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Anonymous wrote:True story-

About 9 years ago I got one of those camera speeding tickets in DC-I went a tad above the 25 mile speed limit (which I was unaware of having recently moved to the area).

I went to court to fight the ticket. The case was heard by a an arbitrator (who happened to be a black female). I was in a room with about 25-30 black people who were there also fighting their various traffic tickets. They were a variety of ages ranging from teens to elderly, men and women, well dressed to looking like bums. I came dressednicely for court and with my infant in a Bjorn.

The arbitrator called everyone else first (not sure if this was random, purposeful or whatever, but if it were alphabetical, I would not have been last. I also arrived early for said court date so it was not because I was late).

The arbitrator DISMISSED each and every person's ticket who was there. One woman even had a double red light violation (coming and going on the same day). I was the only person whose ticket/case was NOT dismissed. (many other speeders who were going MUCH faster were dismissed).

This was clearly a case of rasism on the part of the arbitrator. I was furious. While I paid the ticket, I did call the supervisor over there and informed them of what had occurred. I only hope some action was taken to correct this arbitrator's behavior and blatant racism and abuse of her power.

Forgot to mention, I was the only white person in the courtroom, aside from my 7 month old infant.

Of course racism goes both ways OP, but your example is comical. Come up with something that better resembles what the other side experiences.

Anonymous wrote:True story-

About 9 years ago I got one of those camera speeding tickets in DC-I went a tad above the 25 mile speed limit (which I was unaware of having recently moved to the area).

I went to court to fight the ticket. The case was heard by a an arbitrator (who happened to be a black female). I was in a room with about 25-30 black people who were there also fighting their various traffic tickets. They were a variety of ages ranging from teens to elderly, men and women, well dressed to looking like bums. I came dressednicely for court and with my infant in a Bjorn.

The arbitrator called everyone else first (not sure if this was random, purposeful or whatever, but if it were alphabetical, I would not have been last. I also arrived early for said court date so it was not because I was late).

The arbitrator DISMISSED each and every person's ticket who was there. One woman even had a double red light violation (coming and going on the same day). I was the only person whose ticket/case was NOT dismissed. (many other speeders who were going MUCH faster were dismissed).

This was clearly a case of rasism on the part of the arbitrator. I was furious. While I paid the ticket, I did call the supervisor over there and informed them of what had occurred. I only hope some action was taken to correct this arbitrator's behavior and blatant racism and abuse of her power.

Forgot to mention, I was the only white person in the courtroom, aside from my 7 month old infant.

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Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

OP here-Amen to that and thank you! While I do try to see and experience every person as an individual-DCUM is one place where I find that difficult to do. Would love to know the actual demographics of the folks on here (though I can take an educated guess). I would say that the "liberal" ones would crap their pants if they ever had actually live or experience "real" life-the lives of those less fortunate regardless of color. It is easy to be idealogically or theoretically liberal. I beleive in justice for all-I do not condone law breaking, or bad behavior by anyone regardless of your color or anything else. It is like beating a dead horse trying to get through to these DCUM folks-sadly they are likely a group of well educated, upper middle class folks, full of privilege and opinions which are not based in any sort of actual real life experience or reality!

Careful OP, you are profiling.

Not really-unfortunately I have been reading crap on this site for far too long-no need to profile.

Except for speeding of course.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

What does this have to do with anything OP?

Because she lives in reality-not some goddamn bubble in upper NW toting a Kate Spade bag and sporting too tight yoga pants while spoting off BS based on nothing but lofty ideas!

You're not helping your case OP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

OP here-Amen to that and thank you! While I do try to see and experience every person as an individual-DCUM is one place where I find that difficult to do. Would love to know the actual demographics of the folks on here (though I can take an educated guess). I would say that the "liberal" ones would crap their pants if they ever had actually live or experience "real" life-the lives of those less fortunate regardless of color. It is easy to be idealogically or theoretically liberal. I beleive in justice for all-I do not condone law breaking, or bad behavior by anyone regardless of your color or anything else. It is like beating a dead horse trying to get through to these DCUM folks-sadly they are likely a group of well educated, upper middle class folks, full of privilege and opinions which are not based in any sort of actual real life experience or reality!

Careful OP, you are profiling.

Not really-unfortunately I have been reading crap on this site for far too long-no need to profile.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

OP here-Amen to that and thank you! While I do try to see and experience every person as an individual-DCUM is one place where I find that difficult to do. Would love to know the actual demographics of the folks on here (though I can take an educated guess). I would say that the "liberal" ones would crap their pants if they ever had actually live or experience "real" life-the lives of those less fortunate regardless of color. It is easy to be idealogically or theoretically liberal. I beleive in justice for all-I do not condone law breaking, or bad behavior by anyone regardless of your color or anything else. It is like beating a dead horse trying to get through to these DCUM folks-sadly they are likely a group of well educated, upper middle class folks, full of privilege and opinions which are not based in any sort of actual real life experience or reality!

Careful OP, you are profiling.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

What does this have to do with anything OP?

Because she lives in reality-not some goddamn bubble in upper NW toting a Kate Spade bag and sporting too tight yoga pants while spoting off BS based on nothing but lofty ideas!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

What does this have to do with anything OP?

Because she lives in reality-not some goddamn bubble in upper NW toting a Kate Spade bag and sporting too tight yoga pants while spoting off BS based on nothing but lofty ideas!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

OP here-Amen to that and thank you! While I do try to see and experience every person as an individual-DCUM is one place where I find that difficult to do. Would love to know the actual demographics of the folks on here (though I can take an educated guess). I would say that the "liberal" ones would crap their pants if they ever had actually live or experience "real" life-the lives of those less fortunate regardless of color. It is easy to be idealogically or theoretically liberal. I beleive in justice for all-I do not condone law breaking, or bad behavior by anyone regardless of your color or anything else. It is like beating a dead horse trying to get through to these DCUM folks-sadly they are likely a group of well educated, upper middle class folks, full of privilege and opinions which are not based in any sort of actual real life experience or reality!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

What does this have to do with anything OP?

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

What does this have to do with anything OP?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - Don’t let these posters get you down. You need to understand that in their minds, you are a person of privilege - simply because you are white. It doesn’t matter that you grew up poor, or on the “wrong side of the tracks” or didn’t have the advantages of other “whites.” Just because you are white, you are privileged. This is the mindset of a liberal. ALL whites are privileged, so it matters not what your experience is or if you have been discriminated against because - well, you are white. You see, the liberal mindset groups people together in order to divide. Your individualism does not count. You are part of a group - a white group. So, you cannot win any kind of argument about being mistreated, because, remember, you are white, and therefore, privileged.
When I have been treated as you have in the past, I think about the fact that not EVERYBODY is as bigoted as the person I encounter. Not everybody is hateful and rude. There are still a lot of kind, understanding people in this country. You are just not going to find them on this site.

Oh Hi OP. You were speeding and had to pay your ticket. End of story.

Nope, not OP. But, I am a previous poster. Just returned to the site (after an evening at church wrapping presents other congregants and I purchased for less fortunate families). Bunch of hateful people here.
I am the previous poster that asked this question that nobody chose to answer....

If all the other people in the courtroom had received a ticket, why did NOT ONE of them have to pay, yet the OP did? Should they have had to pay a fine as well?

So....did you speed to the church, get a ticket and cry racist if you had to actually - gasp! - pay it?