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Mar 3, 2018 5:58:09 GMT -5
Post by fretslider on Mar 3, 2018 5:58:09 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.
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Mar 3, 2018 7:27:06 GMT -5
Post by mouse on Mar 3, 2018 7:27:06 GMT -5
its absolutely alright to be white .. its more than all right afterall no one gets a choice in being black.white/grey/brown/or even multi coloured like sa rainbow
and whats all the garbage about white privilege ? there is no such thing as white privilege ... there is an absolute right to inherit what ones forebears in ones country have invented.. innovated.. written .. set in motion ...etc etc just because in an other country inventions and innovation..practices etc were neith forth coming or valued because of a difference of culture doesn not make whites privileged... it simply makes them inventive and thought ful.. and having a need to make life more comfortable for them selves and their desendents its not as if whites ket all their inventions and innovations to them selves is ..
I was watching an add the other night about places needing clean water. because their water supply was tainted by animals humans misusing the water ...surely the first thing to do is separate animals from the water supply .. by sorting out a trough for them to drink out of and more importantly not to stand in or defecate or pass urine then provide an other trough for domestic water.. and sieve the water several times and boling before human consumption its not rocket science
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Mar 3, 2018 9:40:55 GMT -5
Post by Dex on Mar 3, 2018 9:40:55 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.What makes you think you know what American white nationalists mean?
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Post by Dex on Mar 3, 2018 9:42:37 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.That's not what they say here, Fret. They say, It's ok to be a racist or a bigot and try to undermine people who are not white or part white.
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Mar 3, 2018 12:27:01 GMT -5
Post by beth on Mar 3, 2018 12:27:01 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.Wrong. Soooooo wrong.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 4, 2018 4:53:33 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.What makes you think you know what American white nationalists mean? So, it's not ok to be white. That much these days is certainly true.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 4, 2018 4:55:01 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.That's not what they say here, Fret. They say, It's ok to be a racist or a bigot and try to undermine people who are not white or part white. Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. It's ok to be white Which bit of that phrase is racist and towards whom?
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Mar 5, 2018 2:38:05 GMT -5
Post by Jessiealan on Mar 5, 2018 2:38:05 GMT -5
It is possible this was taken as racist because it was posted in an area that is far heavier in white population than black. 78% white or something close to that.
They are right. It may not be racist in the U.K., but only the racists would have put it up, here.
White Supremacists here are extreme racists. Don't let anyone tell you differently.
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Mar 5, 2018 7:31:38 GMT -5
Post by mouse on Mar 5, 2018 7:31:38 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.What makes you think you know what American white nationalists mean? I really don't care what American supremecists mean be they white or black... the fact is that of course ""its ok to be white""" just as its ok to be Asian or African ie brown or brown black ... skin colour is not something any one choses.. so yes its ok to be what ever your skin denotes
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Mar 5, 2018 7:37:42 GMT -5
Post by mouse on Mar 5, 2018 7:37:42 GMT -5
A Pennsylvania borough is trying to remove stickers from its stop signs, but they just keep popping up. The stickers are reportedly the product of a white nationalist corner of the web, and are designed to sow racial division in American communities. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Emmaus asked residents to help deal with the "racist" stickers. When public works employees removed them, they would appear on stop signs the next day. The signs, according to the post, don't represent the community's identity. "If you see these stickers, please don't be afraid to tear them down," the post read. "If you see someone that is NOT a Borough worker doing something at one of our signs, please call the police." www.phillyvoice.com/its-ok-be-white-stickers-stop-signs-emmaus/And what do these racist stickers say? It's ok to be white.That's not what they say here, Fret. They say, It's ok to be a racist or a bigot and try to undermine people who are not white or part white. oh I see.. if a person says its ok to be white its then racist... but if some one says black is beautiful then that is not racist.... to belong to any white group is racist.. is belonging to any of the black groups also deemed as racist.. ? or is black racism allowable how about black history month.. I guess that's not racist either I read a headline yesterday its said in bold print ... Brexit is racist.... how that wotkes out... who knows
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Post by fretslider on Mar 5, 2018 9:51:22 GMT -5
It is possible this was taken as racist because it was posted in an area that is far heavier in white population than black. 78% white or something close to that. They are right. It may not be racist in the U.K., but only the racists would have put it up, here. White Supremacists here are extreme racists. Don't let anyone tell you differently. It seems to me that the US by virtue of its obsession with identity politics has become a bit of a basket case. Identity politics is nothing more than a recipe for division and conflict. How it works in the UK ‘Your entire existence is drenched in racism. From micro-aggressions to terrorism, you guys built the blueprint for this s***. ‘Come see me when you realise that racism isn’t learned, it’s inherited and consciously or unconsciously passed down through privilege. ‘Once white people begin to admit that their race is the most violent and oppressive force of nature on Earth… then we can talk.’metro.co.uk/2018/02/28/model-munroe-bergdorf-sacked-loreal-saying-white-people-racist-gets-job-labour-equalities-adviser-7347571/This idiotic import from the US apparently only applies to ALL white British people. By their standards it's more than racist, right?
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Mar 5, 2018 10:18:11 GMT -5
Post by Jessiealan on Mar 5, 2018 10:18:11 GMT -5
It depends on who you are talking about. Many people in this country are racist by degrees. Others are bigoted toward poor people. Put these together and the discrimination can be a way of life for many. It is probably not the same situation in the U. K.. I am curious about why you chose the article about the sticker for comment. Unless you have spent time here and absorbed the cultural ups and downs, I doubt you could grasp the gist of the situation.
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Mar 5, 2018 11:45:10 GMT -5
Post by beth on Mar 5, 2018 11:45:10 GMT -5
That's not what they say here, Fret. They say, It's ok to be a racist or a bigot and try to undermine people who are not white or part white. oh I see.. if a person says its ok to be white its then racist... but if some one says black is beautiful then that is not racist.... to belong to any white group is racist.. is belonging to any of the black groups also deemed as racist.. ? or is black racism allowable how about black history month.. I guess that's not racist either I read a headline yesterday its said in bold print ... Brexit is racist.... how that wotkes out... who knows Brexit is a good subject for you to comment on. I usually enjoy your views in that direction. I have to agree with Jessiealan about the U.S., mouse. You don't have the first hand information you'd need to make judgement calls.
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Mar 5, 2018 11:58:55 GMT -5
Post by beth on Mar 5, 2018 11:58:55 GMT -5
What makes you think you know what American white nationalists mean? I really don't care what American supremecists mean be they white or black... the fact is that of course ""its ok to be white""" just as its ok to be Asian or African ie brown or brown black ... skin colour is not something any one choses.. so yes its ok to be what ever your skin denotes Of course it's okay, but you're taking it out of context which *could* be instrumental in changing the subject. Is that the plan?
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Mar 6, 2018 3:57:46 GMT -5
Post by mouse on Mar 6, 2018 3:57:46 GMT -5
I really don't care what American supremecists mean be they white or black... the fact is that of course ""its ok to be white""" just as its ok to be Asian or African ie brown or brown black ... skin colour is not something any one choses.. so yes its ok to be what ever your skin denotes Of course it's okay, but you're taking it out of context which *could* be instrumental in changing the subject. Is that the plan? not al all.. for what possible reason ? the point is regardless of intent words mean exactly what they say ... its ok to be white means exactly that .. the nuences may be localised or or may have a local context but the meanings of the words remain the same and will be read as such by err outsiders
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