White Niggas Pros And Cons

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Having a conversation is what the “white-Man” utters when they are uncomfortable addressing an issue in a public forum, real time! Now, please don’t take offense to the categorizing word “white-man” because I know that all whites do not feel that way. I will go as far as to say the word “white-Man” when used in the above context is the same as calling them “white-niggas” because one definition of the word nigga is (an ignorant or stupid individual); and I think we, who truly believe in America, can agree that those whites that hide behind “having a conversation”, thinking it really says they are actually ready to have the conversation AND ACT appropriately are ignorant and stupid individuals...aka white-Man...aka white-niggas! These white men, …show more content…

Bill Cosby, one of the greats was revered by many whites. But when he was accused of being a rapist, many “took a knee” in protest of Bill because his persona...his greatness was perceived to be a facade and didn’t represent the values that his TV personality represented. Lebron James, left Cleveland to go to Miami and the whites that loved him “took and knee” and burned his jersey because they felt he did not represent what they had built their hopes. Taking a knee has always been the peaceful way to protest against an entity that violates what is right. But history has shown that ONLY the white-Man thinks they can mandate what is “right” and that the only knee of protest that can be bent is their knee. Now, here we are discussing patriotism because the white-Man deemed that a Black athlete’s bent knee during the national anthem (to bring awareness to America that its promise is being broken), as unpatriotic. However, the white-Man, led by the president of the United States and his surrogates attack Black men United States Constitutional Rights to FREEDOM of speech, which, if I’m correct, is more precious than a flying flag, thus making these white-men the ones being unlawful and unpatriotic. Or if I may use an old saying, “it’s the pothole calling the kettle

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