My Two Cents Are Free

I always know that I shouldn't look at the comments on stuff like this, yet I do. .. .

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presenttense80.livejournal.com

I agree but fuck that cookie looks good.

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that cookie does not look good. blecht. what the hell are the red eyes made out of ?

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presenttense80.livejournal.com

Am I racist for wanting to eat the cookie? LOL.

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That doesn't look like a tasty cookie. What the hell is the red stuff?

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popfiend.livejournal.com

Dick!!!

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I honestly see nothing wrong with the cookie. The word negro is a part of history. It is not a derogatory term. I think that the baker is a racist after hearing him talk, but I see no reason why they can't make a 'drunken negro' cookie. If it were an old black man that was the baker this would not have even made the news.

Why is Negro so offensive? There's an organization called "The United NEGRO College fund" that is still active and run by predominantly black individuals.

And this isn't me being racist, because i'm not, i'm just looking at this from the other point of view.

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Dare you to start referring to black people as Negro any chance you get.

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If I went up to any of my black friends and was like 'how are you today, my negro friend' they would probably LOL

I think everyone has taken everything to the extreme in regards to being PC and non-offensive.

If anyone stopped to look up the definition of negro or the history of the word they'd probably realize how silly it is to lump it in the same category as legitimate racial slurs

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there is a lot more to a word than just the dictionary definition

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there's always THIS dictionary definition...

5. Negro

The word white people use when they're too afraid to say the word 'niger' or 'nigga'. Mainly old white people.

i love you, urbandictionary...

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MARILYN DID YOU KNOW THE REAL RACISTS ARE THE ONES WHO SEE THAT DIFFERENT RACES GET TREATED DIFFERENTLY? let me guess the next move...the ones who claim to be tolerant are the most intolerant! you owe me a fucking GOOD cookie if i get the next spot on the fundie bingo card right...

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oh here's the "too PC" line. fail.

"drunken negro" is totally tasteful, sure.

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I wouldn't be offended if someone made a goofy drunken faced cookie and called it a drunken-something-that-my-nationality-of-people-used-to-be-referred-to-as-in-a-non-derogatory-manner

I actually think it's a bit racist of people to have a problem with the cookie, it shows that THEY are not over the racial divide (the non-existent one that the media likes to exploit)

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good for you.

oh lol now we're on to 'i'm color blind, the REAL racists are the ones who can see racism.' you're like a fundie bingo card.

non-existent racial divide? lol okay. check your white privilege at the door, dear.

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Maybe I don't see how I have any more opportunities / rights as any black person. Maybe that's because those that I grew up with, regardless of color, all went onto great things, because my PEERS were also in advanced placement classes in school and worked HARD and went on to do great things.

I'd like to think that the majority of people out there are like me, and do not really see someone's color but let their personality and intelligence determine their quality.

Perhaps I am living in a different universe than you, and others who see discrimination everywhere.

Everyone has the same chance.

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yep, you are. it's called privilege. and now you not-so-subtly dig at those who weren't in AP and just didn't work hard enough. because there are never any obstacles that hold people back, even if they work hard.

actually, no, beyond privileged, i'm going with 'spoiled' and 'willfully blind.'

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The two correlate. You can't be in an advanced placement class if you do not work hard. There are people of all colors that have had 'tough breaks' as it were. There are also peope of all walks of life that had these issues and have overcome them to go onto great things.

I was never spoiled, but I was never discouraged from trying to better myself.

I've had my share of crappy jobs, but I was the best possible employee I could be at those jobs, and worked my way up to where I am today. I don't think it has ANYTHING to do with the fact that i'm male, middle class and happen to be white. Plenty of my colleagues are not.

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i also note that you seem to think your personal experience is universal, the only reality that can ever exist. that's rather childish.

consider some of this.

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:nBwgEbdwuwwJ:www.unh.edu/residential-life/diversity/aw_article17.pdf+white+privilege+checklist&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

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I cannot answer those questions as a black person, but I was able to answer them based on my experience in school, college, at my office and in day to day life while having a black person in mind, and I would say that the only one that I could not check would be

"I can choose blemish cover or bandages in “flesh” color and have them more or less match
my skin"

And that's only because I have never gone shopping for darker-skintone bandaids or makeup, but if there aren't bandaids for darker skinned people I should patent that and get it to market, it'd make some money for sure.

I don't know what it's like to be black, and I never will. I can only make assumptions based on my experiences in life and the people that surround me.

I'm sorry that you are so hateful. I hope you can be happy some day

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omg you are hilarious. yes sweetie, i'm hateful because i am pointing out your extremely narrow point of view. i'm hateful because i value critical thinking and intellectual curiosity. for someone who brags about AP classes (big deal, me too, and?) you sure display an intellectual laziness, no desire to understand the world beyond your front yard.

"I can only make assumptions based on my experiences in life and the people that surround me. "

and that's why you're so ignorant. you make ASSUMPTIONS based on a tiny sample size. really, you can't pick up a newspaper? really? you're just so helpless that you can't possibly conceive of a way to learn about someone other than yourself and your immediate acquaintances?

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There's no argument I can make that will take the absolute maniacal hatred that you have in your soul.

I feel sorry for you.

It's okay though, really, you are such a unique individual that is sooooo ultra tolerant that race doesn't consume your thoughts and days.

Oh wait, no you aren't, you're the same hate-monger zombie that really can't look into the mirror and just be happy.

Yes, sheep, read the newspapers and watch the media, let them make up your mind. Let them create your reality.

I have better things to do than argue on the internet and send links to people to try and validate my own thoughts and feelings. I am going to go live life now.

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that's cool, i'm busy feeling sorry for you. but really, go ahead, try to make me feel so bad. i don't actually have anything invested in your opinion, especially since i don't respect it. i'm mean, i know.

try actually knowing some people outside your bubble, spoiled brat. reality is the best teacher.

have fun not being on the internet, really you sound so extremely thrilled with life.

again, I'm LOLing.

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and you just cemented my perception that NO ONE else's stories and realities can exist in your little narcissistic world.

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