I do NOT want to see discussions of race shut down here. They need to be had. [View All]

As far as my fellow white people, and their "feelings" go, I say grow up!

It's amazing how white people applaud when someone like Bill Cosby delivers a scathing lecture to the black community about problems that exist within it but those same white people don't want to hear boo about themselves.

Every day I go out in the world and am surrounded by white people who are completely blind to their privilege and actually believe that so-called 'reverse racism' is a big problem in their lives. To see this attitude on DU is disheartening, to say the least.

I, for one, welcome the perspectives of people of color here, even if they are expressing anger. I need to hear it. I need to be vigilant about my actions and attitudes and I can't do that when discussions of race are silenced.

All of the above also goes for gender, sexual orientation, etc.