No, it's not because you're white. It's because you lack fundamental comprehension skills which is evident by the fact you didn't read for understanding of the link posted earlier. Also, when told several different times in several different ways that race baiting was offensive and it accuses people of "playing the race card" which undercuts the validity of their concerns.
You lack critical thinking skills is what I gather here. Therefore, yes you are basic as hell. Here's a handy cheat sheet of things you need to refrain from using:
Racial Slurs Uppity Race Baiter Race Card He/She is Articulate (when said about black folks) Thug Ghetto Nappy - when discussing black folks hair Angry - when used to describe black people Militant
Keep all of those out of your mouth and keystrokes so I don't have to be alerted to your foolishness and call you out on it. Because you are making my ass itch. I'm torn between using all the cuss words and saying Bless Your Heart because it's slightly less than obvious that you are not playing with a full deck.
. Serious question, why is uppity on the list?
Because it was often used as an adjective to the n-word. If black folks thought they were better than white folks, too smart, etc. or perceived as out of their place, then the response would be "You uppity N-word." Like, I'm sure your homegirl probably wants to say that about me right now.
We don't use this term in my culture because it has a history of being used as a racial slur for Filipinos and generically for Asians. We use slippers as a general term for shoes that slip on. I pause every time I hear it, but know most people don't realize.
What can I call the thong sandals if slipper connotes something else? Thong makes me think of underwear. Hmmmm.
I'm still reading this thread, but my dad has lots of family still in Hawaii. We've always called them "zories" because of the Hawaiian influence. I think my mom grew up calling them "go-aheads".
Let's be honest, it's pretty hard for poor old white people to be told there is ANYTHING off limits to them. They just aren't used to it. Being told 'no' is for other people.
Holy shit. Angela, wtf? Of course there are words you cannot use. Your kids are half Asian, are you ok with people calling them Oriental? No. Because it's offensive. Because words have meaning.
I do not understand why you cannot understand this. Many people having taken the time to explain it to you. In several different ways. Doesn't that say something to you? That not ONE person in here agrees with you?
Bullshit. I will absolutely call you on your bullshit. Act like I can't type your words back to you because I'm not smart enough? Bull fucking shit. You have a set of rules for me and one for yourself based on MY RACE. EW. This isn't a joke. You're not joking. I was joking about sue and the others that bailed, calling them names. I accidentally offended and meant no harm. I apologized. You are a blatant asshole. Bless your own heart, asshole.
You know white oppression isn't a thing. Right?
And saying offensive stuff and calling it a joke doesn't actually make it a joke. And you didn't apologize, not really, bc "I'm sorry, but" isn't an apology and it took you way too long to even do that.
I'm sorry you've lost your mind and got taken over by pod people bc that's the only explanation for your booby behavior.
no, it's not. she's been like this for as long as I have posted here, and people acting surprised and giving her the benefit of the doubt is just ignoring her past bullshit.
this is her m.o. say something offensive, disappear for a few hours, come back and act SHOCKED that people took offense, call everyone idiots, double down. it's the same shit every time.
but people still go, "yay! angela's here!" when she shows up.
That is not what happened. I apologized to you and explained that my post wasn't some sort of attack on you. I remember apologizing a few times over pm and I'm still sorry for your loss
OMFG STFU. Do you not hear yourself? Really and truly, are you fucking high or something? Even here, explaining away first, then apologizing. Stop explaining. JFC.
Bc it's used to describe POC who should know their place.
I didn't realize it was a POC reference. I have used it before, but as to refer snotty upper crust white person.
Thank you for explaining.
I first saw it in Anne of Green Gables (why I remember this I have no idea) and used it for years in the way you describe until some televison show I saw explained its current connotation. And people say TV rots your brain.
I'm actually not shocked about this, not because I've been keeping specific track of angela but because I've actually seen these conversations happen in real life over the past few years in STL.
There are white men who will tell you to your face (and not just your drunk uncle at Thanksgiving or some asshole you kind of know on Facebook) that they are the victims of the BLM movement - you know, the people who like to say all lives matter, as if they need constant reassurance that they are valued. People also have no problem saying, or shouting, that it is offensive to them to point out that they have privilege. Young people who question why it's not OK to have an organization furthering the interests of white people and who think Trump is a hero.
Something is seriously wrong right now. America needs an intervention.
I know that NitaX does NOT need my ride or die ass to help her in here. I will hold her sweet ass earrings though, and I have some vaseline in my purse, boo.
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
No, it's not because you're white. It's because you lack fundamental comprehension skills which is evident by the fact you didn't read for understanding of the link posted earlier. Also, when told several different times in several different ways that race baiting was offensive and it accuses people of "playing the race card" which undercuts the validity of their concerns.
You lack critical thinking skills is what I gather here. Therefore, yes you are basic as hell. Here's a handy cheat sheet of things you need to refrain from using:
Racial Slurs Uppity Race Baiter Race Card He/She is Articulate (when said about black folks) Thug Ghetto Nappy - when discussing black folks hair Angry - when used to describe black people Militant
Keep all of those out of your mouth and keystrokes so I don't have to be alerted to your foolishness and call you out on it. Because you are making my ass itch. I'm torn between using all the cuss words and saying Bless Your Heart because it's slightly less than obvious that you are not playing with a full deck.
Bullshit. I will absolutely call you on your bullshit. Act like I can't type your words back to you because I'm not smart enough? Bull fucking shit. You have a set of rules for me and one for yourself based on MY RACE. EW. This isn't a joke. You're not joking. I was joking about sue and the others that bailed, calling them names. I accidentally offended and meant no harm. I apologized. You are a blatant asshole. Bless your own heart, asshole.
Why the fuck not? Black people have to live by different rules every day of their lives so that maybe they don't get killed by police or the neighborhood watch, but you're not willing to play by the rules of forgoing a few phrases from the English language? What the righteous fuck is wrong with you?
Bullshit. I will absolutely call you on your bullshit. Act like I can't type your words back to you because I'm not smart enough? Bull fucking shit. You have a set of rules for me and one for yourself based on MY RACE. EW. This isn't a joke. You're not joking. I was joking about sue and the others that bailed, calling them names. I accidentally offended and meant no harm. I apologized. You are a blatant asshole. Bless your own heart, asshole.
I am sorry my action hurt you. I was wrong. =/= I am sorry my action hurt you, but you are wrong. See the difference?
An apology couched in an explanation is not actually an apology. HTH.
Lawd. I'm going to say it - I feel sorry for her kids. She fundamentally does not get it and it's going to hurt her children at some point. If your own mother doesn't understand that her actions are hurtful, then who are you going to turn to for understanding? Just from her posts I bet she believes we're supposed to be living in a colorblind society.
Lawd. I'm going to say it - I feel sorry for her kids. She fundamentally does not get it and it's going to hurt her children at some point. If your own mother doesn't understand that her actions are hurtful, then who are you going to turn to for understanding? Just from her posts I bet she believes we're supposed to be living in a colorblind society.
cue her saying that she doesn't care if someone is black, green, or purple-- we've all heard that one, right?-- and then trotting out her list of black friends. They always have black friends, you know.
Because it was often used as an adjective to the n-word. If black folks thought they were better than white folks, too smart, etc. or perceived as out of their place, then the response would be "You uppity N-word." Like, I'm sure your homegirl probably wants to say that about me right now.
I am not sure the bolded was necessary.
I was asking a genuine question.
I appreciate an answer, as I said up post, I didn't realize it was a POC reference.
I have used it before, but as to refer snotty upper crust white person.
I think it's fair to say that if you feel the need to issue a "fuck you, too" to over half of the thread's participants, it's high time you check yourself.
But seriously, what is it about this whole mess that causes people to embarrass themselves like this? Toledo's final keyboard pounding performance, LHC bragging about being berbled out of retirement and putting herself on blast to her boss (still hilarious), Cjoy sniveling and whining but still gamely trying to insult everyone on her way out, Angela doing her thang all up and through here..
Can't you motherfuckers be cool for just five minutes?
I might be wrong, but I think we're witnessing in some cases the textbook phenomenon of white people reacting to being told they're wrong, specifically wrt them possibly being racist.
Because it was often used as an adjective to the n-word. If black folks thought they were better than white folks, too smart, etc. or perceived as out of their place, then the response would be "You uppity N-word." Like, I'm sure your homegirl probably wants to say that about me right now.
I am not sure the bolded was necessary.
I was asking a genuine question.
I appreciate an answer, as I said up post, I didn't realize it was a POC reference.
I have used it before, but as to refer snotty upper crust white person.
Sorry, if you felt I was associating you with Miss Thing.
But yes, it is a very loaded term when it comes to black folks.
No, it's not because you're white. It's because you lack fundamental comprehension skills which is evident by the fact you didn't read for understanding of the link posted earlier. Also, when told several different times in several different ways that race baiting was offensive and it accuses people of "playing the race card" which undercuts the validity of their concerns.
You lack critical thinking skills is what I gather here. Therefore, yes you are basic as hell. Here's a handy cheat sheet of things you need to refrain from using:
Racial Slurs Uppity Race Baiter Race Card He/She is Articulate (when said about black folks) Thug Ghetto Nappy - when discussing black folks hair Angry - when used to describe black people Militant
Keep all of those out of your mouth and keystrokes so I don't have to be alerted to your foolishness and call you out on it. Because you are making my ass itch. I'm torn between using all the cuss words and saying Bless Your Heart because it's slightly less than obvious that you are not playing with a full deck.
Bullshit. I will absolutely call you on your bullshit. Act like I can't type your words back to you because I'm not smart enough? Bull fucking shit. You have a set of rules for me and one for yourself based on MY RACE. EW. This isn't a joke. You're not joking. I was joking about sue and the others that bailed, calling them names. I accidentally offended and meant no harm. I apologized. You are a blatant asshole. Bless your own heart, asshole.
Angela, words have meanings. Even if you don't want them to, or want to use them in a different time way, they still have meanings.
People are trying repeatedly to tell you that the meanings of the words you are choosing are offensive. They are offensive when anybody says them but are especially so when the member of the majority in power uses them, in this case white people (although my guess is that Latino or Asian called a black person uppity, it would also not go over well).
It's not that you can't say them because you're white. You're obviously able to say anything you want but words have meanings and when combined with your race the meanings are amplified. You can use them, but know that when using them you're being offensive. That's a choice you're making. And apparently that's a choice you want to retain. It's more important to you to use offensive words than not. Why?
A trap I keep seeing people fall into is getting defensive as all get out. And yeah, in these threads (and the news/politics) it's particularly white people. That defensiveness doesn't make it better. It's ok to admit you didn't know something. It's ok to say that it's not how you intended but you can see where the other person is coming from and you'll do better in the future. Or you can double down and try to convince an entire room that you're not an ass hole. That's ass hole behavior though, so don't be surprised when someone calls you out for it.
My current hypothesis as to why this keeps playing out like this is white people's (myself included) severe aversion to being called racist. When we hear that word, or anything remotely related to it, we immediately think we are being called the leader of the kkk. Something we mostly all reject and is abhorrent to us. It's like the worst thing you can call a white person. So when we are called that, and it's something we find abhorrent we get defensive. What we need to learn and work on, is understanding that when people are telling us our words are offensive or racist, it doesn't mean they're calling us the leader of the kkk. They're saying that the word choice or what we just did was racist. We have all had racist behavior. We all continue to do it. The way to fix it is not to yell and scream and say it's not (because really that just makes people you are actually racist in the way you're trying to say you're not), it's to recognize it and do better in the future.
Separately, I know it's kind of your thing on these boards to throw around curse words because it's fun, I get in moods where fuck is my favorite word, so I get it. But I think in this thread, people are using your same language back to you and it's riling you up. It's weird.
She's saying fuck you to people in here because they won't stand in white solidarity.
She's not acknowledging the impact of her words because she is upset over a challenge to her white racial innocence.
She's saying fuck you to Nita because she wants to invalidate Nita, who won't protect her white feelings and who challenges her white certainty about language.
Post by redheadbaker on Apr 16, 2016 9:28:56 GMT -5
Duuuude. NitaX is one of the nicest, most patient posters on GBCN. You come for her, you're (rightfully) going to get your ass handed to you. She has patiently explained over and over why you are wrong. Shut up, listen and comprehend. Is that so hard?
When you say something and other people respond with "that's offensive" the correct response is "I'm sorry."
"It was a joke" tells the other person that they're wrong, which compounds the offense.
Why is it so difficult for some white people to understand that our privilege may occasionally blind us to the realities faced by our friends of color? When we make mistakes, it doesn't mean that we're being called evil nd require a defensive reaction, as long as we learn from them and apologize.
She's saying fuck you to people in here because they won't stand in white solidarity.
She's not acknowledging the impact of her words because she is upset over a challenge to her white racial innocence.
She's saying fuck you to Nita because she wants to invalidate Nita, who won't protect her white feelings and who challenges her white certainty about language.
^ And there it is. ^
Also, I don't feel like dropping what apparently happened with Pixy. If that's true, in conjuction with this thread, then we're talking about someone who either has zero sense of social cues or is so entitled (ahem, insecure) that they can't stand the thought of being wrong and that trumps all consideration for the feelings of others.
But seriously, what is it about this whole mess that causes people to embarrass themselves like this? Toledo's final keyboard pounding performance, LHC bragging about being berbled out of retirement and putting herself on blast to her boss (still hilarious), Cjoy sniveling and whining but still gamely trying to insult everyone on her way out, Angela doing her thang all up and through here..
Can't you motherfuckers be cool for just five minutes?
I might be wrong, but I think we're witnessing in some cases the textbook phenomenon of white people reacting to being told they're wrong, specifically wrt them possibly being racist.
oh I know. My question was a rhetorical one. Some people get hyped up about not being able to repeat certain words, and others pretend that there's a mod conspiracy and act all safer-than-thou. In either case, the rest of us are too stupid and unevolved to understand.
I think it's fair to say that if you feel the need to issue a "fuck you, too" to over half of the thread's participants, it's high time you check yourself.