White NonSense Roundup

Hi all, 

I am actually a volunteer over at White Nonsense Roundup. "Liking" our page on Facebook is the best way to become familiar with our mission and to request assistance when needed. We prioritize requests for help from black, brown and indigenous people but will join in any conversation when tagged/invited in order to address white nonsense in conversations about race. For example, Oaksong, if your relatives are on your FB page spouting racism (often disproved statistics or so-called "right wing" talking points), you can request a volunteer join in the conversation to address the misinformation. 


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I really like this explanation on why white people have to do their own work learning about and doing something about racism:

"If you want to learn Spanish, do you walk up to an Hispanic person and ask them to teach you? No. You take a class. Do the same thing here."

Yup. You're a victim. No one is demonizing you. You, lauren (sorry, lovestocolor), and olan have a lot in common. Stir up shit and fling it, and then play victim. Enjoy the view from up on your cross.

I'll post what I want, thanks. As you like to say, I am freeborn 😘

I have no interest in engaging you. You're free to like my posts and to tag me as often as you want. You're just as hostile as a few other peas, and all of you like to play victim when you get called out for it. There has been no mutual agreement not to engage, and if there has, why have you liked several of my old posts and tagged me a few times recently in an effort to engage me? It's only bullying when other people do what you do 😂

I'm not worried about anyone sifting through my post history or activity on this public message board.

Have a great day!

I dislike statements like this. You have no way of knowing and it is inflammatory to make a definitive statement.

I do wonder about the use of lethal force against a woman with a knife. Wouldn't a taser have worked? Is there a lot of police injury and death from a knife?

Also, is the shoot to kill mandate still around? I would think a shot to the leg would have stopped her.

Why is only your current involvement in the board race related?

Any time results of a study are prefaced with "as expected" I start doubting validity.

I love the message. But is it really by P&G??? I have my doubts - the grammar makes me think otherwise.

Newsflash Genius - you posted a link and then asked for our thoughts. We gave them. And now you bitch that we didn't take the time to research what YOU posted? Priceless.

Another one

It's all horrific

The ending of black lives by other black men is just as much of an issue and I wish there was a way to stop all this violence

I'm so, so sick of watching the news and setting how many young black men die and it's like so many of them don't value each other or lift each other up, you just have to be a mom or old before you see another way besides fast money and kill or be killed

And that's really not just a young black man problem, it's a poverty problem

Olan - hello

it's been awhile

too bad it's this awful news story that's brought you back around

i think i'm going to hold off judgment until more facts come out

and even then, i'm gonna try to not judge because i don't put my life on the line every day

and i don't struggle to survive in a less- than - hospitable environment

gina

I don't think you could read that into what I wrote. I kinda assumed since she was responding to this post she may have been referencing recent events too. Then I asked in the form of that post for clarification. Dialogue.Before she could answer you responded.

I have done just that for a very long time.

How I feel is absolutely contrary to your opinion of peas that did not make the "correct comments" on this thread.

One thing I have learned firsthand is how easy it is for some people of color to misinterpret very simple actions and/or words of people with whiter skin. They have been oversensitive and overreacted, separating themselves out from the larger community as if somehow, they were not being treated exactly the same way that everyone else was being treated.

It hurts me when that has happened. How do you get someone to believe that you constantly mix names up and call someone by someone else's name - even your own kids - when they have decided that "Hey, all us black people look the same to you."?

You can't. Anything you say from that point on only reinforces that belief in their eyes.

I feel you've done the same thing here.

What in the world can anyone say to you now that will allow you to think any differently?

I hope you will notice that I haven't laid any blame here. It's understandable how these thoughts of racism are generalized to include many more people than it should. It's also time that you begin to realize that.


Without having seen the videos, I can tell you that it sounds like both of these men died when they needn't have. The shooting in the car is especially horrific and I agree that Diamond Reynolds was heroic in streaming the incident live. And to think of that poor child.... I see a lifetime of carrying incredible pain ahead.



ETA - I'm going to pull this out myself.

Because it happens, as evidenced by these shootings.

But it doesn't mean everyone is guilty.

Yes Olan, I get it, this is like the 4th time you've quoted me on that particular comment. You tell me not to engage you then turn around and pull this time and time and time again.

Though this post covers a rather epic array of posters with whom you have an axe to grind...lol. I knew as soon as I looked at my notifications what this would be.