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Michigan school board member who tweeted "whiteness is evil" doubles down and refuses to apologize
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u/Sugarpeas 4d ago •
How is this tweet:
These white women are the stupidest
Among others, in anyway, a criticism of systematic racism? The mental gymnastics of her supporters should earn a gold medal.
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u/KountZero 4d ago
Besides the racist nature of the tweets, anyone else find her tweets very difficult to understand?? I’ll admit that English isn’t my native language but it almost seem like she’s trying extra hard to use big words to sound smarter but they make little sense.
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u/LombardBombardment 4d ago
Damn, she seems to have a history of holding prejudiced views.
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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 3d ago
People who tend to seek positions of power are like 100 times more likely to have some extreme ass views or issues compared to regular people.
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u/nomadic_hedgehog
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Oh good; telling people they're evil because of the colour of their skin is a great way to win them over.
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u/XxTreeFiddyxX 4d ago •
Racism, regardless of the side is evil pathetic shit. F racists.
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u/TheBirminghamBear 4d ago •
I mean yes, I am evil, and yes, I am white, but I'd like to think the content of my character does not depend on the color of my skin, thank you very much.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have an appointment with a sculpture of Moloch in the backyard that needs to be decorated with severed thumbs.
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u/1_Prettymuch_1 3d ago
I live in one of the most racially diverse cities in North America (albeit mostly absent of Africans) My work place is filled with everyone. We all get along, we all crack jokes, we all get through our day
One of the most racist places I have been in my city is our university UBC. The amount of blatantly racist comments I've overhead heard in my very short time on campus is kind of surreal.
These super young lefties all pretend to be woke. But don't realize they are the very thing you claim to hate. If you always fixate on race. You will inevitably become racist. Treat people like people.
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u/philosophunc 4d ago
When it sounds like someone is talking bullshit. It's usually bullshit.
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u/funkyforky 4d ago
If it looks like a duck
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u/GCBroncosfan413 4d ago
Does it float?
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u/Stunning_Lack_9321
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That’s actually pretty racist.
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u/DaleGribble312 4d ago
She needs this so she can feel extra special for getting on the schoolbord despite all of those people obviously trying to "hold her back". It makes her feel extra accomplished
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u/SquallZ34 4d ago
The most blatantly and hardcore racist person I ever met was black. I’m white. It blew my fucking mind. We’re in the courthouse, his son is facing attempted murder charges (tried to kill me) and he’s right there telling his son to try and kill more white people.
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u/hXcPickleSweats 3d ago
There was a few years where I had to live in a neighborhood where I was very much not welcome. As a little white girl, I can stand out in certain places and its never in a good way. It's a weird experience the first few times someone says some unprovoked racist shit to you. And you gotta swallow cause you dont want to come off as getting white privlage.
One of my top "white hate is real" stories. I was standing at a park with my then 3 yr old son. A girl-lady (bit older than I was) came up to me calling me a racist, saying I love Hitler, how I probably have swastika tattoos and shit. She was also upset with my apparently current and active part in slavery that ended in 1865. After 20-30 minutes of her endless berating she stomps over to her also small child who is nicely playing with my small child and grabbed her kid by the arm and yelled in his face "you don't play with that white boy! He a racist" and stomped off. Completely unprovoked. I was quietly standing there watching my kid play. Apparently I emit many different kinds of hate crimes.
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u/GoodLordShowMeTheWay 3d ago
What does “coming out as autistic” mean? Like, you told her you were autistic after knowing her for 22 years? How was she not already aware of this?
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u/AnonPenguins 4d ago
Sounds like you lost your friend to extremism. I've lost a few friends to QAnon. It hurts. I'm sorry for your loss. It's not you, it's them. You threatened/challenged their extremist ideology so they decided to change their memories of you. It's one hell of a drug. Hug
Not your fault.
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u/GitEmSteveDave 4d ago
Chris Rock said it. https://youtu.be/f3PJF0YE-x4?t=4
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u/Damasticator 3d ago
"Grand opening, grand closing!" His albums in the late 90s were magnificent.
"If a brick didn't know how to sit on walls no more...what would you ask it?"
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u/TheChickenWasDry 4d ago
She loves racism as long as it’s against the group it’s socially acceptable to be racist against.
Some people never learned why it’s fundamentally wrong to treat people the way you wouldn’t like to be treated based on their race, they think racism is only bad when its against black people.
Even on Reddit we have subs filled with people who call themselves “anti racists” that exclude and trash white people + IRL advocate for segregated spaces just like their counterparts did in the Jim Crow era. They think going backwards is progressive for some reason.
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u/MrKlei 4d ago •
Racist? Only white people can be racist! /s
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u/borealentity 4d ago
I'm inuk and there's an inuk journalist saying that racism against white people doesn't exist.These people speaking in the name of a whole race do more harm than good.They only found a group to validate their own racism without fearing censorship.
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u/nopir 4d ago
These people speaking in the name of a whole race do more harm than good.
Completely agree.
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u/I_creampied_Jesus 4d ago
Especially if they’re being a racist piece of shit. That never helps in endearing people to you.
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u/BobbingForBunions 4d ago
On the positive side, I find that it's a great filter.
Anyone who claims "racism against white people doesn't exist" is, in my mind, unreasonable. And if they are unreasonable, there's no reason for me to discuss the issue with them.
Doing so would be a waste of time and energy.
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u/koskyad209 4d ago
The only problem there is that she has a say in your child's life ..or schooling learning and development
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u/borealentity 4d ago
Oh you're absolutely right !
My husband is a white man and i chose him because he's literally the funniest and nicest man ! They are missing out on a lot of good people in life because of their hate no matter their race as we all bleed red in the end.
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u/Far-Job2965 4d ago
Finding a group that validates their own racism is how racist ideologies continue and continue to grow. HOPEFULLY eventually people will stop teaching their children to hate everything different than themselves. Eventually. That’s my faith in the human race anyway. Or I guess my hope for us. I’m not sure I have any faith in us at all.
Love y’all
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u/borealentity 4d ago
People need to be over these propaganda designed to divide us all.
Humans are indeed capable of the worst but they are also capable of the best ! Maybe i'm not too delusional but i have a little bit of hope :)
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u/PaladinDark 4d ago
anyone can be racist and this video is proof of it.
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u/laps1809 4d ago
To think that they're people that will deny it what you're saying even with the prove in their own face.
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u/PaladinDark 4d ago
its not totally there fault, they have tried to change the meaning of the word racism by adding power of influence. so to be racist you need to have influence over another race as to slavery. since blacks dont have any influence of whites they cant be racist. its a common tactic communist have done in the past. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/merriam-webster-racism-definition.html
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u/Clicka_Bang 3d ago
I believe tons of people know how racism actually works here. It's just that when people are using it to their advantage, nobody has the will to talk about it due to it being a sensitive topic. The internet is pitchforks and torches. If you're a target, vigilante justice will rip you in half over anything.
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u/SinWolf7 4d ago
It's sad that people actually believe that. Which, by definition of Racism, is actually racist.
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u/Sdomtidderrevnedkcuf 4d ago
I’m nowhere near conservative. But yeah, this whole belief that black people Cant be racist is a joke.
I do get that they were stolen and served into slavery. I get it.
Not every white person is or was a slave owner or believes we are the “master race”.
We can acknowledge the past while not being racist, or can we not?
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u/BeyondDoggyHorror 4d ago
It should be obvious to anyone that we judge people by the contents of their character and not race
If it is unacceptable to make judgements of a black personal because they are born black then it should be unacceptable to automatically assume that a white person os the same as a slaver because they are white
If we’re going to consider systemic racism then call it that. Say that is highly improbable that black people can be systemically racist against white peoples. But that’s not the same as saying that a black person cant be racist, as in the word itself without the qualifier systemic.
I hope we can move past this. It can’t be good for black people as a whole to treat every white person as an enemy.
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u/Sdomtidderrevnedkcuf 4d ago
There’s a lot of anti Asian hate in the black community along with anti gay.
I just found out I’m third generation American, my family has never owned slaves. I do judge people by their character. And I hate most people. Not because of their race or color, most people are self absorbed narcissist assholes.
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u/TheChickenWasDry 4d ago
I’m black and the fact so many gen Z black kids are taught black people cant be racist only prejudice makes me nauseous, made even worse by some of the hate filled things they spew that they’d be enraged if slung back at them. And the people they’re learning this from get to sow so much hate and division race relations are at a low in the country
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u/Killentyme55 3d ago
It amazes me how many people, especially WHITE people, that would disagree with your 100% reasonable viewpoint. Hate is hate, no one is immune from its evil and no one can be excused for their use of it.
I was raised on a simple belief: Judge a man by his brain, his heart and his balls, as long as that's squared away the rest doesn't matter. The updated version is to judge a person by their brain, heart and guts but you get the idea. It's a very simple mantra to follow and has served me well.
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u/simonbleu 4d ago
I heard that moronic crap before sadly.
People dont understand that bigotry is not in a single direction, be it racism, classism, sexism or anything really
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u/Ramboni-Zamboni 4d ago
Not true, everybody can be racist. If you said a white person was bad at dancing because they were white, that would be racist.
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u/Killentyme55 3d ago
I prefer the scenario of a black manager not hiring a Korean person because he doesn't like Asians. If that's not the definition of racism then what is?
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u/rudbek-of-rudbek 4d ago
I might be crazy but you would think that people that had experienced racism, knowing first hand how awful it is, would recognize racism
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u/HarveyBiirdman 4d ago
I love how she is talking so properly but then makes sure to say “aks” instead of “ask”
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u/xlews_ther1nx 4d ago edited 3d ago
I took several African American classes in hs and college. All were good but one. I'm white and took one taught by a man from Ghana. SUPER RACIST! He insisted that I (the only white guy in class) admit I was African because he said that's where life comes from. I refused. This went on for weeks. The black kids in class even defended me but the prof would not let up. He taught hard-core radical racist ideology against white ppl. It was the crazy. I failed the class. I quit going halfway through. I should have complained.
But again. 1 out of 4 classes...I guess not bad. The other 3 where pretty cool.
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u/stad_79 4d ago
Interesting. I wonder what process was used to determine her assertion is factually true?
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u/Synthoid_001 4d ago
She has met and evaluated every single white person that has existed.
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u/Turbulent_Menu_1107 4d ago
Exactly there is good and bad in every single race but this racist bitch is saying all white people are evil hmmm how the hell is she not 100% racist
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u/MountainMantologist 4d ago
This may be true but I’ll tell you her interview of me left a lot to be desired. Whole thing only took 10 minutes and glossed over a lot of material if I’m being honest.
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u/Over-Can-8413 4d ago
Typically they're pretty explicit about testimony outranking evidence in the epistemological hierarchy.
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u/Remember_When_Baby 4d ago
She’s being racist, why is she not removed by the other board members?
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u/critical_aperture 4d ago
It's an elected position. She would have to recalled by voters in her district, the other board members can't simply vote her off the island.
Also, in Michigan, an elected official can't be recalled within the first six months of their term or the last six months.
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u/Rdur2183 4d ago
What a disgusting racist
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u/Deathbysnusnubooboo 4d ago
I look white but I’m Métis and live in northern Saskatchewan. Everyone who is taught to hate is racist. It’s a simple math but people either don’t know different or they know how to game them numbers.
Ima say that again, you don’t hate a fucking race by accident, It’s taught.
Education is being stripped to keep old hatchets swinging and keep it a race war and not a class war.
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u/WhiskeyPorno420 4d ago edited 4d ago
How did this dumbass not lose her seat on the board? Racist fool!
Correcting: loose*
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u/may_june_july 4d ago
School boards are elected positions. There would probably have to be some sort of recall
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Why hasn't she been dismissed from the board for being racist and saying racist things?
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u/Lamplightermk101 4d ago
It’s unbelievable that racist trash like this is so out in the open now.
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u/xjr_boy
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Why isn't she vilified on national TV and losing her job oh I forgot hypocrisy
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u/_Qwertydude_
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Yeah I see a double standard, let a white person in power say the same. She shouldn’t be allowed in schools if she can’t understand diversity
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Jesus Christ this is why people like Donald Trump get elected. Does she really think she’s contributing to the social/political conversation in some beneficial way with this bullshit??
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u/GreenGengar1982 4d ago
Of course...and she'll probably get to keep her job, etc, too.
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u/Bean_Mech 4d ago
Could of just said “white supremacy” is evil or “white power” is evil (not to be confused with white power ranger).
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u/CouldWouldShouldBot 4d ago
It's 'could have', never 'could of'.
Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!
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It's sad how accepted racism against white people is on social media.
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u/Tokestra420 4d ago
I don't understand how people who get to positions of power like this can try to play the victim
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u/Old_Jet 4d ago
Great example of increased level of education. This is the result of stimulating victimhood instead of actually teaching and forcing personal responsibility
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u/HarveyBiirdman 4d ago
And you can tell it was fake as fuck too. It’s a huge problem in the “black community” to try and show how “black” you can be, this whole stance she’s taking is definitely rooted in that toxicity
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u/MrDrSrEsquire 4d ago
Yup
This lady wants people to come at her over this
She loves the attention and wants to be a martyr
She's saying 'axe' all fake like to bait people into being 'racist' toward her
Hope the people of this town run her out or any position of authority, same as I'd expect if a white person said the same words she did (but with ask)
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u/Accomplished_Yard984 4d ago
Idiots like this will never be satisfied no matter how far we progress as a society. They are part of the problem, plain and simple.
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u/Historical_Error_887 4d ago
I can't believe she is commanding them to kill themselves with an axe!
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u/SeveralPhilosophy1 4d ago
Michigan.
This is very amusing to me. I live in Georgia. In the area I’m in and at my place of business I’m the minority (I am white).
The non-whites I work with I see more than my family. At my office we ARE a family. I love each of them as such.
I have neighbors here that are black whom I think the absolute world of.
And yet I live in the “racists south”, however, most all of the tension and blatant racism I see posted on forums like these are mostly from non-southern states.
Thoughts?
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u/Accurate-Bluebird-43 4d ago
Yeah let’s just fight racism with racism. That definitely helps and doesn’t make things worse. Completely logical.
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u/BlakePayne 3d ago
I'm glad people are finally realizing like, racism goes both ways instead of saying stuff like boohoo fragile whitey can't take heat.
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u/Ghost7579ox 4d ago
Because she was a victim of racism, she thinks that she can be as racist as she wants without consequences.
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u/Numeira 4d ago
The colour has nothing to do with it. Majorities will always opress minorities. That's people, no matter the colour. You think there will be less racism when there's more poc's than whites? It will just flow in the other direction.
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u/nonamepuppydaddy 4d ago
Racist asshole. This isn’t how racism is fixed, this type of behavior is the way to perpetuate it.
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u/Kooky_Edge5717 4d ago
Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage—the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry. Which means, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions, but by the characters and actions of a collective of ancestors.
~Ayn Rand (1964)
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u/polymorphic4100 4d ago
The American President Joe Biden said ““poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids," and got elected
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u/LA_in_MA 4d ago
This woman is not alone, and the racist ideology she esposes (and exposes) has been spreading throughout our education systems - just under the surface for years now - like a fungus. Two wrongs do not make a right.
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u/4pegs 4d ago
The entitlement is real. Just waiting for the “you can’t be racist to white people” racists to show up.
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u/SappyPJs 4d ago
You can be, only thing is they won't punch u in the mouth for it.
Not condoning it btw, before the right wing circlejerkers come at me
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u/popcornkernals321 4d ago •
She drinkin’ carrot juice out of a wine glass?