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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 02:33 AM Dec 2014

The new rules for black people in America

Black people are supposed to fight to be considered human.
Black people are supposed to fight to have our deaths matter.
Black people are supposed to fight to make it so that if we are strangled to death or our 12-year-olds are shot while unarmed in front of millions of viewers, it should be considered a violation of the law.

Black people are supposed to fight legally, using the channels that declare these killings “not that bad” in the first place.
Black people are not supposed to disrupt traffic, or group together in public spaces.
Black people are not supposed to inconvenience Christmas shoppers.
Black people are not supposed to get angry.
Black people are not supposed to break things.
Black people are not supposed to mess up property.
Black people are not supposed to yell.
Black people are not supposed to get emotional.
Black people are not supposed to post too frequently on Facebook or Twitter.
Black people are not supposed to be social justice warriors.
Black people are not supposed to demonstrate during sporting events.
Black people are not supposed to use our hard won positions of power to express our true frustrations or fears.
Black people are not supposed to help each other.
Black people are not supposed to make people feel uncomfortable or threatened or left out.
Black people are not supposed to say “Black people” too much.

http://qz.com/306140/the-new-rules-for-black-people-in-america/

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The new rules for black people in America (Original Post) Blue_Tires Dec 2014 OP
Black people are not supposed to be social justice warriors. NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1
+1 freshwest Dec 2014 #2

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. Black people are not supposed to be social justice warriors.
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 06:49 PM
Dec 2014

I like that one.

I will NEVER get over what was done to A.C.O.R.N.

And why it was done.

Or how the term "community organizer" became the new "pedophile degenerate" or something ridiculous like that.

I want A.C.O.R.N. back and an apology from the racist pukes who destroyed it.

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