Lady Gaga "I'm not any color, I'm just me <3"

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On 3/14/2016 at 3:17 PM, Alien Tulip said:

I'm sure Gaga is aware that shes white and has white privilege but I think she's just tired of people using other people's race to define who they are. In Gaga's world if she were in charge she would terminate every racist, homophobic, sexist etc person off the face of the planet. She kinda explained in the past how she wishes the human race was just one but unfortunately there's a lot of ****ed up racist people in this world who are just plain ignorant. 

Is this inspired by Hitler's school of thought??>

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15 hours ago, LebaneseDude said:

Also this phenomenon is uniquely American, where race is not tied to culture. Racism outside of the US is often a consequence of cultural differences. This is not the case in the USA, where it only exists because reasons.

Then again, if black people in the USA actually worked to improve their "race" rather than use the **** they've gone through as excuses, they'd probably be in a better place right now. Look at all what Lebanon has been through all the years, and how we're still standing. What's black people's excuse in cushy America? 

Whatever. It's funny to see how good you've got it, and yet you continue to bitch about pop culture representation and the occasional bigoted police officer. Some day I hope I have that privilege.

Thank you so much for saying this. I sometimes think I'm the only one pointing out that these issues with blacks tend to be more of an American problem, it by no means speaks for a world situation. When I respond to it with my British way of dealing with racism, it's perceived as ignorance by a lot of Americans but in reality, I'm just responding in the way we do in my culture, a culture where we don't like to define people by race. I think if America looked at the way other countries handle racial tension and tried to replicate it, things might improve.

Ultimately, a race can only elevate its status if it helps itself. White people of today (who aren't slave owners and whose immediate family weren't either) are under no obligation to help black people of today (who aren't slaves and whose immediate family weren't slaves either). To use over a century of discrimination (which was banned several decades ago) as an excuse for blacks living today who are poor is just illogical. In every poor family, someone can break the cycle but not everyone chooses too. Both my parents were brought up in poor, working class families. My mum was one of 4 and 3 out of those 4 worked hard and saved money so they now live comfortable lives. My dad came from a family of 6 - 2 out of the 6 managed to break the cycle too. My mum had the help of university education to help her get a job as a secretary. My dad left school at 15 with no qualifications, but through working hard and spending money on the right things at his blue collar working class job, he afforded a comfortable life. If you work hard, you can live reasonably well off. But if you don't try at school and drop out and end up doing crime, don't be surprised if you can't get a job or a well-paid one. If you don't invest and and spend wisely, don't be surprised if you have no money. Most people are poor for 2 reasons - they were born into a poor family and therefore stick to what they know and/or they made poor choices which led to them being broke. This is true for all races. It's absurd to think it's purely a non-white thing. Be bound to what you deem the limitations of your race and class and you'll be trapped forever.

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On 3/14/2016 at 8:29 AM, STDMNC said:

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None of you deserve LG5. New jazz album featuring Vanessa Williams.

 

Vanessa Williams >>>> tho

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On 3/15/2016 at 3:01 PM, StrawberryBlond said:

A lot of SJW's think they are educated and open minded when they're uneducated and close minded. They're sheep - they only follow what the society ideal is for them to act. They don't have any real opinions of their own. They don't have the capacity to come up with insightful ideas, new ways of looking at and dealing with things. They also just like to sit around complaining but don't actually do anything. This is where the annoyance comes from. I'm perfectly free of ignorance, it's just that my ways of dealing with racism gives some people pause because it doesn't follow the way that we're taught to deal with it.

Just to clear something up: "The way we're taught to deal with it" and "the societal ideal" in the real world is to ignore it. If the norm was to speak out against perceived forms of hate speech, we'd see far greater arguments (similar to those in these 13 pages) in day-to-day physical interactions. 

"They also just like to sit around complaining but don't actually do anything." Is attempting to inform and change opinions really 'doing nothing'? Is beginning a dialogue around race issues 'doing nothing'? Complaining about a system of inequality, while may be annoying to you, brings attention to the system itself; we're talking about it aren't we? The only way to shift political consciousness is to communicate ideas. 

On what are you basing SJW credibility (in terms of education)? How can you be sure they don't know what they're talking about? How do you know the ideas they communicate are not their opinions?  The self proclaimed SJW that I have encountered are fairly educated people who use political and sociological discourse to form theories of their own; thus, stating SJW do not have an opinion is erroneous to me. Overall my opinion of SJW is a positive one, but ultimately, the truth is that neither you nor I should assume. You say that "a lot of SJW" are close minded, yet you yourself are assuming most of them are uneducated. Does that not count as a preconceived generalization and would you not then have a closed mind when discussing with SJW? 

 

I respect that you have your opinions on race and institutional racial disparities, but I do not agree with your generalization of "a lot of SJW" and your minimization of them.

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22 hours ago, PopBitch said:

 

@It'sVenusBitch nailed it.

"There is so much irony in defending "colorblindness" as a mentality, because it shows that you have the privilege to claim that you are not defined by your skin color, when for PoC unfortunately that IS how society sees them, treats, them, etc. It's not something everyone can simply claim, which is where the privilege part comes in."

Thanks

Honestly, I don't think people are going to see past this roadblock, but I always try anyway  Like, sit down for a second and consider "Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I am biased in my own favor" and then try to re-approach the discussion with a clearer head. Like, is it really even a meaningful discussion or effort if you are trying to persuade people who are so set in their ways that they don't seem willing to readily change stances as new evidence is brought forth (for that record, do you discredit all evidence, even from those with no ulterior motives or experts on a field?) To add a bit of credibility, I do this anytime I take any stance. I consider that I may just be thinking that way because its comfortable or "seems" logical to me. It's part of critical and rational thinking

On 3/16/2016 at 7:09 PM, StrawberryBlond said:

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Read the spoiler for my response, its quite lengthy.

Spoiler

 

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First of all, anecdotal evidence (even from black people) is still anecdotal  Also, not that its necessarily the case in your example, but internalized racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc. etc. are real phenomena that occur  One, Ten, or even One Million black people saying that "Black people ARE lazy!" does not make it any more valid  

It's not that you didn't go into the history/politics of it all, its that your post demonstrates that you don't actually know it (or don't believe in it  ) The idea that minorities and people of color are lazy, or get hand outs, or have a victim complex, or w.e else that is commonly used by the majority to actively demonize these people (and ironically lead to further oppression  ) is WRONG. On one level, its EXTREMELY presumptuous, and no amount of anecdotal data will explain this away as an acceptable generalization (I bring that up because there are literally laws and social mores, beliefs, etc. built around this concept that are ACTIVELY detrimental to minorities  )

On a further level, to the counter that some blacks (i hate that phrase "blacks"; its almost always followed by an offensive generalization  ) "Actually are lazy" or "actually don't try!" or "Actually do use their money on drugs", I implore you to not simply look at isolated phenomena and then judge based on it. For such anecdotal evidence, you hold really strong convictions, which to me on a rational level is frightening. Yes, some minorities don't do good things, some have "victim complexes" if you will call it that, yes some pull "the race card", blah blah. What we are missing is context, and it gets us into a disgusting cycle of oppression.

 

Some black people play the "Race card" because they experience Attributional Ambiguity, which is a phenomenon where psychologically, people of minority groups or low social standing have trouble determining things such as their own self worth and reception from others because of the heavy stigma surrounding a key part of their identity or what makes them apart of that social class. For example, in my high school, I was top of my class. In good standings, did community service, held leadership positions. I did not get into my schools National Honor Society, I was almost unanimously denied in favor of people who had lesser qualifications than me. I wasn't the only black person to be denied. It would be easy for me to shout "Racism!", (that is the attributional part of it) -- this phenomenon occurs VERY frequently to people of color. Did they get the job because they were white? was it the implicit bias behind the either openly or closeted racist employer? Was I just not better? Did I not have a good interview? These thought processes make it hard for people of certain social classes to mentally have a good grasp on feedback from others in social interactions. Yes, its easy to explain it away as paranoia, but its not always and for some black people its not a rare occurance; its an everyday thing for some people, and its kind of an example of microaggression. Most people experience this attribution on some level, but only people of color experience it specifically because of their race (the same way gay people experience it because of their sexuality) the converse might be white people thinking that they only got the job because they were white, which is certainly real, but that is not as prevalent (Because I cant say accurately that most white people consider white privilege a thing, many actively deny it for instance and i'd wager few do anything with it or about it  ). This is where we get people "playing the race card" -- is it a thing of arrogance? A joke? Ignorance? A victim complex? Or are people of color sometimes not socially adept at telling the difference between implicit slights of racism and microaggressions from other things? It's a blurry line   So yes, assuming that its purely of arrogance, or starting drama, or "talking about racism makes racism stay alive" is misguided; it isn't attempting to look at the phenomenon with open minds to talk about "why" it happens in the first place.  

This leads to a kind of cycle because people like yourself propagate it. For people who have the privilege to not have to examine things like this, or on this level at least, it sounds like a foreign concept, or an "excuse", and it conveniently goes along with a **** load of other rhetoric about the false meritocracy that is fed into the general public of most of the West and certainly the East. When this happens, we have two things: A) a negative attitude about minorities coupled based on misconceptions with B) minorities who have a tendency to be less adept than others at interpreting feedback; they also may have self-esteem problems intrinsically tied to an aspect of their identity (be it race, gender, sexuality, etc.) and thus we get a cycle; People think minorities need to work and lift themselves out of poverty and what not, meanwhile minorities get the message from those people and society-at-large that they will simultaneously "never amount to anything" and "must work harder and stop complaining" about their own oppression.

This leads to a conundrum. "Should I work hard? Why should i work hard if I will never amount to anything? That seems like a waste of time" - Black kids growing up on the streets do not not try in school because its "hard" or because they were babied into believing that because they are minorities that they can just complain about it and receive handouts; its a conclusion that comes from years of intense socialization that actively reinforces this decision. This especially happens during one's formative years; people of color are exposed to racism from literally birth to the grave, even if its not all "someone called him a Nig***""  Its about your environment as well, but that includes your social environment.

Let's run a hypothetical; say there are black people selling drugs in a gang. They join a gang and sell drugs to one, make income, and two - to have a sense of community; because their parents weren't there for them. There parents weren't there for them because they had drug addictions themselves. They had drug addictions because their parents 2 generations ago didn't have time to nurture them when they were young and were distant. They were distant and didn't have time to nurture them because they were poor. They were poor because they had low-paying jobs to work and they had trouble getting those jobs in the first because of a system that actively discouraged them from getting them. Racism allowed people to discriminately against people (either openly or discreetly) and they didn't have to hire black people because they didnt like black people, or they rubbed them the wrong way or whatever. Then we have black people who get jobs, but have trouble finding places to live because people don't want to sell to them. Suddenly, we get into ghettos, where situations like this are not anecdotal evidence, they are the norm; the environment breeds like-minded individuals with similar backgrounds and settings. Then we introduce Gentrification and all hell breaks loose  

Fast-forward to today, black people are still feeling the repercussions of racism (and slavery  ), so they might grow up in homes with not the best living conditions and have to add on MODERN racism to the plate. Then a white person comes up and says "Everyone has it rough! Stop being so lazy!" or "Omg, stop blaming racism for your problems" and it just takes someone in power to endorse this mentality before it comes a common attitude. When it becomes a common attitude, it influences policy -both legal and social. We also now have some people along the way who KNOW this stuff is real. They have power and have said "whoa, this is kind of ****ed up and we need to make up for it or help these people out; its clear that their success in society is actively being hindered by the environment we have created for them and the playing field is not close to being level" So things like affirmative action (which really helps white women more than other groups, but I digress~  ) and "black and minority scholarships" come about, etc. Small acts of positive discrimination with the intention of rectifying a systemic problem that hurts specific groups of people more than others on the road to a more equal society. Then we have people who, having no context of personal oppression because of their skin color see this as unfair. They may also have no knowledge of racism and its effect on people other than "its bad."

 

It's misguided, its victim blaming (blaming black people for their own continued oppression when its infact these common social attitudes that help to perpetuate it  ), its ignorant. It's not that other races dont have problems on institutional levels, its again about nuance. White people dont experience these specific things at the account of their person as being "white" (they may have it about being poor, disabled, etc. - intersectionality ftw  ) and there is the distinction that makes "white privilege" a thing.

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In hindsight, even that scenario, which was a very much abbreviated account of reality and not really a pure hypothetical, was pretty West-centric (and even more so to America)  so I apologize for that.

Anti-blackness is a worldwide phenomenon though generally, so saying "I'm from England" or "I'm from Africa!" won't change the concept too drastically  

I hope that pseudo-hypothetical explained better how racism is "systemic" and how the attitude you hold towards people of color is both "understandable" (from a sense of how you may have come to that belief, not the belief itself) and misguided. 

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If you want to continue the conversation, I'd rather you PM me  

On topic, Gaga probably didnt mean anything by it, its a bit of a careless statement but I don't really care  

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21 hours ago, DietCoke said:

Just to clear something up: "The way we're taught to deal with it" and "the societal ideal" in the real world is to ignore it. If the norm was to speak out against perceived forms of hate speech, we'd see far greater arguments (similar to those in these 13 pages) in day-to-day physical interactions. 

"They also just like to sit around complaining but don't actually do anything." Is attempting to inform and change opinions really 'doing nothing'? Is beginning a dialogue around race issues 'doing nothing'? Complaining about a system of inequality, while may be annoying to you, brings attention to the system itself; we're talking about it aren't we? The only way to shift political consciousness is to communicate ideas. 

On what are you basing SJW credibility (in terms of education)? How can you be sure they don't know what they're talking about? How do you know the ideas they communicate are not their opinions?  The self proclaimed SJW that I have encountered are fairly educated people who use political and sociological discourse to form theories of their own; thus, stating SJW do not have an opinion is erroneous to me. Overall my opinion of SJW is a positive one, but ultimately, the truth is that neither you nor I should assume. You say that "a lot of SJW" are close minded, yet you yourself are assuming most of them are uneducated. Does that not count as a preconceived generalization and would you not then have a closed mind when discussing with SJW? 

 

I respect that you have your opinions on race and institutional racial disparities, but I do not agree with your generalization of "a lot of SJW" and your minimization of them.

I'd argue that no, the way we're taught to dealt with it is to speak up, as we are in life in general. It's a good theory but the downside is that its caused a lot of people to just scream out an accusation with no proof and don't seem to care about what the repercussions of that could be. And the other way we're taught to deal with racism is to offer support at each and every turn, even if its something not directly race-related and to just support everything a PoC says, even if it's misinformed or should be challenged. Listening is one thing, mindlessly supporting without questioning is another.

No, I'm saying that SJW's aren't physically doing anything. They're the sort of people who say "we should be out doing protest marches" but have never actually been on one. They like to stay behind the safety of their computer screen and don't actually do anything in the real world to bring about change.

SJW's are usually characterised by just saying the same as all their fellow SJW's and linking to pictures of comic strip cartoons to prove their point. That's not educated to me - that's just quoting what other people say. Educated people take what other people say and have ideas from that and embellish it into an opinion of their own. I have yet to see any opinions that I would deem new or insightful from an SJW. And bear in mind, SJW is not a positive term, it's an insult, therefore, you can't say "my views on SJW's are positive." To you, they're just good people with good ideas. But to the rest of us, they're suck-ups who can't think for themselves, hence we came about with this term, probably an offshoot from the term "keyboard warrior," which is a person that is only aggressive over the net and doesn't have the guts to have that bravado in reality. No, I don't think it's close minded to judge someone when they've proved themselves to be ignorant and immune to considering any opinion that isn't their own.

19 hours ago, ItsVenusBitch said:

Read the spoiler for my response, its quite lengthy.

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First of all, anecdotal evidence (even from black people) is still anecdotal  Also, not that its necessarily the case in your example, but internalized racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc. etc. are real phenomena that occur  One, Ten, or even One Million black people saying that "Black people ARE lazy!" does not make it any more valid  

It's not that you didn't go into the history/politics of it all, its that your post demonstrates that you don't actually know it (or don't believe in it  ) The idea that minorities and people of color are lazy, or get hand outs, or have a victim complex, or w.e else that is commonly used by the majority to actively demonize these people (and ironically lead to further oppression  ) is WRONG. On one level, its EXTREMELY presumptuous, and no amount of anecdotal data will explain this away as an acceptable generalization (I bring that up because there are literally laws and social mores, beliefs, etc. built around this concept that are ACTIVELY detrimental to minorities  )

On a further level, to the counter that some blacks (i hate that phrase "blacks"; its almost always followed by an offensive generalization  ) "Actually are lazy" or "actually don't try!" or "Actually do use their money on drugs", I implore you to not simply look at isolated phenomena and then judge based on it. For such anecdotal evidence, you hold really strong convictions, which to me on a rational level is frightening. Yes, some minorities don't do good things, some have "victim complexes" if you will call it that, yes some pull "the race card", blah blah. What we are missing is context, and it gets us into a disgusting cycle of oppression.

 

Some black people play the "Race card" because they experience Attributional Ambiguity, which is a phenomenon where psychologically, people of minority groups or low social standing have trouble determining things such as their own self worth and reception from others because of the heavy stigma surrounding a key part of their identity or what makes them apart of that social class. For example, in my high school, I was top of my class. In good standings, did community service, held leadership positions. I did not get into my schools National Honor Society, I was almost unanimously denied in favor of people who had lesser qualifications than me. I wasn't the only black person to be denied. It would be easy for me to shout "Racism!", (that is the attributional part of it) -- this phenomenon occurs VERY frequently to people of color. Did they get the job because they were white? was it the implicit bias behind the either openly or closeted racist employer? Was I just not better? Did I not have a good interview? These thought processes make it hard for people of certain social classes to mentally have a good grasp on feedback from others in social interactions. Yes, its easy to explain it away as paranoia, but its not always and for some black people its not a rare occurance; its an everyday thing for some people, and its kind of an example of microaggression. Most people experience this attribution on some level, but only people of color experience it specifically because of their race (the same way gay people experience it because of their sexuality) the converse might be white people thinking that they only got the job because they were white, which is certainly real, but that is not as prevalent (Because I cant say accurately that most white people consider white privilege a thing, many actively deny it for instance and i'd wager few do anything with it or about it  ). This is where we get people "playing the race card" -- is it a thing of arrogance? A joke? Ignorance? A victim complex? Or are people of color sometimes not socially adept at telling the difference between implicit slights of racism and microaggressions from other things? It's a blurry line   So yes, assuming that its purely of arrogance, or starting drama, or "talking about racism makes racism stay alive" is misguided; it isn't attempting to look at the phenomenon with open minds to talk about "why" it happens in the first place.  

This leads to a kind of cycle because people like yourself propagate it. For people who have the privilege to not have to examine things like this, or on this level at least, it sounds like a foreign concept, or an "excuse", and it conveniently goes along with a **** load of other rhetoric about the false meritocracy that is fed into the general public of most of the West and certainly the East. When this happens, we have two things: A) a negative attitude about minorities coupled based on misconceptions with B) minorities who have a tendency to be less adept than others at interpreting feedback; they also may have self-esteem problems intrinsically tied to an aspect of their identity (be it race, gender, sexuality, etc.) and thus we get a cycle; People think minorities need to work and lift themselves out of poverty and what not, meanwhile minorities get the message from those people and society-at-large that they will simultaneously "never amount to anything" and "must work harder and stop complaining" about their own oppression.

This leads to a conundrum. "Should I work hard? Why should i work hard if I will never amount to anything? That seems like a waste of time" - Black kids growing up on the streets do not not try in school because its "hard" or because they were babied into believing that because they are minorities that they can just complain about it and receive handouts; its a conclusion that comes from years of intense socialization that actively reinforces this decision. This especially happens during one's formative years; people of color are exposed to racism from literally birth to the grave, even if its not all "someone called him a Nig***""  Its about your environment as well, but that includes your social environment.

Let's run a hypothetical; say there are black people selling drugs in a gang. They join a gang and sell drugs to one, make income, and two - to have a sense of community; because their parents weren't there for them. There parents weren't there for them because they had drug addictions themselves. They had drug addictions because their parents 2 generations ago didn't have time to nurture them when they were young and were distant. They were distant and didn't have time to nurture them because they were poor. They were poor because they had low-paying jobs to work and they had trouble getting those jobs in the first because of a system that actively discouraged them from getting them. Racism allowed people to discriminately against people (either openly or discreetly) and they didn't have to hire black people because they didnt like black people, or they rubbed them the wrong way or whatever. Then we have black people who get jobs, but have trouble finding places to live because people don't want to sell to them. Suddenly, we get into ghettos, where situations like this are not anecdotal evidence, they are the norm; the environment breeds like-minded individuals with similar backgrounds and settings. Then we introduce Gentrification and all hell breaks loose  

Fast-forward to today, black people are still feeling the repercussions of racism (and slavery  ), so they might grow up in homes with not the best living conditions and have to add on MODERN racism to the plate. Then a white person comes up and says "Everyone has it rough! Stop being so lazy!" or "Omg, stop blaming racism for your problems" and it just takes someone in power to endorse this mentality before it comes a common attitude. When it becomes a common attitude, it influences policy -both legal and social. We also now have some people along the way who KNOW this stuff is real. They have power and have said "whoa, this is kind of ****ed up and we need to make up for it or help these people out; its clear that their success in society is actively being hindered by the environment we have created for them and the playing field is not close to being level" So things like affirmative action (which really helps white women more than other groups, but I digress~  ) and "black and minority scholarships" come about, etc. Small acts of positive discrimination with the intention of rectifying a systemic problem that hurts specific groups of people more than others on the road to a more equal society. Then we have people who, having no context of personal oppression because of their skin color see this as unfair. They may also have no knowledge of racism and its effect on people other than "its bad."

 

It's misguided, its victim blaming (blaming black people for their own continued oppression when its infact these common social attitudes that help to perpetuate it  ), its ignorant. It's not that other races dont have problems on institutional levels, its again about nuance. White people dont experience these specific things at the account of their person as being "white" (they may have it about being poor, disabled, etc. - intersectionality ftw  ) and there is the distinction that makes "white privilege" a thing.

~~~

In hindsight, even that scenario, which was a very much abbreviated account of reality and not really a pure hypothetical, was pretty West-centric (and even more so to America)  so I apologize for that.

Anti-blackness is a worldwide phenomenon though generally, so saying "I'm from England" or "I'm from Africa!" won't change the concept too drastically  

I hope that pseudo-hypothetical explained better how racism is "systemic" and how the attitude you hold towards people of color is both "understandable" (from a sense of how you may have come to that belief, not the belief itself) and misguided. 

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If you want to continue the conversation, I'd rather you PM me  

I'll try and do that as soon as I can.

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I think she meant; humans are humans, who cares about colors. I agree with her. We should all be treated as equal.

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Aren't some of y'all sore from all the reaching y'all just did? 

 

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On March 14, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Cocaine said:

most ppl commenting in here are white so let me just log out tbh

Yesss!! It's so funny how I can feel alienated in a group I thought would be more accepting, considering how accepting Gaga is. And half the time some of the people don't even try on here. 

[DemeLarell 931]

On March 16, 2016 at 0:53 AM, LebaneseDude said:

Why are people in this thread so persistent in making skin color such a defining human trait for everyone?

I refuse to be naturally categorized as anything. It's not your place to enforce some sort of inherent superiority on me or anyone. Just because someone is white, doesn't mean they've had a better life. Look at me. Do you think Middle Easterners have it better than black people in the world right now, even when they're "white". What about Greeks? 

White people are just as likely to be treated as trash as black people. The only difference is the manner in how they are discriminated against. Yeah sure...some jackass is going to treat a black person as trash and use their skin as some sort of excuse to stereotype. What makes you so sure that bigot would treat a white person any better? Rather than resort to race, they'll resort to social class, calling them white trailer trash. 

Also this phenomenon is uniquely American, where race is not tied to culture. Racism outside of the US is often a consequence of cultural differences. This is not the case in the USA, where it only exists because reasons.

Then again, if black people in the USA actually worked to improve their "race" rather than use the **** they've gone through as excuses, they'd probably be in a better place right now. Look at all what Lebanon has been through all the years, and how we're still standing. What's black people's excuse in cushy America? 

Whatever. It's funny to see how good you've got it, and yet you continue to bitch about pop culture representation and the occasional bigoted police officer. Some day I hope I have that privilege.

In the meantime, leave Gaga alone. I'm pretty sure she's well aware of the situation. No need to draw her into your selfish way of thinking and force her to stamp every message with a disclaimer.

I love your comment. Saves me the typing lol, but we probably should not generalize people. It's all about individuals. I don't mind people having racist thoughts. It's when they act upon those thought that I have a problem. And don't generalize black people and white people... I'm black and I'm nothing like you described. And this is not me attacking you. I genuinely love you guys on here. 

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On 3/14/2016 at 5:09 AM, Red said:

I'm surprised people are not accusing her of being a part of the #AllLivesMatter movement

Maybe because she said shes all colors instead of BLACKlivesmatter

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Just now, Omar Vela said:

why this person still here? I already report him/her ... everybody should do the same

you need to be reported for the atrocity that is your avi

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They're gone