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La Lioness Priyanka

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Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:16 AM Apr 2016

Why is discussing race on DU considered race-baiting? [View all]

Several times this week I have been accused of race baiting for discussing race. This used to be a purely right-wing tactic, but now the uber progressive DU, seems to have no issue taking up this argument. I find it deeply troubling

This was the context in which i was accused of race baiting

1. For stating that the base of the party are POC, women, and the LGBT (posted in GD P)

2. It's one thing for Obama to criticize BLM, it's another thing for random not-black people to do it. (posted in GD)

I really do not see how on a progressive message board either of these could/should be considered race baiting.

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Race baiting around here gollygee Apr 2016 #1
yup. agreed. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #2
+1000!! Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #8
You stole my answer!!! Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #17
Wow! That was good. Kind of Blue Apr 2016 #24
I think this is a good spot to re-refer to this body of academic analysis ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #38
Yep. The nastiest, stupidest people here who do absolutely NOTHING but chase after Number23 Apr 2016 #42
Idk but take issue with pts 1 & 2 katsy Apr 2016 #3
taking issue with something, is not the same as calling it race baiting La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #5
Discussion of race I would hope is comfortable katsy Apr 2016 #21
OMG. that is such a load of crap. You don't need to be POC La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #25
except that is not at all what i said. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #27
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #30
Why are you here?? Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #28
I did not dismiss race as a form of analysis. katsy Apr 2016 #26
when you are white and you have an opinion about BLM that is not positive La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #35
I'm sorry. I wish I read the original op. katsy Apr 2016 #36
given the long standing and extensive history of racism, people should be real careful La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #37
"Which demographic do you think we can afford to lose?" Number23 Apr 2016 #43
Not as I understood the op. katsy Apr 2016 #45
I don't what you trying to say but whatever it is, it's overshadowed by the knee jerk defensiveness Number23 Apr 2016 #46
do you realize how entitled your ' now we can't ' sounds? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #50
I know that I haven't seen BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #4
i am POC, i'm not black, i too am here as an ally La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #6
I know that I have learned BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #9
If you ask a question or make a statement The Polack MSgt Apr 2016 #7
Pretty much sums it up. OneGrassRoot Apr 2016 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #10
did you create this account just so you could say this? La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #11
I blocked him from the group JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #12
the trouble people go through to call me a racist La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #13
I sent it to MIR JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #14
i am attracting quite the nutty audience La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #16
Let us know when you reach bravenak levels of stupidity Number23 Apr 2016 #44
Because it disturbs the narrative ismnotwasm Apr 2016 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2016 #18
I'm guessing that it's simply a convenient way to discredit race as a topic of conversation LanternWaste Apr 2016 #19
As others have pointed out Coolest Ranger Apr 2016 #20
holy fuck La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #22
Jeez... Digital Puppy Apr 2016 #29
It's the nutty season.... 4139 Apr 2016 #32
There have always been ignorant people here. wildeyed Apr 2016 #33
so many people are blatantly advocating a third party run La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #34
+1 fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #61
It makes people uncomfortable./nt DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2016 #39
As others have stated, it is largely brer cat Apr 2016 #40
it's funny that you posted this article, just a couple of days ago i wrote to one of the group admin La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #41
For some of the same reasons Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #47
White fragility knows no political boundaries MrScorpio Apr 2016 #48
this is really quite brilliant. nt La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #49
Part of it is education too forjusticethunders Apr 2016 #51
absolutely true La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #53
There are a lot of knuckledraggers posting here these days. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #52
They look just like Name Removed! JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #58
wow. that's fucked up. fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #62
ibtruth Should be Mad at His Wasted Privilege Not Us lib87 Apr 2016 #66
I'm the person that persona dislikes JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #67
I Agree 100% lib87 Apr 2016 #68
There is a DUer here that ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #71
My Goodness What a sad man lib87 Apr 2016 #74
Yeah, you can bet on it. Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #69
I still recall the day, a corner of DU discovered that you weren't ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #72
I couldn't decide which one to respond with JustAnotherGen Apr 2016 #75
I honestly don't get it. Starry Messenger Apr 2016 #54
this is beyond that even. if someone disagreed that race had something to do with La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #56
What Eric Holder correctly observed: Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2016 #55
also liars. we pretend to care about race and racial inequality La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #57
Absolutely!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Apr 2016 #65
The use of the phrase "race baiting" against PoC is a misuse of the term Haveadream Apr 2016 #59
another truly brilliant post. i am glad i posted my OP, if only because some of the responses La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #60
Plus eleventy billion nt Quayblue Apr 2016 #73
Same reason that a woman discussing gender is accused of playing the gender card. pnwmom Apr 2016 #63
Most systems of privilege and hierarchy play by similar rules... MrScorpio Apr 2016 #64
The fact that this right-wing term is used by Quayblue Apr 2016 #70
The very concept of "race" is racist Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #76
Reminds me of an amateur practicing with a real nunchaku. Good luck. eom fleabiscuit Apr 2016 #77
race is a social construct, and like all social constructs it exerts powerful impact La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2016 #79
There are good reasons why Sanders is not appealing to African American and other voters Gothmog Apr 2016 #78
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