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Originally Posted by Redway

I wasn’t talking about you though was I. I’m talking about other people on this thread so you can see that particular LGBT comment in the context of other people being minimalistic about other forms of discrimination in the first place.

I’ve stayed calm for the most part where other people would’ve flipped when it comes to discussing black issues with people who aren’t willing to understand. Like I say those people are the same ones who wouldn’t see an issue touching a black girl’s hair. These are the same people who actually respond with joker smilies when someone’s talking about serious issues which still affect people of colour to this day.

Like I say I’m open to discussing these things with people who are willing to understand but the people those posts were directed at aren’t. And they’re happy to minimalise someone else’s experience to bolster some weird kind of pseudo-racist agenda. But it’s cool. Those particular people obviously don’t know any better so I’ve stayed cool for the most part.

You haven't stayed cool at all. Honestly, I get that this is a deeply affecting issue for you and that you have a lot of anger surrounding it, but frankly, the hostility forcefulness in the way you talk about it makes people less likely to listen to you... not more likely. Which will likely be met with a "you can't understand" type comment, and no I can't understand how it affects you personally, but I do know that there are many, many black people who debate / discuss / examine race issues respectfully and academically without resorting to aggressive language and (to be blunt) thinly veiled keyboard-threats.