Poor white people are probably safe though, right? Ummmm...no. Class and race are both complicated issues in the US, and they often are interrelated. I'm not s

Poor white people are probably safe though, right? Ummmm...no. Class and race are both complicated issues in the US, and they often are interrelated. I'm not saying white people, particularly poor white people, have perfect lives free from fear or harm inflicted by institutions. White people can also have hard lives; but it is not because they are white. That's all I'm saying. Let's be clear though: The danger you're talking about is words on a page. That's what Twitter is protecting us from. On that, we're agreed. I don't know that an "I hate black people" tweet by an internet troll is really where Twitter's efforts should be directed. But, the greater harm, I think, comes from the false equivalence of saying that racist tweets about white people are the same as racist tweets about black people. The historical context just isn't the same. Yeah, but I'm black. So, where's your argument now? I think I still feel the same way, though obviously I'm moderately surprised you're not white; I've had too many conversations with white folks who take the tone of "black folks need to shut up about racism". I, of course, think you have every right to express your opinion on the matter, and I defer to your greater experience being black (having never been black, myself). So, thanks for making fun of my opinion? I made fun of the opinion of white people claiming "racism" against white folks is equivalent to racism against black folks; I stand by that making fun. I think you're making fun of taking twitter seriously, at all, which is another discussion altogether. Regardless, I'm happy you aren't bothered by racist posts about black folks on twitter. I'm not bothered by racist posts about white folks on twitter. Hooray, I think we agree!