What do you think about Liam Neeson admitting he once wanted to kill a black man?

[Anonymous]

I have never wanted to get a random person because of something like this. Only once, I wished the worst on a child of my ex who was unusually cruel to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never wanted to get a random person because of something like this. Only once, I wished the worst on a child of my ex who was unusually cruel to me.

Oh, well that's just fine. But something like rape? That's wrong.

...Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This topic is funny to me, whenever it comes up. White people LOVE to say things like “Black people should get over this or that terrible awful thing that happened to them and move on!” Or “It wasn’t MY family that owned slaves, why should I have to feel badly?”

But whenever someone black does something, it’s acceptable to react to other black people based upon that incident. PP upthread was raped by black guys so her family hates black guys. Hey, no problem! Black people have been treated like crap by other races in many situations but...don’t dwell on it! Move on!

How can people stomach the complete hypocrisy? It really boggles the mind but doesn’t surprise me.

This...so much this.

If I were African American, I think there would be moments when I would be p.o'd at white people in this country.

I posted this up thread.. I saw a documentary a while ago about the atrocities committed by the Japanese against some other Asians during their colonial rule and WWII (I am Asian American, but my parents lived through colonial Japanese rule in Asia). I had a visceral reaction to it, and it was the only time I hated an entire ethnic group. The moment was just fleeting, and I don't feel that way normally or now. But I could see how Neeson may have felt at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Point is, we say we will never forget when it comes to 9:12 or the Holocaust, but tell black people to get over slavery and years of institutionalizated racism. We are hypocrites. I dunno what Liam Neeson got out of sharing this story, but I bet what he felt and did is much more common than people wearinf blackface in the 80s. Racism has many colors. And yes, we are all a little bit racist. The point isn’t to say white people bad, the point is to check one’s self about one’s perceptions and what media they consume and what it sells. Are some black guys rapists? Yes. There are white rapists, there are Arab rapists, there are Irish rapists. Would I have wanted the guy and hurt him? Very likely. Would I have walked around looking for any black guy? No. Those who think his feelings were fine are wrong.

+100. His feelings weren't fine. They were wrong. The problem is his confession fails to acknowledge that his desire for revenge against black men in general was racist. He seemed to think that it is a natural impulse much like this PP below:

This. You're not obligated to talk about your dark thoughts on TV.[b] He had a natural reaction, which is not permitted these days. He didn't do ANYTHING, and should have kept his mouth shut. If he felt guilty, confessing to the priest and being sorry was enough.[/b]

It's not a natural reaction but a conditioned one to a lifetime of seeing an entire group of people as interchangeable and not worthy of the humanity of individuals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Point is, we say we will never forget when it comes to 9:12 or the Holocaust, but tell black people to get over slavery and years of institutionalizated racism. We are hypocrites. I dunno what Liam Neeson got out of sharing this story, but I bet what he felt and did is much more common than people wearinf blackface in the 80s. Racism has many colors. And yes, we are all a little bit racist. The point isn’t to say white people bad, the point is to check one’s self about one’s perceptions and what media they consume and what it sells. Are some black guys rapists? Yes. There are white rapists, there are Arab rapists, there are Irish rapists. Would I have wanted the guy and hurt him? Very likely. Would I have walked around looking for any black guy? No. Those who think his feelings were fine are wrong.

+100. His feelings weren't fine. They were wrong. The problem is his confession fails to acknowledge that his desire for revenge against black men in general was racist. He seemed to think that it is a natural impulse much like this PP below:

This. You're not obligated to talk about your dark thoughts on TV.[b] He had a natural reaction, which is not permitted these days. He didn't do ANYTHING, and should have kept his mouth shut. If he felt guilty, confessing to the priest and being sorry was enough.[/b]

It's not a natural reaction but a conditioned one to a lifetime of seeing an entire group of people as interchangeable and not worthy of the humanity of individuals.

[Anonymous]

I used to have a lot of white friends, but haven’t made a white friend in over 20 years. This thread reminds me
of why I despise the lot of you.

[Anonymous]

Btw, why does he get to speak for the rape victim???

Let HER be the one who gets to 'react'. Give her that respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to have a lot of white friends, but haven’t made a white friend in over 20 years. This thread reminds me
of why I despise the lot of you.

I don't despise you. But I'm not sure we'd be friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to have a lot of white friends, but haven’t made a white friend in over 20 years. This thread reminds me
of why I despise the lot of you.

This is as equally racist. I don't get many white people many times, I don't see how they don't see the hypocrisy in their actions and words. But whenever I say: White People! I remind myself that if I said: Black People! Or Jews! this would be racist and offensive, so I don't. I do think we are all a little bit racist to quote Avenue Q. I think maybe it's a survival skill of some form, to bond together against the other. But it's 2019, it's time to check ourselves repeatedly and try not to be hypocrites. For instance, how the world reacted to the brown covered congresswoman objecting to Israeli policy, vs. how they reacted to teh white guy who said the Jews buy America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to have a lot of white friends, but haven’t made a white friend in over 20 years. This thread reminds me
of why I despise the lot of you.

This is as equally racist. I don't get many white people many times, I don't see how they don't see the hypocrisy in their actions and words. But whenever I say: White People! I remind myself that if I said: Black People! Or Jews! this would be racist and offensive, so I don't. I do think we are all a little bit racist to quote Avenue Q. I think maybe it's a survival skill of some form, to bond together against the other. But it's 2019, it's time to check ourselves repeatedly and try not to be hypocrites. For instance, how the world reacted to the brown covered congresswoman objecting to Israeli policy, vs. how they reacted to teh white guy who said the Jews buy America.

You’re not smart enough to advise anyone if you cannot grasp the power differential and white supremacist power structure that make racism different from mere dislike. Don’t waste our time trying to engage me in debate on this. I don’t care to educate you or hear more of your half-baked ideas.

[Anonymous]

I couldn't believe he would say something like this not in the vein of "I am showing you how ingrained racism is and how I have this problem that I'm trying to overcome." It was disturbing at the very least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to have a lot of white friends, but haven’t made a white friend in over 20 years. This thread reminds me
of why I despise the lot of you.

This is as equally racist. I don't get many white people many times, I don't see how they don't see the hypocrisy in their actions and words. But whenever I say: White People! I remind myself that if I said: Black People! Or Jews! this would be racist and offensive, so I don't. I do think we are all a little bit racist to quote Avenue Q. I think maybe it's a survival skill of some form, to bond together against the other. But it's 2019, it's time to check ourselves repeatedly and try not to be hypocrites. For instance, how the world reacted to the brown covered congresswoman objecting to Israeli policy, vs. how they reacted to teh white guy who said the Jews buy America.

You’re not smart enough to advise anyone if you cannot grasp the power differential and white supremacist power structure that make racism different from mere dislike. Don’t waste our time trying to engage me in debate on this. I don’t care to educate you or hear more of your half-baked ideas.

Thank you! I am so f'ing sick of white people faced with our ugly truth who, instead of growing, get defensive and point to everyone around them, saying, "But! But! But!" It is white people's job to dismantle white supremacy. We will not do it by saying "well, black people who point out how racist white people are are worse!". Then again, white people benefit from white supremacy. We seem to just want to do enough to fool ourselves into sleeping well at night.