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Anon gets lost (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 83 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Fake: OP left their house.
Gay: OP (claims to) get into a car with a group of guys.

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    • [–] 151 points 4 months ago (14 children)

    You know, while there are places you don't want to get lost in if you're white, they aren't as common as the racists make it out to be. Now, I've worked in a couple of those neighborhoods, but even then once the folks literally coming out of bushes knew I was there to provide care to someone, that was the end of it.

    Being real, my cracker ass grew up in a black neighborhood. You know how many times I got jumped by black folks? Zero. Wanna guess how many times I did by white folks? Well, only three, twice by the same assholes, but that's still telling, aint it?

    My personal experience? Only time you'll run into trouble for being a cracker is if its a heavy drug area and you ain't buying. But those folks will be just as harsh to anyone, so I dunno if that counts or not.

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  • [–] 47 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    Most violence is intraracial.

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  • [+] -29 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    By saying intra instead of inter, you're suggesting it's within the races, instead of between (different) races. I choose to believe this was intentional and witty

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It aligns with the context and their post history suggests they know how to use words. There is nothing bad with explaining rhetorics, but doing it like this comes through as belittling.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I used Intra correctly.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I know, I was literally saying you used it correctly. At the time of my comment you had several downvotes, I assume because people misunderstood what you were saying, which is why I added my comment for clarity.

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    • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    I feel like race is pretty irrelevant to this story. Boy gets lost, locals help him find his way. The fact he was white and they were black is only relevant because we're expected to relate to the boy's fear of black people.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

    It's relevant if we assume it's america, because the white suburban middle-class american assumption is that all poor black people will murder and kill you and have no human decency. When of course, the truth is most folks in these places are decent and the crime is minority of the residents who are in gangs and other organized activities.

    And trust me, tons of these people exist. I meet live in a city full of folks who claim to be liberal progressives but are utterly terrified to be in the same restaurant as anyone black. The racism is really really deep here, esp among those who claim they aren't racist because they watched Get Out and read White Fragility, so they can't possibly be racist!

    But people are dumb monkeys and fear is one of our most powerful/driving emotions, to the point it's the an amazing tactic for fueling brain-rot political takes and policies based in 'black people are all bad people' nonsense. And also, more lately, latino immigrants from south america whose skin color has any significant melanin.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Even if they are criminals, they don't want cops on their turf. The best neighbors I've ran into were deep in the ghetto on a street with 3 sell houses.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    While I agree. It can be a little rougher in the south. I don't judge, but if I'm going to get some weed or M, and my buddy is with me, whom is a 40 yr old black guy. He'll be the first to say "lock the doors and keep the windows up."

    Nothing on the folks in the ghetto, but some of em are desperate and will see a white person as an easy target.

    But I'm also the type of guy to treat a rough black neighborhood the same as a rough white neighborhood.

    Hell, I'm more scared of the white ghettos with all the meth. White methheads will stab ya in the face. Black ghettos are just folks trying to get by.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    This was in Louisiana. It was bad enough that my friend who lived there was surrounded by cops going home multiple times because "the only reason a white person would be there is to buy drugs."

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Yea, it definitely a thing I watch for when going into them areas. If I see a cop on one block, I'll go around 2 blocks so they don't see us riding back through.

    Which makes me feel bad cause ya it is one of the reasons I am over there, but that can't be helped if the folks I break bread with are black.

    And it's not like I see a black person and go "on that's a plug." It just I end up having black plugs cause all my white plugs rip me off and act like they're my buddies. I've never been ripped off by a black plug if I'm tbh.

    It's a fucked world. Everybody wants to get the drop on everyone.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    The fact he was white and they were black is only relevant because [their target audience] is expected to relate to the boy’s fear of black people.

    Yes, it's used as a bait-and-switch.

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    • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Total missed opportunity for

    They invited me to their house for drinks. As we approach, you can hear the music blaring through the windows.

    Open the door

    get on the floor

    Everybody walk the dinosaur

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    • [–] 52 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I mean that’s not a bad take away at least in sketch areas, the people living there generally don’t want trouble

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    Yep. And confused white boy who just straight up admits he is lost?

    He very probably is just lost, and thus isn't looking to start anything.

    Mutually beneficial solution to all involved is just... help him get home.

    Win win.

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    • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The truth is that most of the worst things to ever happen to you will be done by people you already know and trust, not strangers, regardless of race!

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    • [–] 26 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Racial profiling really is the lowest iq shit possible; equal to walking thru a nursery with a color chart and a labelmaker. What kind of an idiot do you have to be to ignore everything you yourself have ever experienced, received and taken for granted and presume the same facts of life don't apply to everyone. No one is born bad. Even trump was a human first. Apologies for rant.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Racial profiling is bad. Profiling based on where you are is not necessarily bad. If I were to find myself in a bad part of town and a group of guys came up to me, it wouldn't matter if they were black, Hispanic, white, or Asian; I'm going to be nervous. Meth and other hard drugs know no race.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    The unfortunate thing is, it sort of works. If you were able to stop and search 100 people as a cop, you would have more success stopping "stereotypical gangsters" than random people. And yes, many of those stereotypes are based on race and social status.

    It creates many other issues, from discrimination to trust in institutions to pushing people into crime, but the sad thing is, the basic concept kind of works.

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    • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    How do you get lost? Don't you guys have phones?

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    [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    This ain't even written well.

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