What you will find here is not condemning comments from freepers. What you will find is my conversation with a freeper trying to understand why a person would call the presidents daughter ghetto trash. I tried not to judge before I got their entire point of view. Which was extremely hard when you add the fact that I'm black and the comment is extremely offensive. But I wasn't looking for an apology I was look to understand tried not to be offensive but the truth offends, I tried to be tactful but the truth is blunt sometimes. This is the picturehere . We were referencing in our conversation.
My first reply
I don't call you a racist cause I assume you are not. But I know you are better than this. Ask yourself why is she ghetto trash. She Is only 11. She has nothing to do with Obamas policies. She is just a little Black girl and because obama is her daddy she is ghetto trash. You couldn’t say what you wrote here because you would be ashamed of it. That is how you know deep in our heart some of the things that are said on here about this girl is wrong.
His reply
because I believe as others have said though mail that she has been brought up like that.
I do not think it was off obama either but off her mother.
They did not dress like this during the campaign so why now dress differently?
Because the staff knew that by looking like they do would lose votes and not look good.
BTW
I am not white either but that does not make a difference as any color can be racist, but I am not.
I lived in areas where this guy does dress like that, I have seen how girls dress like that
Sadly it is too common but I hope my daughter is not influenced as some others are.
Thank you for a Private mail instead of making an argument in public as maybe some others would do to make themselves feel better than someone else
PS
I have lived in the ghetto too and saw girls even younger than her
My reply
A persons clothes can’t make them ghetto. And I don't mean to instigate you but what don't you like about her clothes. Besides the obvious peace sign
his reply
tight tight top, short short shorts and which does not look good next to a guy who has his clothes which is ghetto fashion
my reply
she wasn’t dressed as you described “ghetto” and he had on jogging pants and a t shirt but my point being calling some one ghetto has negative racial connotations and calling a little girl trash is below you. you know that cause if a little black girl walked in your place of work wearing that same outfit and you called her ghetto trash I bet even some of your good friends would be disappointed. If Keith Olbermann Called one of Palin’s Daughters trailer Park Trash. You would be appalled and rightfully so. Dont stoop to a level beneath you I’m black and I believe most people are better than this type of discourse and I believe you are too. I dont think your racist I dont mean to infer that you are either if I did I’m sorry. But I jut want you to understand what you said was hurtful and hard to explain to my 7 year old daughter thats over my shoulder watching me read articles on free republic thanks for listening though
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his reply
actually a persons clothes can make them ghetto
you cannot buy class ans after living there believe me you can get a girl even a young girl out of the ghetto but it does not mean she has class no matter how much money she has or what she says
In the ghetto there is a fashion
Girls wear tight tight mini clothes and walk and act a certain way, a guy walks and clothes a certain way.
It is an expression
my reply
no it can’t the ghetto is a place it has residents what you call ghetto is probably just black culture and if thats the case then thats kind of offensive
his reply
OK
I’ll go on what I see and where I have lived but if you have a different view to me then fine I welcome that and I appreciate that
My reply
This is not about points of view or an opinion. The word ghetto is described as a “portion of a city in which members of a minority group live; especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure. Thats straight out of wikipedia. In America our ghettos are dominated by the populations of African Americans & and Hispanic American. You called the presidents daughter ghetto trash. You describe the clothes she wears as ghetto. That in itself is racist because the ghetto is a place as described by wikipedia and webster. Ghetto cant be described as a particular fashion because that would mean you are saying she dresses like she is from the ghetto I.e (The west side of Chicago, Or greens-point in Houston or the Ninth ward in New Orleans) Well to believe that you would have to assume that all the people in those areas dress the same. and to believe that all people of one group have a particular characteristic
that can be applied across the board is called a racial stereotype, and that type of thinking leads to racism.
His reply
sorry but read the first line and read it is from wilkpedia.
Please tell me you are not serious about that website.
I will not read the rest as I bet it is the usual left wing crap which is spouted all the time.
But I will say this troll.
In the ghetto they do dress the same, there is a fashion and yes I have lived in the ghetto and come from a ghetto so what ever your posts says remember I am not white nor am I racist
Yes, there is a lot of racism in the ghetto but I bet you do not know this as you have never lived their have you?
IO bet you are young , at school, not been around the world much or lived in any countries before.
IO bet you like to think of yourself as this nice kind person and you are fighting for the minority
Well, since I am a minority I will tell you this.
Your kind are the problem, you think you are helping the black community but instead you throw crumbs thinking we should be grateful and when a minority does not tow the left wing liberal line you get all confused.
You don’t come from my world I bet so before you want to throw out racist then get to know that person hey.
Why you trolling on here anyway, bored , not got a life, what is it that you find time to come on a website which you do not agree with and make a arse of yourself?
My reply
In my Post I said I got the first line from wikipedia So no doubt you are correct. I don't mean to upset you. I speaking of a specific situation in which you said that the Presidents daughter is ghetto trash. I just was trying to understand why and how a person could say something that is so obviously racist and unacceptable to most americans. Go to your place of work and say Obmas daughters are ghetto trash and watch how they look at you. Thats how you can tell its wrong because you are ashamed to say what you think in public. I dont want to offend you and if I have I am sorry. P.s. I didn't ask you support the public option or cap and trade or immigration reform I know this a conservative website but that doesn't mean we cant agree on basic things like calling 11 year olds ghetto trash is wrong
His reply
we all say they looked ghetto trash at work and yes some are black, Hispanic and white at work.
Saying she looks ghetto trash is not meaning she is,
I sometimes might be looking like I’m still in the ghetto but it doesn’t mean I am.
Do not take wilkpedia for a serious site either.
As for you saying support cap and tax etc, I know you never asked me to support it but I see that you do from your posts on KOS and Huffington post.
Do not assume that I or others where I live would not say it , its like I said before to you, do not call a person a racist because you do not know them same as thinking I or others here would not say ghetto trash in public.
I’ll say it about the skinny white kid who is acting all tough or the girl walking down the road wearing next to nothing thinking she is sexy
If you knew me you would know that I say what I think and so do others around here.
Maybe it must be different in CA
my reply
If I said Sarah Palin dressed in her interview for greta on fox news looked like trailer park trash would that be offensive?
his reply
no not for me as I do not get all offensive at words, something I tell my kids too
I;m not one of those left wing sheep which get bent out of shape over words.
See you are a left winger right?
You go on the huff post, KOS, which is a hate site to me.
It is full of do gooding whites who know nothing about what really goes on in the ghetto.
They think only whites are racist and yet I have seen more racism in the ghetto than anywhere.
Course your friends on the left wing sheepy sites do not understand any of that.
So why are you on here? Do not worry I have not reported you yet for being a troll but no doubt you will be gone soon.
Thats the whole conversation so tell me what you think. This was inspired by the halffricanhere is that post