cry over this!

Just saw Black Klansman. Made me ashamed. Things have changed but not nearly fast enough! It kind of blows me away to realize I was a teenager in the early 70's and being a white suburban kid, I was completely oblivious to how much racism was still accepted. My senior year in high school, in the middle of the year, a black kid transferred in. I never met him (class of 600 and I was pretty shy.) Nobody ever talked about it that I heard. I always thought he must have been brave and more than a little lonely.

I have a friend that's black . . .
Yes there are lot of covert ways!

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A strange read but it did send some shivers down my spine.

Human, the apex predator, is the most ruthless animal that has ever existed.