yesterday ....

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... was my husband's 60th birthday.

No party, nothing special .... he's a very private man, and doesn't like to share things with people, he doesn't like company and would have killed me if I threw him a party.

So, we ordered pizza and had chocolate pie I made for him.

Well, last year, as you all remember, we went to Monticello. Mainly, I wanted to visit Mulberry Row, which is very rich in the history of slavery. Visiting there, and sensing the aura of the energies still attached to the biggest industrial hub, run and operated by strickly negros of that time period ... was one of the most amazing places I have ever visited, and I ghost hunt a lot.

The place was just swirling with chemistry in the air, still looking for hope, for reasons, for belonging

Nothing can beat that, right?

Well, his vacation starts tomorrow and he wants to go visit some towns near a lake and see what quality homes you can get for the price.

And let me tell you, something like this is very intriguing for a Virgo. He has been looking at maps, searching realtor.com, studying city-data to find out basically everything you want to know about a town/city.

I think he's more fun making spreadsheets and analyzing his data then he'll ever have on our road trip we start in the morrow.

I don't know what we'll find. But, I like the idea that we are just winging it, at a lake .... very spontaneous. No reservations, no plans, other than checking out the important stuff in the towns that surround the lake - restaruants, parks, schools, hospital, tackle shops

We sold our house in Florida a while back, and still have to invest to avoid capital gain. A lake somewhere in the Carolina's sounds exciting,

I can't believe he's 60. He was 26 when we got married.

He's such a nice man. Calm, sensible, and yes .... a Virgo is running off on an adventure without packing a bag, nor knowing where he's ending up.

Happy Birthday to a great husband, who is my perfect match. 😄
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... was my husband's 60th birthday.

No party, nothing special .... he's a very private man, and doesn't like to share things with people, he doesn't like company and would have killed me if I threw him a party.

So, we ordered pizza and had chocolate pie I made for him.

Well, last year, as you all remember, we went to Monticello. Mainly, I wanted to visit Mulberry Row, which is very rich in the history of slavery. Visiting there, and sensing the aura of the energies still attached to the biggest industrial hub, run and operated by strickly negros of that time period ... was one of the most amazing places I have ever visited, and I ghost hunt a lot.

The place was just swirling with chemistry in the air, still looking for hope, for reasons, for belonging

Nothing can beat that, right?

Well, his vacation starts tomorrow and he wants to go visit some towns near a lake and see what quality homes you can get for the price.

And let me tell you, something like this is very intriguing for a Virgo. He has been looking at maps, searching realtor.com, studying city-data to find out basically everything you want to know about a town/city.

I think he's more fun making spreadsheets and analyzing his data then he'll ever have on our road trip we start in the morrow.

I don't know what we'll find. But, I like the idea that we are just winging it, at a lake .... very spontaneous. No reservations, no plans, other than checking out the important stuff in the towns that surround the lake - restaruants, parks, schools, hospital, tackle shops

We sold our house in Florida a while back, and still have to invest to avoid capital gain. A lake somewhere in the Carolina's sounds exciting,

I can't believe he's 60. He was 26 when we got married.

He's such a nice man. Calm, sensible, and yes .... a Virgo is running off on an adventure without packing a bag, nor knowing where he's ending up.

Happy Birthday to a great husband, who is my perfect match. 😄
sweet ! have a Happy!

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Damn ppl still using the word negro ??


Not still .. then

When you visit, and read all the labels and information .... the people were negros, that is what was written.

I don't say that ... I say "people"


Wow, denial ain't just a river

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What are you talking about? I don't know what you mean.

What denial, exactly.

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Yeah, there are a lot of lakes in the Carolina's .... we are starting with John H. Kerr Dam Reservoir, which connects to Lake Gaston and Roanoke Rapids Lake.

Probably only get to those this trip. He wants to spend the next half a year or more until spring, looking at others. Someone said Lake Norman was nice, also.

Mainly, though ... we love being together, and doing things together. He's the kind of husband who likes to stay home, so we have a lot of quality time spent under our belts.

I still can't believe he's 60 already. Next month we will celebrate our 34th wedding anniversary .. and we're still #1 to each other. He's so amazing.

It just baffles me when these women come in here to complain and blame the Virgo for all of their insecurities ...because a committed Virgo would die before forsaking you .. and I know that for a fact.
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Happy belated birthday to my Sun/Moon/Mercury/Venus astrotwin!!! 😄

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Calm, sensible, and yes .... a Virgo is running off on an adventure without packing a bag, nor knowing where he's ending up.
Well that DOES sound familliar 😄. I can get on board with plans and schedule it to the second but I enjoy winging it too. Can go either way.

Virgo Men are more stuck in their routines I think...so it's nice to see one letting go.

I like spontaneity and discovering stuff along the journey.

is he bringing his metal detector too? (I still can't not bring that gift up each time lmao)

At ay rate, safe travels and hopefully you folks enjoy yourselves and find a suitable place.

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Same!

It's been a long ass time since any white person has had the balls to say anything racist to my face.

I have been called a n***er a few times though, but it was when I was a kid or the white people were yelling from the safety of their vehicle.

I once even got chased down by a truck full of white men and they actually had a shotgun pointed at me. Sounds like some shit that would happen in the 30's or 40's somewhere down south, but this was actually in 2005-2006 when I was living in Chicago. Just walking down the street minding my own business and they decided to try to murder me for being a woman of color.

They will never understand and unfortunately many of the people on here do not care to understand.
I got called one in the most racially harmonious place: San Francisco. It is eye opening and kinda cray that ppl still judge. I have friends from every walk of life and NEVER judge others. Thank u and Brandi for saying what I was thinking!
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Happy Birthday to P Angel's husband and to the triggered SJWs in this thread read something besides Salon.com and get a grip.
I swear I hate white ppl
I don't hate anyone due to the color of their skin, but I do understand where your anger comes from sis.

They will never fully understand what black people as a whole have had to go through and still have to go through even today.

So they sit on their high horses and downplay the things that they say with ease because they've never felt the manifestation of these words in their lives. The privileged are always blind to what's going on around them.

They write off what they don't understand.
Lol you're a better person than me. I'm over here shaking my fists cursing the "white devil" lmao

But I agree bc at the end if the day there r some cool ones, but the majority of them are just fucking infuriating w the shit they say.

Remember that black hair thread I made. Kiss my grits is now insinuating black ppl don't read unless its beauty mags bc I made that thread. JFC.


Yup. I caught that weak ass shade from kissmygrits.

All they're doing is exposing their true nature though.

I may laugh and joke with a lot of these people here, but I pay attention and take mental note of shit like this.

Lets separate "white" from "devil" though. As you said, not all whites are ignorant covert racists. I have plenty of white friends that I know are enlightened and far from racist.

This is DXP. The cesspool of the internet. You're gonna run into a lot of racist/shitty people on here. Gotta remember that most of them aren't like how they are on DXP. That goes for all people in general.
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Weak ass shade? I'm just not participating in ASSumptions with strangers who think they know me. And I read your post about a horrible event in Chicago and I think that's terrifying. I seriously hate that happened to you. I don't like bigots and I'm 39 in Birmingham. Trust me . I know. I grew up with the conflict. The root of the fight was here. When people visit first thing I do is take them to the Civil Rights museum. I make sure they see it happened and still is We're working together though. Trying to move from it with live. Keep having racist aholes from both sides making it difficult. I just don't feel I have to prove who I am and what I'm doing here (especially after Alton Sterling ) I'm too busy trying to help.
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Damn ppl still using the word negro ??


Not still .. then

When you visit, and read all the labels and information .... the people were negros, that is what was written.

I don't say that ... I say "people"


Wow, denial ain't just a river

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Well she did say "were" as opposed to "are".

I supposed they wanted to keep it like a time capsule - things that were said and done in that time (not now), the good, the bad and the ugly, so that people who bring their kids can say, "Look, this is what we used to call African Americans." People learn from their past mistakes with stark reminders.
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Happy Birthday to P Angel's husband and to the triggered SJWs in this thread read something besides Salon.com and get a grip.
I swear I hate white ppl
I don't hate anyone due to the color of their skin, but I do understand where your anger comes from sis.

They will never fully understand what black people as a whole have had to go through and still have to go through even today.

So they sit on their high horses and downplay the things that they say with ease because they've never felt the manifestation of these words in their lives. The privileged are always blind to what's going on around them.

They write off what they don't understand.
Lol you're a better person than me. I'm over here shaking my fists cursing the "white devil" lmao

But I agree bc at the end if the day there r some cool ones, but the majority of them are just fucking infuriating w the shit they say.

Remember that black hair thread I made. Kiss my grits is now insinuating black ppl don't read unless its beauty mags bc I made that thread. JFC.

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This proves you're ignorant.

http://www.salon.com

Bye.
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... was my husband's 60th birthday.

No party, nothing special .... he's a very private man, and doesn't like to share things with people, he doesn't like company and would have killed me if I threw him a party.

So, we ordered pizza and had chocolate pie I made for him.

Well, last year, as you all remember, we went to Monticello. Mainly, I wanted to visit Mulberry Row, which is very rich in the history of slavery. Visiting there, and sensing the aura of the energies still attached to the biggest industrial hub, run and operated by strickly negros of that time period ... was one of the most amazing places I have ever visited, and I ghost hunt a lot.

The place was just swirling with chemistry in the air, still looking for hope, for reasons, for belonging

Nothing can beat that, right?

Well, his vacation starts tomorrow and he wants to go visit some towns near a lake and see what quality homes you can get for the price.

And let me tell you, something like this is very intriguing for a Virgo. He has been looking at maps, searching realtor.com, studying city-data to find out basically everything you want to know about a town/city.

I think he's more fun making spreadsheets and analyzing his data then he'll ever have on our road trip we start in the morrow.

I don't know what we'll find. But, I like the idea that we are just winging it, at a lake .... very spontaneous. No reservations, no plans, other than checking out the important stuff in the towns that surround the lake - restaruants, parks, schools, hospital, tackle shops

We sold our house in Florida a while back, and still have to invest to avoid capital gain. A lake somewhere in the Carolina's sounds exciting,

I can't believe he's 60. He was 26 when we got married.

He's such a nice man. Calm, sensible, and yes .... a Virgo is running off on an adventure without packing a bag, nor knowing where he's ending up.

Happy Birthday to a great husband, who is my perfect match. 😄
What—

Don't you hate on Virgos?

I can't believe what I'm reading.

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How the hell do I get branded as an outspoken crazy person when I expose the racist people here on DXP...and months later, I see this convo about certain people not liking racist people...on DXP...?

I'm taken aback by this discovery.
You went about it all wrong. That's why.

I definitely don't support the way you went about confronting the issue. You became part of the problem and you accomplished nothing.
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I clearly must have. Especially if you guys are having this very conversation on racism...something that definitely /wasn't/ happening when I first started coming here in early 2015 or when I made a board about it a few months ago.

But I'll let you guys carry on.

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No one is asking you to prove yourself, but when you respond sarcastically and try to downplay the use of a word that was once used to degrade an entire race of people, that's when it becomes an issue.

Yes I said "lame ass insult" because it was. It was a cheap shot that required little to no thought. You can't instigate and then turn around and say "no, but I care though". If you're really against it, then you wouldn't be writing it off like it's not that big of a deal or coming at the people who are expressing their (very valid) concerns about the subject at hand.

Your actions contradict what you're saying. If you were a kid and someone cruel used to beat on you and belittle you as a child and referred to you as an "ape" (this is just an example), I would never ever call you an "ape". Even as a joke or for the sake of telling a story. I wouldn't want to trigger any negative feelings or hurt from your past because of what your abuser did to you.

It's just common sense. I could easily explain whatever I need to explain without needing to refer to you as an ape. It was unnecessary for P to say negro, but I'm more than certain that miserable old bitch is deeply prejudice.

You're stirring the pot with your responses to Brandy and the more you instigate, the more you make it look like you're just as ignorant as she is.
Britney has always triggered herself over something Her reaction is her problem alone. She's always shown she is bitter and not willing to be peaceful. Yes I'm no longer trying with someone who doesn't want to try.

I want to go to this place with a mixed group of friends to show respect and learn about plantation life. Does this make us racist? http://www.whitneyplantation.com I don't think so but she thinks all whites are Mr Burns wanting to bring it all back. 😆

Yeah no longer replying. I agree she shouldn't have used the slang. But blowing it up is also a problem. You let people take your power when you react to EVERYTHING. .If that makes me a bitch calling others out. So be it. I'm a bitch.
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How the hell do I get branded as an outspoken crazy person when I expose the racist people here on DXP...and months later, I see this convo about certain people not liking racist people...on DXP...?

I'm taken aback by this discovery.
You went about it all wrong. That's why.

I definitely don't support the way you went about confronting the issue. You became part of the problem and you accomplished nothing.
I clearly must have. Especially if you guys are having this very conversation on racism...something that definitely /wasn't/ happening when I first started coming here in early 2015.

But I'll let you guys carry on.


You went about it all wrong.

Instead of creating a thread to single out multiple individuals and call them all types of names, you should have just confronted the issue from an intellectual perspective.

It didn't have to be all of that. You just kept calling people racists, but couldn't really say why they we're or didn't even say what happened that made you feel that way.



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This right here is /exactly/ why I went off on the people I called racist or misinformed.

You must not have read the posts I made before that where I gave /both/ context and explanations as to why certain individuals were racists - individuals I encountered on a different board and confronted.

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"I never called you a bitch.

I don't think you're a bitch, but the way you came at Brandy wasn't cool either.

Whatever. Clearly you two have some sort of history/rivalry that I'm unaware of.

All I'm saying is, think before you speak. That goes for me too. "



No she did. Which is whatever. I don't think she never liked me anyway. Boohoo. LOL And I heart you. And yes l'll be more thoughtful from now on. Pinky swear.

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How the hell do I get branded as an outspoken crazy person when I expose the racist people here on DXP...and months later, I see this convo about certain people not liking racist people...on DXP...?

I'm taken aback by this discovery.
You went about it all wrong. That's why.

I definitely don't support the way you went about confronting the issue. You became part of the problem and you accomplished nothing.
I clearly must have. Especially if you guys are having this very conversation on racism...something that definitely /wasn't/ happening when I first started coming here in early 2015.

But I'll let you guys carry on.


You went about it all wrong.

Instead of creating a thread to single out multiple individuals and call them all types of names, you should have just confronted the issue from an intellectual perspective.

It didn't have to be all of that. You just kept calling people racists, but couldn't really say why they we're or didn't even say what happened that made you feel that way.




This right here is /exactly/ why I went off on the people I called racist or misinformed.

You must not have read the posts I made before that where I gave /both/ context and explanations as to why certain individuals were racists - individuals I encountered on a different board and confronted.


Guess I didn't.



All I saw was misplaced anger and a lot of name calling from both sides.
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Yes well, you and many others did the same when you decided not to involve yourselves in a "taboo" subject.

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"I never called you a bitch.

I don't think you're a bitch, but the way you came at Brandy wasn't cool either.

Whatever. Clearly you two have some sort of history/rivalry that I'm unaware of.

All I'm saying is, think before you speak. That goes for me too. "



No she did. Which is whatever. I don't think she never liked me anyway. Boohoo. LOL And I heart you. And yes l'll be more thoughtful from now on. Pinky swear.




I fuck with you too Grits. No hard feelings.

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I want to apologize to Britney. You see down here we just ignore the crazy crap that comes out of the older people's mouths. 😆
My name is Brandy and it's all good. I apologize too for the bitch comment. I'm still getting used to dxp I'm not on all the time.

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Dang auto correct sorry. Yeah me neither. Hugs.
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Happy Birthday to P Angel's husband and to the triggered SJWs in this thread read something besides Salon.com and get a grip.
I swear I hate white ppl
I don't hate anyone due to the color of their skin, but I do understand where your anger comes from sis.

They will never fully understand what black people as a whole have had to go through and still have to go through even today.

So they sit on their high horses and downplay the things that they say with ease because they've never felt the manifestation of these words in their lives. The privileged are always blind to what's going on around them.

They write off what they don't understand.
Lol you're a better person than me. I'm over here shaking my fists cursing the "white devil" lmao

But I agree bc at the end if the day there r some cool ones, but the majority of them are just fucking infuriating w the shit they say.

Remember that black hair thread I made. Kiss my grits is now insinuating black ppl don't read unless its beauty mags bc I made that thread. JFC.


Yup. I caught that weak ass shade from kissmygrits.

All they're doing is exposing their true nature though.

I may laugh and joke with a lot of these people here, but I pay attention and take mental note of shit like this.

Lets separate "white" from "devil" though. As you said, not all whites are ignorant covert racists. I have plenty of white friends that I know are enlightened and far from racist.

This is DXP. The cesspool of the internet. You're gonna run into a lot of racist/shitty people on here. Gotta remember that most of them aren't like how they are on DXP. That goes for all people in general.
Ppl def are different online. No white person has ever called me a nig ger in rl. I have heard some old white ppl use the world negro in rl and mostly chalked it up to their age. So that might be wats going on here idk.

I have tons of white friends so I know they aren't all rascist, and was (mostly) joking about the white devil thing.

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It's not a term I (or anyone I know) uses, but it was once a socially accepted term, used by both white people and black people.

The United Negro College Fund, for instance:

http://www.uncf.org

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Negro_College_Fund

Founded by this man:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Patterson
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Happy Birthday to P Angel's husband and to the triggered SJWs in this thread read something besides Salon.com and get a grip.
I swear I hate white ppl
I don't hate anyone due to the color of their skin, but I do understand where your anger comes from sis.

They will never fully understand what black people as a whole have had to go through and still have to go through even today.

So they sit on their high horses and downplay the things that they say with ease because they've never felt the manifestation of these words in their lives. The privileged are always blind to what's going on around them.



Ignorant people write off what they don't understand.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^

this