You Are Viewtiful
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wtf 16 year olds should be one of the last people to be racist. American education system is failing them or they have really awful parents. Probably both.
Hello There, Racists!
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CommonSense
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You're giving them what they want...attention.
is that why a number of them closed their facebook/tweets and claimed they were hacked...?
I get where you're coming from. But on this issue, with this specific technology, you're way off.
Devolution
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I don't think media portrayals help. I was thinking about how I grew up in a diverse area but there was still Fresh Prince, Sister Sister, Family Matters, etc to bridge the gap for others. What is there now?
Haha that's why stuff got closed or they claimed to be hacked.
These kids mostly aren't Anne Coulter or radio shock jocks. Throw enough shame their way and they'll get it.
The characters that can't be displayed on the picture are the emoji "tears of joy" and "handgun".
This comment I suspect was racist.
NullPointer
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Now THIS is something I can get behind. Nothing short of poetic justice.
I love this because it mixes my disgust of racism with my annoyance at people's irresponsible use of social media.
Its a little different when people are holding up signs saying "I'm a fucking witch" and screaming into loudspeakers. They are broadcasting their views to the world - they can't blame anyone else for listening. Twitter/Facebook/Social Media tool X are not private chats between a tight knit community. They are public broadcasts, in stored, index-able and searchable form.
I love this because it mixes my disgust of racism with my annoyance at people's irresponsible use of social media.
Thinking about it, I do wonder if putting them to "shame" online will even help or make it even worse. They might not be as active with their racial remarks online, instead they might bottle all that shit inside and let it build up even more. In the end, only the individual can truly make that change. Society can frown upon and stand against it like it should but that in itself is not enough for true change I believe.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I'm sure they have plenty of computers sifting through web sites for that.
monchi-kun
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How does one separate the racist (individual) from the racism (behavior)?
MLK's Letter from Birmingham
As I said earlier, social media has an amplifying effect. This means that there should be more urgency to tackle racist behavior head on. This tumblr site is the tension that is necessary to for the wider community to face the issue head on. This is not a witch hunt...witches aren't real, racism is and still continues to be a cancer in society.
Fury Sense
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I don't think it's cool to point out minors however racist they may be. What is the curator's identity?
Devolution
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You'd have to hope that someone in their life goes the extra mile of educating them on why it's wrong past the surface of shame. Shame though is a step towards recognizing that it's not decent behavior towards others, even if they were to bottle it up.
The Awesomest
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Wait what? Witch hunts are only witch hunts because witches don't exist? That doesn't even make sense! Why does it matter if witches don't exist! If you're going hunting for witches then it's a witch hunt! Ducks exist, and when people go hunting for ducks you don't hear people saying, "oh, that's not really a duck hunt because ducks actually exist." You can hunt something whether it exists or not! We have bigfoot hunters and ghost hunters, why not witch hunters!
They'll essentially just become their parents.
Even when they openly identify themselves (the kid posting his id online)?
NullPointer
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witch-hunt also witch hunt (wchhnt)
n. An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views.
The point is that the "witches" are usually red herrings. Not in this case.
Or to put it another way, you can't get on somebody's case for demonizing their opponents if their opponents are actually demons.
n. An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views.
The point is that the "witches" are usually red herrings. Not in this case.
Or to put it another way, you can't get on somebody's case for demonizing their opponents if their opponents are actually demons.
Visualante2
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http://notracist.dcp.im/ automated version
And if they actually were hacked, what then? How would one go about resolving this issue with a nameless, faceless, completely unaccountable website?
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A witch hunt is when you claim people who are not witches are so that you can kill them without repercussion.
A witch hunt is a mob or individual going after someone innocent of a crime. Derp.
right, and since they didn't exist, the church just killed women....
it doesn't make sense in regards to tweeting racist comments and posting your public information on your account.
The entire post should be deleted as it keeps derailing everyone.
In modern terminology 'witch-hunt' has acquired usage referring to the act of seeking and persecuting any perceived enemy, particularly when the search is conducted using extreme measures and with little regard to actual guilt or innocence. It is used whether or not it is sanctioned by the government, or merely occurs within the "court of public opinion".
it just doesn't add up. It is stupid.
Devolution
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As an aside I remember reading in a Gender Studies book how most witches were older widows and their lands were basically taken as a result of the hunt. So in essence there is some of your motivation to do so other than just hysteria.
CommonSense
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Could you have picked a worse avatar?...her shoulders are creepy
I grew up with Thomas Scott(his son) up through gradeschool. Your avatar came to my school and sang for us.
Where is your god now?
hahah NOPE. He, and some others came to celebrate his spoiled kids birthday. Meh... ...
CommonSense
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Indeed...most witch hunts were actually land grabs or cheap divorces. True Story.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
A racial slur. I've heard it a lot. I always assumed it had something to do with raccoons, but apparently it's from a Spanish word for slave pens.
The Awesomest
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Oh
carry on
carry on
CommonSense
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Got video of Byron Scott singing? Need to see it!
Half and half
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I think it's like calling a black person a racoon. Like a scavenger or something.
I'll ask one of my tea party neighbors. They'd probably know.
It's what a hispanic man from Florida says before going out and murdering a black kid. He doesn't even get arrested for a month.
monchi-kun
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It's really sad to see that a lot of these racist tweets are from young people, likely below the age of 25. It's like their racism is still in the larval stage with the potential to grow into something much worse....
monchi-kun
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Oh great, one more person who doesn't get it....
I'll concede that I've worked with Chinese researchers who are either selfish or just completely socially inept, but it just sounds like your wife has terrible coworkers.
Southern prejorative for african-americans (says the guy from the south).
You've lived such an innocent life, beast.
CountBlack
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I'm totally fine with this
So internet racism =/= Real life racism, even though it's done under real name and with the help of social media is able to reach many more people?
And pointing out racists, how filthy their actions are and publicly opposing these disgusting acts are now representative of the people acting like "manchildren"? And this is "vengeance"?
Where do you get off on calling others this BS?
Phoenix
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They put these things out in the open. Tweeting is the electronic equivalent of shouting said information on a street corner. If you want freedom of speech and express such opinions openly, you really can't be upset when said opinion is used against you.
I lived in Detroit, manhattan and Chicago. All were extremely diversified. Went to NYU.
WTF! This is amazing! Thanks for posting!
Yes.
Yes, I know that. Comments about our black leader isn't the only display of racism and I'd expect a "hellothereracists" to be targeting all not some.
Yea, that's one thing I never understood. I understand the usage of word, "nigger" because it's a mutation of an actual word, "negro" which means the colour, black to be used as a pejorative. But "coon".. where does that originate from? Racoon? Perhaps I should do a little digging because in all honesty the first time I actually saw and then heard the word was during the Treyvon Martin case.
uh, no. tweeting the equivalent of barely legible graffiti carved into the seat of a public bench.
Not really, because you don't know who is behind the keyboard, and that they are who they say they are. Verified Twitter accounts are more likely to be legitimate, but are still succeptabe to hacking. Unverified accounts could literally be anyone.
For the record, from what I can tell by looking at the accounts, number of tweets, Facebook images matching etc. most or all of these accounts don't seem like impostors, and some proudly own their comments... But I'm still not comfortable with the (unknown)?source of the collation, the verification methods, there not being a way to challenge false claims, and the posting of minors information.
Half and half
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I can't even get offended at coon. It's too comical, like the person is trying too hard to be racist.
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