I am not sure if you have noticed before so I will leave that to just not noticing, but that first part is actually an ongoing joke where Joy said I was black some time ago and I said something like wow I never knew that, wonder if my husband knows and also I have joked repeatedly with Rebecca about that most recently I think in the Don Cornelius thread...if you had never heard it before, maybe you could easily not get it. Further there was an entire thread where quite a few people were actually talking about y daughters picture (think it was a prior one, but not sure) so it was actually may way to lighten such a heavy message with the sarcastic news flash.
The rest is true to how things have historically been handled here in my view and the things that have been said. When there are talks about anything relating any prejudice or anything related to any minority group, there are numerous people who very loudly vocalize how they feel about it from there are too many excuses for minorities, to Spanish insert coupons being a higher amount is some type of reverse racism, or the fact that a regular poster constantly calls President Obama "Osama". Everyone on CW is not the same, with the same belief systems, and yes there are some people who makes remarks about Hispanic people, Black people, and maybe other groups. That does not mean all do it, but to say it has never happened here is not right either.
As for the staying in your place...actually that is not a direct affect of anything here...simply something to be shared because that is what actually is a part of being a Black person overall in this country, just like it is for many other minorities. As it has been shared here how you have to be prepared for the possiblity of encountering this or that because you are Black or another minority, I was honestly sharing that in order for me to achieve the things i have achieved in life, I have learned to in every aspect of life know my place and know when it is and is not appropriate to bring up the fact that I am a Black woman, hope that clarification helped you understand that section.
So yes, without the back context I can definitely see the beginning as confusing and even insultive, but it was me being sarcastic. Based on your statements I can accept what you have said about the rest...no problem at all. And there are people who I have huge political or religious differences with who I absolutely adore on here, so no there is no overall problem I have. I have spent the past week having wonderful conversations with many many people on CW about this.
I do not believe, nor was there any inclination that these things were what Barb09 was talking about, especially since she directly responded to the part I mentioned with a retort and mentioned nothing of the rest. She also seemed to completely overlook my post about this being a human issue, not a race issue, and continued to try to "prove" that the mainstream news even covered this story in depth before the prior week.
I respect and understand what you are saying, and thank you for speaking it, maybe she did somehow mean those things, but choose to focus on what the posts we had did talk about, but I am not going to further allow my post to be grouped in with some stuff a kid wrote on facebook when my statement about it not being mentioned on CW said it was because of the media not reporting it.
I think the issue with Trayvon is far more important than this stuff, so I hope I covered it all for you, but would prefer to not continue this conversation to take away from the real issue. I hope you understand
