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I actually take offence at your glibness. As part of a mixed race couple, I've experienced racism, xenophobia verbal and physical assaults and have been discriminated against because we're a mixed race couple, so has my wife and children.
Just because a person hasn't experienced something doesn't mean they can't have valid points.
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Just because a person hasn't experienced something doesn't mean they can't have valid points.
the validity of your points are entirely subjective, champ.
So being part of a mixed race couple (well done, by the way), gives you licence to trivialise the horrible shit that gets thrown at people with darker skin than you?
enjoy 'telling it like it is'.
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A discussion about when blacking up is acceptable in 2016. What a time to be alive.
I'll concede one point for the sake of this argument, and that's that I, nor the overwhelming majority of people on here, should probably not be deciding what is and isn't racist. More so me considering my background. I say this as I doubt many of us have experienced actual racism in any meaningful way. However, that shouldn't stop any of us from thinking twice before engaging in any sort of activity that might well be construed as offensive to people who have experienced racism in a meaningful way. Failure to do so might make you look like a bit of an entitled arse who's more interested in making a specious point than being an OK human being.
something to chew on.