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unionmom said:Guard Dad said:
Not that I'm aware of but if they are I certainly don't have a clue how that makes them feel.)
Just a little humor.
No, I can't totally understand, but I can empathize with them.
If you're trying to draw parallel to the dad/sparkle thing, I don't think it's the same.
deewee
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I swear I must live in a bubble. I have honestly not seen anyone do this. I have heard people refer to black folks using the "n" word...which I detest and have & will continue to correct the person using it in a heartbeat...but even that is done at a whisper, or behind the person's back. Never to a black person's face.
Funny side note: I worked with a black girl that posed a Q to me once. "Lisa, why do y'all call us black people? We aren't black, we're brown". "Sonya, why do ya'll call us white people? We aren't white, we're pink". We both had a good laugh.)
Funny side note: I worked with a black girl that posed a Q to me once. "Lisa, why do y'all call us black people? We aren't black, we're brown". "Sonya, why do ya'll call us white people? We aren't white, we're pink". We both had a good laugh.
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unionmom
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Guard Dad said:
I respectfully disagree. I do think, though obviously on a very different scale, that it is the same thing. Unless you can truly be in those shoes you can't truly understand those feelings. You can certainly see how it impacts someone ... you can understand if it changes how someone feels ... but can you ever really know? I certainly won't ever truly know how some things will make my son feel but it doesn't mean that we aren't close. I can certainly see racism but will never truly know how it feels to be on the receiving end. I do know what it feels like to have men assume less of/from me because I am a woman. You can't ever know that feeling. There is a difference between being able to get that there is a feeling there and actually feeling it yourself.
It's not just a woman/girl thing ... it's not just a man/boy thing ... it's not just a color thing. There are things throughout all of those that those not in that category will never truly be able to understand. Not for lack of trying, not for lack of compassion ... just for the simple lack of being that category.
Blazing Saddles
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unless you're a Siamese twin, you can use this perception for anyone and everyone. We all have different hair color eye color skin color wear different clothes have different jobs different cars breathe different air et cetera. we're all different. Who cares.)))
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unionmom
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That would be pretty close but you could change that part of you that made them look at you that way. You could "dress up a pig" so to speak ... a black person can't change the color of their skin. (Well ok Michael Jackson did but that just made things worse.)LisaC said:
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Sadie612
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huh...
I am friends with all different colored folk.
My neighbor called one of my friends who is 7ft tall the tallest darkie she has seen in the neighborhood . Yeah, he looked at me and asked if this was the one who calls us for stealing cars ..lol
we went into the house but the police came anyway.. the recognized my guest and took pictures and autographs with him..lol
I do not treat my black friends any different from my white friends..
Sometimes I am the blackest person in the room... I can go ghetto
I am friends with all different colored folk.
My neighbor called one of my friends who is 7ft tall the tallest darkie she has seen in the neighborhood . Yeah, he looked at me and asked if this was the one who calls us for stealing cars ..lol
we went into the house but the police came anyway.. the recognized my guest and took pictures and autographs with him..lol
I do not treat my black friends any different from my white friends..
Sometimes I am the blackest person in the room... I can go ghetto
LisaC
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Blazing Saddles said:unless you're a Siamese twin, you can use this perception for anyone and everyone. We all have different hair color eye color skin color wear different clothes have different jobs different cars breathe different air et cetera. we're all different. Who cares.
Until we get to the point in our lives when you don't let those looks define us, it's a part of our lives (and the lives of our kids).
But, I will say that I am very proud of you for FINALLY posting a picture of what you look like IRL. It's obvious now that IF married you either for love or your money... :taunt
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Sadie612
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unionmom said:
ohhhhh ok
I feel like some blake folk look down upon me cause of my color =P