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<blockquote data-quote="jibbs" data-source="post: 1309029"><p>Like, are you asking personally what we would do or, professionally, what should be done?</p><p></p><p>Personally, I make bad decisions in situations like these. I get dragged down with the idiots, but I've got a lot of experience too so we just slug it out with hateful remarks. If the person who started antagonizing me decided to turn the situation physical, I'm right there with him.</p><p></p><p>I'm normally pissed at work anyways. All I need is a target most days, not motivation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, I'm a white guy. I get angry by default when I hear racially-charged comments ("hey whiteboy," "cracker," overhearing conversations focused on ridiculing white people, etc. etc.) [EDIT: Also, "mick." My grandfather instilled a deep hatred of that word in me young. Just hearing someone I'm unfamiliar with say it'll get my blood boiling.]</p><p></p><p>It (racism directed towards white people) never bothered me growing up. As I got older, though, I took a look around and realized that everybody and their mother can talk <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> on white folks and there's no problem, but have a white person talking <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> about another race and it blows into some whole separate issue. I'm fine with walking on those eggshells, so long as I get to cover a bit of the ground with some of my own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jibbs, post: 1309029"] Like, are you asking personally what we would do or, professionally, what should be done? Personally, I make bad decisions in situations like these. I get dragged down with the idiots, but I've got a lot of experience too so we just slug it out with hateful remarks. If the person who started antagonizing me decided to turn the situation physical, I'm right there with him. I'm normally pissed at work anyways. All I need is a target most days, not motivation. That said, I'm a white guy. I get angry by default when I hear racially-charged comments ("hey whiteboy," "cracker," overhearing conversations focused on ridiculing white people, etc. etc.) [EDIT: Also, "mick." My grandfather instilled a deep hatred of that word in me young. Just hearing someone I'm unfamiliar with say it'll get my blood boiling.] It (racism directed towards white people) never bothered me growing up. As I got older, though, I took a look around and realized that everybody and their mother can talk :censored: on white folks and there's no problem, but have a white person talking :censored: about another race and it blows into some whole separate issue. I'm fine with walking on those eggshells, so long as I get to cover a bit of the ground with some of my own. [/QUOTE]
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