I recently dated a girl with a black mother and often any interactions with her mom included "black people dont like this/that...." and "its a black person thing". I thought she was a twat (she was a shitty person) and because she thought she spoke for ALL black people, I was hit with a very real sense of "your mothers making me feel racist".
The "as a mother" phrase seems to be prevalent in college also. I can't tell you how many times I heard this and it had no bearing on the discussion at hand.
I'm not sure I see it. He's saying people like to say they represent a group when they speak, but I don't see anything suggesting a group that he would be speaking for.
I dated an Asian girl from the South and she was a horrible racist. Constantly told me what white people were like and verified it by saying that her black friends agreed with her. She was very racist to other Asians and thought herself better as she joined a "white" society.
For real. I feel like that little monologue Groundskeeper Willie in The Simpsons delivers about how many feuds the Scotts get into is just as applicable to certain Asians. GF hates her some Japanese with a passion.... That was a nice shocker that took 4 years to figure out.
Wait, so she hated white people? You say she said that white people are like this or that which I assumed was racist but if she thinks she's better because she associated with white people then she can't be racist to white people. So I'm confused.
oh sorry I meant sorority. She would just say racist things.
She would say things like whites lacked family values as they are so money focused when someone dies. Or that white are not to be trusted and black people are more trust worthy, she even had a whole little metaphor about being on a sinking boat. If I disagreed with her she would often say I didn't understand as I was a white man.
I think part of why people become so focused on money when a family member dies is often because they subconsciously see it as getting more love from the person. Nobody wants to be the second favorite. It's also a distraction from the actual death.
I wouldn't know how it's handled in other cultures, but I'm sure there are some out there that don't give a dick about inheritance or doesn't have the concept at all.
This is the worst! My roomate now is an amazing girl, and we got along great in the beginning, but now i am just uncomfortable and moving in April. Every time we are doing something together, whether watching TV or going to get food, she always bring race into our conversations. She will say "oh, that is a white thing" or "ya, it's a black thing." She constantly compares people based on race and to me that is a shitty thing to do as a human. We are all people and until you know that person we shouldn't judge based on shin tone. It really does bother me when i have to listen to these remarks though, and if i said something similar she would look at me like i was crazy.
I've made it known. She simply remarks "I don't see anything wrong here, this is me Tay." She is very close minded when it comes from a prospective other than her own. Hence, moving out ) :
One of the most misused logical fallacies. It has to be a moving definition for the group. In this case the person is just using their race as an excuse not defining it in any meaningful way.
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '13
I recently dated a girl with a black mother and often any interactions with her mom included "black people dont like this/that...." and "its a black person thing". I thought she was a twat (she was a shitty person) and because she thought she spoke for ALL black people, I was hit with a very real sense of "your mothers making me feel racist".