I agree with Dr Laura.

[Anonymous]

meant to write "each person should have an EQUAL right to demean himself and others."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"my SAT scores were over 1400 in the days that no one "studied" for them"

OT but when was this? People who were serious about their education always have.

I'm not that person, but nobody studied for the SATs when I was in high school -- 84 and 85 are the years I took them. And everyone was dead serious about their education.

Up until the 80's all you did was show up with your #2 lead pencils then wait for the scores to come in the mail.

I took my SATs in 1979 and 1980 and took a prep course. In fact, I took it in Friendship Heights. It was quite well attended.

It was easier to take it and ace it than do the course. If you don't do well the first time, you can retake it and the higher score is taken. So a lot of people I knew who were good test takers didn't bother taking the course until they saw what their first scores were. Plus, you had a pretty good idea how you would do because of the PSAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, as an African American, I must say that I am not surprised by you comments. I have always known that there is so much that others would love to say about me or to me.
But keep in mind, there are many things that I hold back on too. These are things that aren't even insults, but observations that I think many others would find offensive. Things having to do with white family structure, and so on (won't elaborate).
Importantly, even though on the outside, I appear to be the model black woman, you really wouldn't guess what I go through. I am thin, pretty, make 300K a year, well educated, parents well educated, and even married to a white man! I speak foreign languages, traveled and so on. That should do the trick, shouldn't it? But I hope that you understand that I often ask myself things like why the white women I work with get more relaxed schedules when they have babies, and why they make 50K more than I do. (BTW, before you get into that bell curve nonsense, my SAT scores were over 1400 in the days that no one "studied" for them, so were my 4 sisters'). In the end, the stress is unbearable at times.
For the record, I would never let Dr. Laura into my home because she is crass, and that was before these comments. Also, my husband does not hang out with low classed people like the ones that caller identified as her husband's "friends".

Why not elaborate? Perhaps then there would be a point to your post. And presumable your family is half white, so now your family structure is affected. My family is half white, half black. I'd be interested.

As for the rest of it, it just sounds like a lot of meaningless bragging to show how brilliant you are, but it really doesn't say much else, and we can't really know or dispute the veracity, can we?

Oh, the stress of being thin, pretty, having high SAT scores, and making $300k a year...woe is me.

[aprilmayjune]

Anonymous wrote:
Oh, the stress of being thin, pretty, having high SAT scores, and making $300k a year...woe is me.

My thoughts exactly!!

[Anonymous]

PP has listed her credentials to establish her credibility. If someone who is a waitress with two children out of wedlock says she is regularly discriminated against you would dismiss the claim out of hand, reasoning that her lack of education and family planning have led to her woes. PP wants to emphasize that even a black person who is undeniably a member of the elite (and did not arrive there via affirmative action, hence the listing of her SAT score) still experiences racism. Not being "oppressed" does not mean that others treat you as an equal.

Should we cry for PP? I don't think she wants us to; she just wants us to acknowledge that racism is not dead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP has listed her credentials to establish her credibility. If someone who is a waitress with two children out of wedlock says she is regularly discriminated against you would dismiss the claim out of hand, reasoning that her lack of education and family planning have led to her woes. PP wants to emphasize that even a black person who is undeniably a member of the elite (and did not arrive there via affirmative action, hence the listing of her SAT score) still experiences racism. Not being "oppressed" does not mean that others treat you as an equal.

Should we cry for PP? I don't think she wants us to; she just wants us to acknowledge that racism is not dead

Being thin and pretty establishes her credibility? I don't think so. I think it's some sort of bizarre need to brag, and since it's anonymous and unseen, may or may not be correct. Plenty of people have already indicated that racism is clearly not dead--I mentioned it in 08/14/2010 12:24, and it's been said numerous times since then. Most of theother posters just didn't feel the need to brag, I guess.....

[aprilmayjune]

racism certainly isn't dead, however... as I stated before, I think some people look for it. I'm not saying that PP is necessarily doing that, but I definitely think that's a huge part of the problem... Something that's not meant as racist is taken out of proportion because someone decided to look at it that way. I can see where Dr. Laura's comments were inappropriate, I can see where someone might be offended, but I can also see the point she was trying to make. It is hard for some of us to understand why it's ok for some people to say things that others aren't allowed to etc etc..

[Anonymous]

aprilmayjune wrote:racism certainly isn't dead, however... as I stated before, I think some people look for it. I'm not saying that PP is necessarily doing that, but I definitely think that's a huge part of the problem... Something that's not meant as racist is taken out of proportion because someone decided to look at it that way. I can see where Dr. Laura's comments were inappropriate, I can see where someone might be offended, but I can also see the point she was trying to make. It is hard for some of us to understand why it's ok for some people to say things that others aren't allowed to etc etc..

So if you call one of your family members an idiot (in anger), you would be OK if your next door neighbor did the same?

[Anonymous]

aprilmayjune wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Oh, the stress of being thin, pretty, having high SAT scores, and making $300k a year...woe is me.

My thoughts exactly!!

Marilyn Monroe was rich, pretty, blond, and she was oppressed too. So if it can happen to MM, then why can't it also happen to a black woman?

[Anonymous]

Dear junejulyaugust, OK, go ahead and use the word, you get a special pass. You seem to think that your life would be so much better if you could use the word. Start by writing it here as much as you would like, to get practice. All this deprivation is really getting to you. Everything else in your life seems fine, just , if only..,.you could use the word.

Go for it.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Ive never used the word of care to use it. I did use the example of the double std of things like the use of the word. My main point is that AfricanAmericans are very sensitive and thus seem to be looking for racism under every stone and thus seem to find the illusion of racism even when it doesnt exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Ive never used the word of care to use it. I did use the example of the double std of things like the use of the word. My main point is that AfricanAmericans are very sensitive and thus seem to be looking for racism under every stone and thus seem to find the illusion of racism even when it doesnt exist.

That "explanation" is even more overtly racist than your original post. You're a racist, your views are repellent, and your writing skills are atrocious.

[Anonymous]

It's a wonder we have time to work, raise kids, and have friends during the all-consuming quest to find racism. I mean, we have tried to provide more nuanced responses than your original post deserved, but, gosh, if you are just determined to expose our rampant sensitivity who am I to try and stop you?

Personally, I try to give people the benefit of the doubt because I think that the vast majority are like me -- just trying to live our lives and take care of our families in peace. I did not agree that Oprah's not being special treatment at Hermes in Paris was covert racism. I did not agree that Clarence Thomas experienced a "high-tech lynching." I did not think Henry Louis Gates Jr. acted in a responsible manner in his encounter with the law. I thought the coverage of Tiger Woods' marital troubles was fair and what a celebrity of his stature of any race would have gotten. I even thought OJ was guilty. But I am not going to waste any more time trying to find common ground with you. I see something moving under that rock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Ive never used the word of care to use it. I did use the example of the double std of things like the use of the word. My main point is that AfricanAmericans are very sensitive and thus seem to be looking for racism under every stone and thus seem to find the illusion of racism even when it doesnt exist.

Ah yes, those sensitive African Americans, always so touchy about everything! We let them vote and use our lunch counters, what could they possibly have left to bitch about???

[Anonymous]

Go to www.theroot.com and read the article titled "What Dr. Laura Said Was Not Racist."