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I’ve Been Social Distancing From Racism
The New York Times ^ | May 26, 2020 | Ernst Owens

Posted on 05/26/2020 2:10:00 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

During a recent session conducted over Zoom, my therapist told me I was “glowing.” In the middle of a pandemic.

I struggled to explain why until she prodded, “No crazy experiences with white people this month?”

“Not that I can immediately recall,” I replied.

That’s when it became clear: I’m doing better these days because staying home alone and practicing social distancing has meant I’m avoiding many of the racist encounters that used to plague my daily life.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: bigot; blackkk; ernstowens; jackass; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; race
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Do you identify with this fella?


21 posted on 05/26/2020 2:24:12 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

When your whole life is tuned to the possibility, regardless how real, that something or somebody is racist, then you are living a nightmare existence.

Perhaps all the made up ‘dog whistle’ bull crap you spend your days looking for and itemizing has caused you to see ghosts when all that’s there is the wind.

I pity the poor lad.

(Now I wonder...is calling a black male a ‘lad’ racist? I know ‘boy’ is. Guess I need a couple more decades of being told what words I’m allowed to use.)

Is that human actually a male? I’m getting SO damned confused by the rules of selective pronouns as well.


22 posted on 05/26/2020 2:24:26 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

PERFECT! That tells me that your little victim proggy attention whore life is not happy, and I’m good in knowing that!


23 posted on 05/26/2020 2:24:28 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: allwrong57

LOL, I baled hay one time and I almost died.
My forearms got pink and swollen, and my lungs started restricting. I had to take 3 Benadryl and sit in the shower for an hour.


24 posted on 05/26/2020 2:25:44 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I wonder where he thinks his life as a black queer man would be better? And why doesn’t he go there? Surely the cost of living would be lower than it is in New York, and he’d save whatever he’s paying his therapist.


25 posted on 05/26/2020 2:26:35 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books! (Washington County, UT, Library))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
I work sometimes in a Hosp.

I cannot distance myself..from the absolute DUMB patients. I can't..I have to deal with them.

So..deal with them I must.

26 posted on 05/26/2020 2:27:06 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

No, but I see racial tensions brewing and it is not going to be a nice picture.

Trump nor Biden cannot fix this. They are too old.

The Republican Party is tone-deaf on race.

The Democratic Party is running away with the race thing and the GOP sits there and says nothing.


27 posted on 05/26/2020 2:27:50 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff (I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee-Old Yankee Stadium (1923-2008))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He is so full of himself that I find it hard to believe there’s room in there for any thoughts of others. If you doubt that is true, then I suggest you visit his website for confirmation. Don’t worry, you won’t have to actually read anything; only look at the many, many, MANY pictures he has posted of himself in all his fabulousness.


28 posted on 05/26/2020 2:28:33 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (This space vacant until further notice in compliance with social distancing 'guidelines')
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
That's funny. The professional people (that is, White people) that I have known in my career have gone out of their way(s) to help minorities of all kinds.

I mean REALLY out of the way.

And not because of some frikken law or policy. Just because they were good, decent people.

And this is the thanks they get?

29 posted on 05/26/2020 2:28:36 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Ernest Owens
30 posted on 05/26/2020 2:28:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The guy hangs out with NYT writers.

I’ll bet he’s telling the truth.


31 posted on 05/26/2020 2:30:57 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
No, but I see racial tensions brewing and it is not going to be a nice picture.

I see racial tension brewing too.

Good, decent people who have done their very best to help minorities getting insulted like this.

Minorities will be shocked when these good folks just get fed up...and BTW they are getting close to it.

32 posted on 05/26/2020 2:31:41 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Practicing racial distancing, I see.
33 posted on 05/26/2020 2:33:39 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is that a CGI?

It looks too plastic to be a portrait of anyone.

If a real pic, ole’ Ernst looks like a homo.


34 posted on 05/26/2020 2:37:32 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: Ouderkirk

https://ernestowens.com/


35 posted on 05/26/2020 2:38:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lemme guess. “Nation of Islam”? Bowtie?


36 posted on 05/26/2020 2:42:38 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

He will have to stay away from Biden then


37 posted on 05/26/2020 2:44:09 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
I don’t miss the way my palms get sweaty as a cashier requests to see multiple forms of ID I don’t miss the way I can feel my whole face tense up when a white woman clutches her purse as we pass each other on the street.

Odd how 'people of color' who are Japanese don't have women clutch their purses when THEY walk by... same with 'people of color' who are Chinese. It's not racism when the fear is legitimate.

I suggest this man - Ernst Owens - check crime statistics (as a percentage of population) to see if the high percentage of criminals within the black community IS the problem - and NOT racism. Ernst Owens wants us to believe a woman is afraid because of the color of skin rather than what that color represents. Is he really that stupid? It's NOT 1960 - and this isn't the Jim Crow South. And Mr. Owens is placing the blame for his 'feelings' in the wrong place.

38 posted on 05/26/2020 2:45:41 PM PDT by GOPJ (Plan for the worst (intentional bio-weapon attack.) Hope for the best (current plan)...)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Lol, blacks will burn down their own neighborhoods, then wonder why they don’t have any grocery stores. Hey, when do I get to be angry about black democrats destroying our once-beautiful cities?


39 posted on 05/26/2020 2:48:44 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
"The Republican Party is tone-deaf on race. The Democratic Party is running away with the race thing and the GOP sits there and says nothing."

What's your point? That Republicans should be as racist and race-obsessed as Democrats? That Republicans should compete with Democrats in the pandering game?
40 posted on 05/26/2020 2:50:07 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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