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2016 Postmortem

Skwmom

(12,685 posts) Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:35 PM Mar 2016

Q: Does accusing unknown people of racism hurt or help the desire to eliminate racism?

Does it hurt or help fixing the problems Black Americans are experiencing?

Note: This isn't a game. And if people really held the beliefs they profess they would not treat it as such.

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Q: Does accusing unknown people of racism hurt or help the desire to eliminate racism? (Original Post) Skwmom Mar 2016 OP

Never helps AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #1

What does this reference, please? MineralMan Mar 2016 #2

it helps to stand up KT2000 Mar 2016 #3

Any such accusation without convincing proof is harmful to the cause. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #4

AgerolanAmerican

(1,000 posts)

1. Never helps

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:38 PM

Mar 2016

Never heard of someone becoming not-racist after being accused of racism.

What it does do is harden positions and convince everyone there is no dialogue to be had.

MineralMan

(146,286 posts)

2. What does this reference, please?

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:38 PM

Mar 2016

I'm not seeing any point of reference here.

KT2000

(20,572 posts)

3. it helps to stand up

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:39 PM

Mar 2016

against racism and hate. There will always be racists but they should not find community through a presidential candidate. People who align themselves with racists are racists. It is not OK and this country will NOT go back.
The alternative is to sit back and allow it to grow.

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

4. Any such accusation without convincing proof is harmful to the cause.

Reply to Skwmom (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:41 PM

Mar 2016

Any decent person so accused will likely not <i>become</i> racist over the slander...but they've damn sure been enormously de-motivated to actively help.

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