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Anonymous wrote:The K-word, really people? Some internet teasing of basic white women is not in any way shape or form anything close to throwing around the N-word. One has a long and violent history, the other is mostly a joke. Just stop.

Well Jeff won't let us use it here at all, so... (which I also think is ridiculous)

Jeff used to let us roast and joke more. I made a reply about 5G that wasn’t even directed at anyone and it was deleted.

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Anonymous wrote:We don’t say Becky anymore?

I think Beckys are younger than K*rens.

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Anonymous wrote:The K-word, really people? Some internet teasing of basic white women is not in any way shape or form anything close to throwing around the N-word. One has a long and violent history, the other is mostly a joke. Just stop.

Well Jeff won't let us use it here at all, so... (which I also think is ridiculous)

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Anonymous wrote:This is the most k-word thing I've ever seen in my life. THIS is the reason there even is a "k-word".

Yep! The irony of why the name is needed is the funny part. If you don't want to be a "K' then stop acting like one. The truth hurts.

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I don’t understand what’s wrong with this post. I’ve seen WAY worse things on here. Especially the Real Estate and the Schools forums where people openly will say racist things towards POC such as they’re all poor and undereducated and no one flinches an inch. So so many threads about people feeling threatened about POC moving into their neighborhood or school system.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

Amen. Really disappointed in you Jeff.

If you are disappointed that I don't view all black people in DC as drug users and gang members, you are really going to hate me for the other things I believe,.

I'm not talking about whatever her post was, I'm talking about your censorship of something so stupid and comparatively innocuous to things you choose to let stand. But anything to p rd protect the honor of white womanhood, amirite?

Few, if any, of the white woman on this site need me to protect their honor. I blocked the K-word because it was played out beyond belief and the constant use of it made this look like the lamest site on the Internet. Do you think I want to be the owner of a site on which the users have just caught up with 2018 and think they are the coolest kids in school?

You're censoring things because they aren't "cool" enough? Really?

DCUM earned a reputation for having intelligent, educated, and witty posters. Then it devolved to repeating the same name over and over again in response to nearly every post. Call it "censorship" or call it nostalgia.

You redeemed yourself a bit with this self-deprecation. At first I was like, you think the overuse of the K-word is why DCUM is a mockery on the internet, particularly among other local blogs and forums? Then I saw your follow-up and was like, nah, you get this site is a joke. An oddly compelling joke, which keeps us coming back despite our best interests.

Anyway, since there's been much speculation about what I actually said in my original post of "A dilemma facing 'woke' DC parents" (thank goodness for Googie caching, anyone can find the original thread). Here's what I posted:

DC parents who are determined to rear their children in the city to expose them to diversity and all the benefits of city life are unintentionally creating the next generation of racists. Their children's earliest and most enduring perception of black people will be of the drug-addicted and mentally ill people living on the street, groups of youth committing petty crimes and being general nuisances, grown people who should know better displaying ratchet behavior in public, etc. This causes an unconscious bias that these children will carry for the remainder of their lives, even if they believe themselves to be anti-racist. Meanwhile, children growing up in the DC suburbs will have their earliest and most enduring exposure be to people of all races and ethnicities who value education, hard work, success, and good manners. It's these suburban children who will have a stronger grounding in diversity and inclusion, even if they don't explicitly consider that part of their identity.

Source: Me, a black woman who grew up surrounded by other UMC people of all colors, thus never learning that black people couldn't or shouldn't be just as successful as rich white folks, and who moved to DC some years ago. Me, a black woman who has realized with sadness that I now have an unconscious prejudice against my own skinfolk after years of dealing with all the nonsense that comes with living in a slowly gentrifying part of the city. If my perception of other black people can deteriorate so drastically after moving to DC as an adult, knowing that the behavior of a specific subset of people is in no way reflective of the race as a whole, what chance do white children in transitioning neighborhoods have at not having unconscious bias deeply ingrained during their formative years?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

Amen. Really disappointed in you Jeff.

If you are disappointed that I don't view all black people in DC as drug users and gang members, you are really going to hate me for the other things I believe,.

I'm not talking about whatever her post was, I'm talking about your censorship of something so stupid and comparatively innocuous to things you choose to let stand. But anything to p rd protect the honor of white womanhood, amirite?

Few, if any, of the white woman on this site need me to protect their honor. I blocked the K-word because it was played out beyond belief and the constant use of it made this look like the lamest site on the Internet. Do you think I want to be the owner of a site on which the users have just caught up with 2018 and think they are the coolest kids in school?

You're censoring things because they aren't "cool" enough? Really?

DCUM earned a reputation for having intelligent, educated, and witty posters. Then it devolved to repeating the same name over and over again in response to nearly every post. Call it "censorship" or call it nostalgia.

DC parents who are determined to rear their children in the city to expose them to diversity and all the benefits of city life are unintentionally creating the next generation of racists. Their children's earliest and most enduring perception of black people will be of the drug-addicted and mentally ill people living on the street, groups of youth committing petty crimes and being general nuisances, grown people who should know better displaying ratchet behavior in public, etc. This causes an unconscious bias that these children will carry for the remainder of their lives, even if they believe themselves to be anti-racist. Meanwhile, children growing up in the DC suburbs will have their earliest and most enduring exposure be to people of all races and ethnicities who value education, hard work, success, and good manners. It's these suburban children who will have a stronger grounding in diversity and inclusion, even if they don't explicitly consider that part of their identity.

Source: Me, a black woman who grew up surrounded by other UMC people of all colors, thus never learning that black people couldn't or shouldn't be just as successful as rich white folks, and who moved to DC some years ago. Me, a black woman who has realized with sadness that I now have an unconscious prejudice against my own skinfolk after years of dealing with all the nonsense that comes with living in a slowly gentrifying part of the city. If my perception of other black people can deteriorate so drastically after moving to DC as an adult, knowing that the behavior of a specific subset of people is in no way reflective of the race as a whole, what chance do white children in transitioning neighborhoods have at not having unconscious bias deeply ingrained during their formative years?

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You're embarrassing yourself Jeff. Half the posts on the site wouldn't meet that litmus. You'd have to block a lot more tha. The "K-word" if elevating the discourse is really what that was about.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

ooh! What was your post about? I'm a black woman and I wonder if we'll agree or not.

Her post said that "woke white people" raising children in the city were creating racists because their children would only see black people who were drug users and gang members and, therefore, develop racist attitudes about them.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

Amen. Really disappointed in you Jeff.

If you are disappointed that I don't view all black people in DC as drug users and gang members, you are really going to hate me for the other things I believe,.

I'm not talking about whatever her post was, I'm talking about your censorship of something so stupid and comparatively innocuous to things you choose to let stand. But anything to p rd protect the honor of white womanhood, amirite?

Few, if any, of the white woman on this site need me to protect their honor. I blocked the K-word because it was played out beyond belief and the constant use of it made this look like the lamest site on the Internet. Do you think I want to be the owner of a site on which the users have just caught up with 2018 and think they are the coolest kids in school?

You're censoring things because they aren't "cool" enough? Really?

DCUM earned a reputation for having intelligent, educated, and witty posters. Then it devolved to repeating the same name over and over again in response to nearly every post. Call it "censorship" or call it nostalgia.

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jsteele wrote:

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

Amen. Really disappointed in you Jeff.

If you are disappointed that I don't view all black people in DC as drug users and gang members, you are really going to hate me for the other things I believe,.

I'm not talking about whatever her post was, I'm talking about your censorship of something so stupid and comparatively innocuous to things you choose to let stand. But anything to p rd protect the honor of white womanhood, amirite?

Few, if any, of the white woman on this site need me to protect their honor. I blocked the K-word because it was played out beyond belief and the constant use of it made this look like the lamest site on the Internet. Do you think I want to be the owner of a site on which the users have just caught up with 2018 and think they are the coolest kids in school?

You're censoring things because they aren't "cool" enough? Really?

DCUM earned a reputation for having intelligent, educated, and witty posters. Then it devolved to repeating the same name over and over again in response to nearly every post. Call it "censorship" or call it nostalgia.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my. I was offended that my thread (with two pages of civil discussion last I checked) about woke parents was deleted. But censoring the K-word is beyond ridiculous. Never mind, let's go back to the multi-page threads spewing hatred against feds and 30+ pages of speculation about a private citizen's legal and marital issues.

Your thread was one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever seen posted here. I am giving you credit for being ignorant rather than simply racist.

I understand that it's because I identified myself as a black woman in that thread, and this forum has made it clear time and time again that the black POV is not welcome. But please, continue calling me ignorant. Not just ignorant, but one of the most ignorant things you've ever seen. I'll give you credit for just being selective about how you moderate your website, rather than simply being racist. Meanwhile, I'll focus my efforts on recommending sofas to people and try my best to ignore all the hatred that spews through this forum day in and day out that you think is a-okay.

Anonymous wrote:This is the most k-word thing I've ever seen in my life. THIS is the reason there even is a "k-word".

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Anonymous wrote:The K-word, really people? Some internet teasing of basic white women is not in any way shape or form anything close to throwing around the N-word. One has a long and violent history, the other is mostly a joke. Just stop.

It is light years away from the offensiveness of the n-word. BUT... its not internet teasing. I see it and hear it IRL.

Boo freakin hoo. White people fall apart at the slightest hint of not being in a position of power. It's ridiculous.

And you thinking all white women are in a position of power is ridiculous.