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1. I post anonymously. You're right that there's no verifiable information. It could be a completely fake story--like everything on the internet. However, I ass

by archhn 5y ago

1. I post anonymously. You're right that there's no verifiable information. It could be a completely fake story--like everything on the internet. However, I assure you, there are others that will report similar experiences--as we've seen in this thread. I'm certain this is not uncommon. The principles of human nature should also tell you that this story is entirely plausible. Is it really shocking that someone would be bullied because of their race? I'm sure a white, black, brown, etc, person has a story like this about another race. 2. Yes, they called me cracker. You've never heard people say that, even today? It is a common racial slur. 3. I was not describing black people as a "pack of feral dogs," but vicious kids. That's how they were acting, that's how I've described them. These kids were vicious. It's not a racial dig. 4. That's a good point. I suppose what I'm currently reading influenced my word choice there. I've been reading Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." In that book there's a lot of stuff about his schooling and the book was published in 1916. 5. Not sure what your point is here. I just didn't want to draw any attention to myself, at all, because the bullying was so severe. It really happened. 6. Again, it's a description of how they were acting. It's not a racial dig. They were literally acting like vicious animals towards me. I would say the same thing if they were white. 7. That documentary shocked me. It seemed to prove that some higher education institutions are being used to indoctrinate people into becoming race warriors. It's clear from that documentary that the students are under some kind of cult like "spell," which is why I linked it. 8. Robert was actually a real friend of mine. Believe it or not, this actually happened. I know maybe it sounds too fantastic or something, but it really went down like this. Robert knew I wasn't to blame for his problems. I was in a working class family just like him. The reason why I've shared my experience is that the "white oppressor" rhetoric, although it may be designed to shed light on systematic inequalities, gets interpreted at the street level as "that white boy over there is the source of all my problems." I've seen firsthand how bad race relations makes working class communities completely dysfunctional and violent. Cui bono? Does it benefit the poor when they fight among themselves?

trembonator 5y ago
It benefits the rich, powerful
bilirubin 5y ago
It’s extremely implausible that Black kids would bully people just because they’re white in a school where they are the minority, in a state where they are 10% of the population. Your language describing the Black students is racist and all I did was quote your own words. Opinions differ I suppose but it stands on its own. Again there is a long historical context for this that you are knowingly or unknowingly participating in. Your consciousness of that history doesn’t change the impact of the words you chose. And if you are ignorant of that history it makes you perspective even more suspect. If the narrative is that white oppression makes Black children target white people, then that would be an argument that white supremacy, which does exist in the US, hurts white people as well (just as misogyny also hurts men). But the bottom line is, you’re providing an anecdotal anonymous experience. To me it smells completely fabricated and that’s the persuasive worth that I apply to it. For others, if it validates some victim mentality they have about how bad white men have it in America, their mileage may vary.
- rendall 5y ago
  > It’s extremely implausible that Black kids would bully people just because they’re white in a school where they are the minority, in a state where they are 10% of the population. Lolwut? You really think a bully or a gang of bullies applies this sort of calculation before they bully? "Gee, I better not bully that fellow because, whilst almost everyone around me is my own race and that fellow is locally a minority, his race comprises 90% of the larger society." I'm struggling to imagine your idea here. Do you imagine - what - the rest of these 90% white people arriving in convoys of pick-up trucks and long guns to defend him? The machinery of Structural Racism cranking into high gear to teach these bullies a lesson in Pain? I'll tell you what happened. Nothing. If he told, he's a snitch, and now not only did nothing happen, now there's even more reason to target him. > "Again there is a long historical context for this that you are knowingly or unknowingly participating in." "Not only is it unlikely, but there are historical reasons for it" You're accusing this fellow of making up a story to advance some kind of racist agenda, but it turns out that actually it doesn't fit in with your agenda and that you're projecting.
  - bilirubin 5y ago

by archhn 5y ago

trembonator 5y ago

It benefits the rich, powerful

bilirubin 5y ago

It’s extremely implausible that Black kids would bully people just because they’re white in a school where they are the minority, in a state where they are 10% of the population. Your language describing the Black students is racist and all I did was quote your own words. Opinions differ I suppose but it stands on its own. Again there is a long historical context for this that you are knowingly or unknowingly participating in. Your consciousness of that history doesn’t change the impact of the words you chose. And if you are ignorant of that history it makes you perspective even more suspect. If the narrative is that white oppression makes Black children target white people, then that would be an argument that white supremacy, which does exist in the US, hurts white people as well (just as misogyny also hurts men). But the bottom line is, you’re providing an anecdotal anonymous experience. To me it smells completely fabricated and that’s the persuasive worth that I apply to it. For others, if it validates some victim mentality they have about how bad white men have it in America, their mileage may vary.

rendall 5y ago
> It’s extremely implausible that Black kids would bully people just because they’re white in a school where they are the minority, in a state where they are 10% of the population. Lolwut? You really think a bully or a gang of bullies applies this sort of calculation before they bully? "Gee, I better not bully that fellow because, whilst almost everyone around me is my own race and that fellow is locally a minority, his race comprises 90% of the larger society." I'm struggling to imagine your idea here. Do you imagine - what - the rest of these 90% white people arriving in convoys of pick-up trucks and long guns to defend him? The machinery of Structural Racism cranking into high gear to teach these bullies a lesson in Pain? I'll tell you what happened. Nothing. If he told, he's a snitch, and now not only did nothing happen, now there's even more reason to target him. > "Again there is a long historical context for this that you are knowingly or unknowingly participating in." "Not only is it unlikely, but there are historical reasons for it" You're accusing this fellow of making up a story to advance some kind of racist agenda, but it turns out that actually it doesn't fit in with your agenda and that you're projecting.
- bilirubin 5y ago