Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "‘What do you mean, I’m a racist?’ The deliberate vagueness of one of the most popular modern insults" video.

  1. I was a teacher for 30 years. Taught in California, and so had students from every possible ethnicity and background. The only time I was ever called a "racist" was by black students, when they weren't getting their way. I've seen white colleagues cower when black students used that word against them. I brushed it off and didn't try to argue with them that I'm NOT a racist--that's the trap they want to lure you into. The father of a black student tried to argue in a meeting that I was a racist. I ignored the charge and instead focused on his son's behavior, which included sexually assaulting several female students by fondling their breasts and groins, and punching the boyfriend of one of the girls who tried to stop him. I also had a black colleague file a charge of racism against me when I joked in a meeting that we should all sign a document being circulated around with an X (the joke being that we're all so highly educated and yet can't write our names). I wasn't even addressing my black colleague, and yet he felt it was a racist remark, insinuating that "black people are illiterate". The dean demanded I apologize to him, I refused, and the administration let the matter drop because, well, the charge was baseless. I've never had students nor colleagues of any other ethnicity call me a racist, even when they were unhappy with my decisions. Outside of the classroom, same thing: it's an intimidation tactic designed to get entitled black people what they want. I don't play that game, and you shouldn't, either.
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  2. @Angel (not Sheila Shatford) It doesn't "work" entirely here, either. I had a meeting with the head of HR and the dean where they threatened me if I didn't apologize in person and in writing because one of my black colleagues took offense at the "X" remark (not directed to him). They do try it here, and they didn't know what to do when I plainly refused. Most of their act is just that: an act, a bluff. Call their bluff is what I do. I have a "don't give a damn" attitude but not everyone is or can be that way. But the trap is: they want you to apologize, even if you don't think you've done anything wrong--and then the next time, they can say "well, we have documentation that you apologized once before for being racist, so--". See how that works? As John Wayne once said: "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness." I know this is harder for Brits than for Americans, but you've got to tell them to go to hell (in so many words) or they'll escalate the torment. I've seen them do it to others who made the mistake of thinking they could appease the woke mob. You absolutely cannot.
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  3. Any time someone hurls the "racist" epithet, and it's not warranted, I know they've LOST the argument.
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  4.  @knight4395  I imagine many things escape her ken.
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  5.  @staceyraven3058  You haven't known me, then. I repeat: "The father of a black student tried to argue in a meeting that I was a racist. I ignored the charge and instead focused on his son's behavior, which included sexually assaulting several female students by fondling their breasts and groins, and punching the boyfriend of one of the girls who tried to stop him." Imagine, disciplining a student for sexual assault is racist. The father in that meeting also called the female victims several names that no woman or girl should ever be called--but using your logic, if he called them sluts, they must actually be sluts, correct?
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  6.  @staceyraven3058  Your logic is that if someone is called a racist, they must be a racist. So if I call you an idiot, you must be an idiot, otherwise I wouldn't called you one. See how that works? Or rather, doesn't work?
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