Jazz ban 2nd fan for calling Westbrook "boy"
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Imo there are people misunderstood on all sides. People who go out of their way to be kind feel trapped that they can't achieve that because they will probably accidentally say the wrong thing and never live it down.
On the other hand there is still work to do. Imo the solution would be to get these groups together and integrated more often. I honestly feel the rules are driving people apart. Not for anarchy, but I think more rules are becoming counterproductive.
We have to choose to believe in humanity. ALL humanity. We have to believe that stranger has something to offer, something to teach.
United we conquer, divided we fall. If we step on one to lift ourselves, we will self destruct like all great societies.
If you want to change something, reach out to somebody different than you. Arguing with that person is divisive. As Covey said, you never "win" an argument.
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On the other hand there is still work to do. Imo the solution would be to get these groups together and integrated more often. I honestly feel the rules are driving people apart. Not for anarchy, but I think more rules are becoming counterproductive.
We have to choose to believe in humanity. ALL humanity. We have to believe that stranger has something to offer, something to teach.
United we conquer, divided we fall. If we step on one to lift ourselves, we will self destruct like all great societies.
If you want to change something, reach out to somebody different than you. Arguing with that person is divisive. As Covey said, you never "win" an argument.
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Cliff notes for my novel above. This franchise gets it!
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If terms like "sir" and "ma'am" confuse you, perhaps you need to educate yourself on polite society.
Telling other people what to bring to a potluck is awkward generally. If he wanted to eat fried chicken, bring fried chicken.
If the guy next to you is yelling racist stuff, and you are not saying anything, the guy next to you is making you look bad. If you don't like it, don't show up for Jazz games. The crowd is treated as, and often acts like, a single entity, and what others do and you don't object to reflects on you.
So, you don't mind when people refer to you as a knuckle-walking low-browed self-blinding bonobo? I mean, if you object, just let me know, because I would not want to call you that if it was offensive to you. Of course, since you are not going to get all hypersensitive and PC on me, you won't bother to object, right?
Anyone can be prejudiced (and pretty much everyone is), and anyone can be bigoted. Racism involves the social power structure, and you can only be racist when supporting that power structure. So, black people are racist when they show bigotry to other black people (for example, Jesse Lee Peterson), but since the power structures favor white people the most, white people can not be the victims of racism (although they can be the victims of prejudice and bigotry).
If you were really respectful of all people, you wouldn't need to be guilted into fighting racism, you would be doing it out of you respect for all people.
I'm sure it is making things worse for you. It's making things better for me.
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You could teach them to use their own power to fight for people who have less power. That would be something more.
Don't confuse "wouldn't get offended" with "wouldn't show me he was offended".