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I wonder if Mourdor meant that he doesn't have a right to complain about racism because, since he is white, he never really experienced racism as opposed to you, me, and others of a different race. So he doesn't have a right to complain about it.
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I think I got all that out of what Mourdor said. If I missed somethin my bad.
The reason I said what I said is because I actually do believe that white people do have a right to speak out about racism towards them because
if we are all truly equal, then we all get to voice our opinions. Racism against white people, just like any other ethnicity, is a very real thing and I have seen it all over the place.
I am of mixed race. Being both white and hispanic I have experienced bigotry towards both. Often, when I am with white people they will say very bigoted things about hispanics and assume I wont care (often times because they assume I am not hispanic because my skin is so light.) At the same time, when I am with hispanics, blacks, and people of other ethnicities I will hear a lot of bigoted remarks about whites. The interesting thing about this instance is they know I am white, but they assume I will say nothing about it because it wouldnt be so acceptable to defend whites in our society. This demonization of white people in our society has to stop. If people keeping using the white man in general as a scapegoat for all of their biggest problems they won't be able to solve their own. Assigning blame does not solve problems like this. Hard work and serious self-reflection does. The bottom line is there is no such thing as the term "reverse racism" because racism is a two way street. Racism applies to everyone in all directions. EVERYBODY needs to work on their racist tendencies. That is the only way to work on truly living together.
So what I am going to say is that ALL forms of racism can go to room 101 and never come back. Being of mixed race and being proud of who I am I would be a hypocrite to not try and understand ALL sides of this type of thing. That is the only way I can be true to myself as a whole. We are all somebody composed of many backgrounds to create a whole one person. We are all those things coming together to create something that is back at the source of creation. It's a beautiful thing.
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1. My dad.
(And before anyone starts arguing with me about this, trying to "save him" from Room 101, assuming my hatred for him is some form of stupid petty angst, it's not. His childish, pathetic, cowardly, and evil torment upon me and the rest of the family is very real, has been real, and I have perfect reason to feel this way.)
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I have no doubt that your negative feelings about your father are justified. The mere fact that you mention you are afraid of people labeling your feelings as typical young adult angst shows that you have some kind of understanding of the difference between that, which would be more of a phase type thing, and what your emotions are actually based on. Apparently they are based on very real things that are behaviors by your father that anybody would find dissapointing or even intolerable. Because of that, Meryl, you earn a big hug from me for having to go through such a thing! *HUG*
I do not know what it is like to actually be wholly ashamed by the behavior of either of my parents. I am one of those lucky few that has two very honest and very supportive parents of who I want to be as a person. I used to feel very guilty about the fact I am so fortunate in this manner, until I realized how counterproductive that was. Nowadays, I just appreciate it as much as I can and plan on giving back to them all that they have given to me over the years. That is why a connection with one's children is so important. If you are supportive of them as individuals and who they want to be, then they will give back to you in surpising ways.
So after saying that, I would like to send incompetent parents out there... the ones that do not understand the importance of truly loving their children and having an honest connection with them... I'd like to send those one to Room 101.
Meryl, I imagine when you have kids someday, you will make a good parent because you will know exactly what not to do. You seem the type of person to learn from experience and I doubt you would repeat the same mistakes. You are one of the more mature people your age that I know. Keep it up.. lol
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1. Snoring.
2. Eating loudly and/or with mouth open.
Yeah, nothing ground breaking here.
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LOL... no need to be groundbreaking, man. Just because the rest of us tend to take ourselves too seriously at times doesn't mean we dont need a little comic relief!
I hate it when people snore! My ex-gf used to snore and I would not allow her to put me through that when I really needed sleep so I would nudge just that little bit until she woke up just enough to take a nice breathe before going back into a deep sleep. Of course, she would then be snoring again sooner or later
She wasn't too bad, though. I had actually heard much worse! YIKES!
It's funny, though. It must be hard to look at a girl as the sleeping beauty type as much if they are laying their completely sawing wood
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