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brooklynite

(94,586 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:22 PM Jul 2019

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"I'm a person of color. I'm white."

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"I'm a person of color. I'm white." (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2019 OP

White as a nun's belly ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #1

Yep, this year's version of "all lives matter." brush Jul 2019 #12

White isn't a color, it's the absence of color Clash City Rocker Jul 2019 #2

Exactly! Dem_4_Life Jul 2019 #14

Actually, no dumbcat Jul 2019 #15

Nothing has a color. It's only what colors something absorbs or reflects Lochloosa Jul 2019 #17

WTF Dude? Bettie Jul 2019 #3

Someone question his privilege? wryter2000 Jul 2019 #4

An ignorant white winger. Hoyt Jul 2019 #5

doesnt look white to me. nt msongs Jul 2019 #6

Yikes ... hes even whiter than white... CatMor Jul 2019 #7

Sort of pinkish beige, actually. MineralMan Jul 2019 #8

Like a baby gerbil. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #11

Exactly! MineralMan Jul 2019 #18

I was thinking rat! GulfCoast66 Jul 2019 #20

Richard Pryor used to have a great bit about "colored" people. cwydro Jul 2019 #9

Oooh... good one Rep. Kelly...that showed us... Caliman73 Jul 2019 #10

All this idiot is really trying to say is that tRump will not deport him. Enoki33 Jul 2019 #13

Reminds me of: LisaL Jul 2019 #16

Square more than any. LakeArenal Jul 2019 #21

"All colors matter" Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #19

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

1. White as a nun's belly

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:23 PM

Jul 2019

But not nearly as pure!

brush

(53,784 posts)

12. Yep, this year's version of "all lives matter."

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:45 PM

Jul 2019

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)

2. White isn't a color, it's the absence of color

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:25 PM

Jul 2019

Except for white light, which is every color mixed together.

At any rate, this guy sounds pretty dumb.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)

14. Exactly!

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:08 PM

Jul 2019

UGH as a white person also this is embarrassing...

dumbcat

(2,120 posts)

15. Actually, no

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:11 PM

Jul 2019

Black is the absence of color (light).

You got the white part right.

Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)

17. Nothing has a color. It's only what colors something absorbs or reflects

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:42 PM

Jul 2019

Bettie

(16,110 posts)

3. WTF Dude?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:25 PM

Jul 2019

Racist Asshole much?

wryter2000

(46,051 posts)

4. Someone question his privilege?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:27 PM

Jul 2019

Get over it, a-hole

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. An ignorant white winger.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:28 PM

Jul 2019

msongs

(67,413 posts)

6. doesnt look white to me. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:34 PM

Jul 2019

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

7. Yikes ... hes even whiter than white...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:36 PM

Jul 2019

thinks he's clever and funny but he's just a racist.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

8. Sort of pinkish beige, actually.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:39 PM

Jul 2019

LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)

11. Like a baby gerbil.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:44 PM

Jul 2019

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

18. Exactly!

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 07:55 PM

Jul 2019

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

20. I was thinking rat!

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #11)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 08:04 PM

Jul 2019

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

9. Richard Pryor used to have a great bit about "colored" people.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:41 PM

Jul 2019

He points out that white people are every color except white...wish I knew where to find it. It was hilarious.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)

10. Oooh... good one Rep. Kelly...that showed us...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 04:44 PM

Jul 2019

Damned idiot! They think they are clever doing that stupid stuff but it just makes them look small and weak. Oh, "I'm a person of color... Put that man in the body of a Black man or woman for 3 days and he'd shit himself.

Rep Kelly, define what a "White Person" is for me. What does it mean to be White?

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)

13. All this idiot is really trying to say is that tRump will not deport him.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:01 PM

Jul 2019

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

16. Reminds me of:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:19 PM

Jul 2019

I am in shape. Round is a shape.

LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)

21. Square more than any.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 08:05 PM

Jul 2019

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

19. "All colors matter"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 07:57 PM

Jul 2019

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