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I am very concerned about the preservation of white heritage/race 8%  8%  [ 16 ]
I believe the above concern is unfounded and racist 54%  54%  [ 104 ]
I think the view in option #1 raises some good issues, but SOME people take it too far 13%  13%  [ 25 ]
I think the view in option #1 raises some good issues, but MANY people take it too far 8%  8%  [ 15 ]
show me the money (view results) 17%  17%  [ 32 ]
Total votes : 192

Katira
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16 Aug 2015, 10:46 am

MarketAndChurch wrote:
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MarketAndChurch wrote:
Being race-blind shouldn't make you reality-blind. To not assume is to enter every situation as a newborn, discovering things anew. It's nice to be nice, but it's also smart to be cautious, and that doesn't make you a bad person.
But does caution have to be about race? Why not a fake smile? The worst criminals in this world are white men in luxurious offices...


Walking through certain poor drug-ridden inner-city neighborhoods at night, you'd most likely breathe a sigh of relief if the footsteps you heard behind you were coming from a white man in a suit who works in a luxurious tower. And that's irrespective of the racial makeup of that neighborhood. Even if said-white guy in a suit who works in a luxurious office is there to pick up his coke or reorganize his prostitution ring, they tend to be fairly harmless to other individuals who aren't of their skin color.

But that's not what I'm talking about here. What I'm talking about is being cautious of other races, because they may not like your race, and as a result, harm you because of it.
Sure, I get your point. Just thought I´d add another perspective: culture instead of ethnicity. But I can see it´s already been taken care of :)



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16 Aug 2015, 5:20 pm

Katira wrote:
MarketAndChurch wrote:
Katira wrote:
MarketAndChurch wrote:
Being race-blind shouldn't make you reality-blind. To not assume is to enter every situation as a newborn, discovering things anew. It's nice to be nice, but it's also smart to be cautious, and that doesn't make you a bad person.
But does caution have to be about race? Why not a fake smile? The worst criminals in this world are white men in luxurious offices...


Walking through certain poor drug-ridden inner-city neighborhoods at night, you'd most likely breathe a sigh of relief if the footsteps you heard behind you were coming from a white man in a suit who works in a luxurious tower. And that's irrespective of the racial makeup of that neighborhood. Even if said-white guy in a suit who works in a luxurious office is there to pick up his coke or reorganize his prostitution ring, they tend to be fairly harmless to other individuals who aren't of their skin color.

But that's not what I'm talking about here. What I'm talking about is being cautious of other races, because they may not like your race, and as a result, harm you because of it.
Sure, I get your point. Just thought I´d add another perspective: culture instead of ethnicity. But I can see it´s already been taken care of :)



I feel strange enough as it is. I really do feel like an alien on this planet. And I find their ways of relating to each other painfully pointless. If they arent picking on each other cos of one thing, then its something else. Seems a waste of a life to me.



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16 Aug 2015, 9:11 pm

trayder wrote:
Katira wrote:
MarketAndChurch wrote:
Katira wrote:
MarketAndChurch wrote:
Being race-blind shouldn't make you reality-blind. To not assume is to enter every situation as a newborn, discovering things anew. It's nice to be nice, but it's also smart to be cautious, and that doesn't make you a bad person.
But does caution have to be about race? Why not a fake smile? The worst criminals in this world are white men in luxurious offices...


Walking through certain poor drug-ridden inner-city neighborhoods at night, you'd most likely breathe a sigh of relief if the footsteps you heard behind you were coming from a white man in a suit who works in a luxurious tower. And that's irrespective of the racial makeup of that neighborhood. Even if said-white guy in a suit who works in a luxurious office is there to pick up his coke or reorganize his prostitution ring, they tend to be fairly harmless to other individuals who aren't of their skin color.

But that's not what I'm talking about here. What I'm talking about is being cautious of other races, because they may not like your race, and as a result, harm you because of it.
Sure, I get your point. Just thought I´d add another perspective: culture instead of ethnicity. But I can see it´s already been taken care of :)



I feel strange enough as it is. I really do feel like an alien on this planet. And I find their ways of relating to each other painfully pointless. If they arent picking on each other cos of one thing, then its something else. Seems a waste of a life to me.
I think many of us feel we don´t belong here, and having difficulties communicating is one of the main problems amongst us.
But I don´t think we were picking on each other here? At least I didn´t, on the contrary: I agreed with MarketAndChurch and thoght it was funny he/she already had written about the same things I was thinking about - and did it so much better than I would have done, too :)
I´m sorry if it sounded negative somehow, it wasn´t my intention at all :)



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16 Aug 2015, 9:31 pm

Hi Katira

I meant the NT world and not auts.

I know very little of what it would be like in a world populated by people like me...I live completely by reason.....even my love for my daughter which is a very intense feeling is founded on reason and recognising my place in her life.

In contrast I find NTs an arbitarary lot who swing from one view to the next. :)



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16 Aug 2015, 9:45 pm

trayder wrote:
Hi Katira

I meant the NT world and not auts.

I know very little of what it would be like in a world populated by people like me...I live completely by reason.....even my love for my daughter which is a very intense feeling is founded on reason and recognising my place in her life.

In contrast I find NTs an arbitarary lot who swing from one view to the next. :)
Oh, I´m sorry, again :oops:

I better say no more, perhaps I shouldn´t have come here at all.

It´s a good thing having a daughter to love, I´m sure she loves you too. Take care :)



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16 Aug 2015, 9:48 pm

Katira wrote:
trayder wrote:
Hi Katira

I meant the NT world and not auts.

I know very little of what it would be like in a world populated by people like me...I live completely by reason.....even my love for my daughter which is a very intense feeling is founded on reason and recognising my place in her life.

In contrast I find NTs an arbitarary lot who swing from one view to the next. :)
Oh, I´m sorry, again :oops:

I better say no more, perhaps I shouldn´t have come here at all.

It´s a good thing having a daughter to love, I´m sure she loves you too. Take care :)


Not at all. Im enjoying discovering a world of people like me and conversing with them for the first time in my life. :)



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17 Aug 2015, 1:12 pm

I have three Cabbage Patch Kids. One is white, one is black and the other is Asian. If I get a fourth one, I want him or her to be Hispanic. :)