majority of white people do not hate black people... there are those in society who do but most of us dont...
in fact many of us "white" people treat people of other ethnicities with the same equality we would like...
but again... there are those exceptions where some do not, personally there is no white race, black race, Asian race etc... there is only the human race, those who do have an issue are just small minded and do not have the capacity to evolve...
but that is not limited to the colour of our skin either, or the country we were born... racism effects everyone, hatred can effect everyone...
i can tell you stories of problems that would show we face similar issues whatever our ethnicity...
for example... a black kid i had never known went to a school i was in many years ago... he didn't like me, but i'd never met him...
he made stories up claiming i was being racist to him... i hadn't even seen the lad... i was put in detention upon my release he tried it again... so to prove a point i, infront of the teacher stated that i would prove i never said those things, and proceeded to repeat the things he had accused me of saying, he almost lost it completely... something he never did before.
another inciden an Indian child about 15-16 had got into a fight with a white child about 13-14 while on way home from his school... the Indian lad apparently had been hitting the other kid about something they had not seen eye to eye on, to which the lad had retaliated and hit the Indian lad...
the next day a white child about 13-14 had been attacked by 8 Asian men armed with bats and chains, and put in hospital... this triggered a massive race war in the town i was living in, after the dust settled it was found that the lad that was attacked, wasn't even the lad that had the altercation...
those 8 men, most of which were hospitalised cos the police wouldn't do anything, due to them pulling a "race" card... now i dont care who someone is, whether they are rich, poor, whatever colour of their skin, or whether gay, straight or even if they are an Alien from another universe... crime is crime, and if someone does it, they should expect the law to be exacted correctly... no beatings, no police brutality but by law
but while i do not treat anyone any different or in any disrespectful way unless they treat me badly...
even i have faced judgement even on the streets... cos i'm pretty much a middle aged white man so I have been automatically called racist by default...
and apparently those who said this, seemed to believe that racism is just a white on black thing... no one of other ethnicities could be racist...
which is completely wrong... many other countries are guilty of the same things, now i'm not saying that is right on any level, or justifying it as "cos they do it it's ok for anyone else" far from it... but when you have a lot of people demanding an apology from people who weren't even born, weren't responsible for the people who came before, it can create a level of animosity... we should be all coming together and uniting against problems. not blaming each other for things we've never done nor could have
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Well as you have shown, the only ones filled with hate for another race are people like you and in general blacks.
As for your other questions:
1. "Did we take your people and enslave them?": Yes. Many times. In fact based upon historical research the enslavement of whites by Africans (predominantly north Africans) happened for thousands and thousands of years and whites only managed to bring it to an end around the 1860s.
2. "Rape?": Also yes, see above.
3. "get seperated from your families?": Also yes (though that was a rather uncommon practice in north america), see above.
4. "Treated poorly for hundreds of years?": No, it was for several thousand years actually.
5. "What did we do to make you hate us?": We don't, except for when you decide to make racist statements like yours, when you violently attack us (85% of interracial violence and crime is commited by blacks against whites), when you commit hate crimes then blame whites (Blacks are 150% more likely to commit hate crimes then whites), claim we are all racist because of our skin color (what your doing, which is racist), when you violently murder each other (95% of blacks killed are killed by other blacks) then blame whites (again, its racist), when you claim cops are out to get you (because they are white (again thats racist)) when in reality cops are 18.5% more likely to be shot and killed by a black suspect then to kill a black suspect and 40% of all cops killed are killed by blacks despite them being only 13% of the population, and when you claim we are the problem when your 13% of the population but commit over half of all crimes, as well as when you claim we are all racist despite the fact that our country which is far more diverse then any nation in the world but especially ones of "minority" countries (like African nations, Asian nations, and middle eastern nations) both during and after our last president who was voted into office by a white majority who also happens to be the only president in ANY NATIONS history to be a minority (this includes African nations, Asian nations etc. etc. who have never voted in a person who was not of their group unlike america who has (yet some how we are the racists for "reasons").
So I hope this answers your questions.
I’m gonna go based on what I assume to be why..
Not saying this is true but for me it’s what seems most likely to be true.
I believe people in general not everyone just in general tend to dislike what they view as “ugly”, “unappealing”, “unattractive”... having said that, again in general most people tend to see light as good and dark as bad, so in terms of speaking of people, they tend to see darker skins to be unattractive and therefore create an instant dislike toward anyone who has darker skin than them..
Then after this dislike by simply seeking others as ugly, you add the robberies, shootings and loudness, and it increases that dislike to a scare and a possible hate.
This is my theory.. for the average person who hates others based on appearance without even getting to know them..
I say this because me for example when I watch soap operas, the way I decide if I want to watch one, is based on if the protagonists are appealing to me or not... if they are ugly to me, I automatically dislike the series xD and if I hear they did something bad, I dislike them even more.. it’s preposterous but that’s how it is.. I don’t choose it I just simply don’t like something based on looks..
Friends for example.. I had never watched friends before because I thought they were all ugly. I even hated Jennifer Anniston because of her face. And I didn’t understand why so many people would say she was pretty.. like from where? ?
And just recently I was so bored I put it on on Netflix and what do you know! I suddenly liked it haha and I don’t think they’re so ugly anymore and I don’t really hate them anymore either.
And I know they are not black but I’m going back to my theory I don’t like what seems ugly to me even without knowing it.. so if someone think black skin is ugly, I believe it’s the same as with me disliking it simply because they view it as unappealing.. then when they hear certain things such as drive us caused by blacks and such, it just makes that irrational gay rated more rational to them..
That’s how I see racism.
Dislike what they think is ugly
When I was little I pulled a little girls hair because they sat her near me. She was white but I thought she was ugly so I didn’t like her. It’s not fair it’s just in general people dislike what seems unappealing.. but it’s not right.. I didn’t chose to not like her.. but I can learn to like someone I didn’t like initially just like the show lol
Sorry if this makes no sense to you, it does to me :/ I just can’t explain it more perfectly without many words.
“Why do white people really hate black people”... I can’t answer for all white people, but I do know that hate is not centered around one particular race. Hate is a universal human emotion. Listen, I don’t feel responsible for the actions of other white people, nor will I ever. I do not feel white guilt, and because of this, I am able to disregard disruptive thoughts my generation (especially) has inherited from previous generations. “What did we do to make you hate us?” Nothing. You didn’t do shit and shouldn’t be judged because you are black. I don’t wan to go on a tangent but whatever. I’ve only had 2 black teachers at my high school.
Months before this particular movement, my teacher told me “change is coming, change is coming so be ready”. I will always remember when she said this because there was a passion behind her words and sense of pain. My other black teacher has dealt with some family problems and happened to snap at my class because we were being little shits. What she said also sparked something in me. She basically pointed out how stuck she feels in a school that is predominantly white. She called us privileged and spoiled. Guess what my class did? They tried to fire her. One by one, they went to the counselors office to try and bust her ass... She went on leave. She was the only teacher for the subject she taught and the school district eventually had to ask her to come back. We need to rewire our school system. Kids and teens and college kids NEED to learn about our social justice system, the social inequality, the pain that is so hidden in our country.
Oof I don’t even think I answered your question yet. White people, in general, don’t hate Black people. That is a distorted question. What you should really be asking, and I am curious to know is, what has sparked the hate between race. It’s not just white people hating on black people because like I said above, hate is a universal emotion.
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Zaria you have to understand the average white person truly doesn't think there is racism going on. Because a lot of it is happening under the surface and unless you do your research you're not gonna know that. You have to understand that our whole society is built on lies that people can't recognize anymore. When people say the system is F'd up they are telling the truth but most people don't really know how much and even what they are talking about. Most people are average people going about their average lives. It is a lot easier to fool someone than to convince them they've been fooled. Black people will rise someday but it isn't gonna be anytime soon. And even when we do there will always be another race not doing well. If you want peace of mind have peace in the truth:
Race doesn't exist it is a 600 year old lie that was made to allow enslaving humans with African adaptations for no other reason than those African adaptations. No longer did you need to be a war criminal to become enslaved. They said we had no soul even though we (Ancient Kemet) invented the concept of the soul... Of course Africans didn't get credit but... But everyone comes from Africa. 1st humans were African. The only reason some people look different now is because Africans ventured out and their bodies adapted to the new locations. We gotta stop playing some 600 year old game. Nobody wins. We all benefit without drawbacks if we denounce the false idea of race.
I know it hurts and feels like nobody wants to acknowledge our reality, which is literally why school shootings happen but thats unrelated i have ADHD lol, but just remember the idea of multiple races is not real. We are the human race and some 600 year old game is being played still and it is unwinnable. Do your research and share the truth with others and your kids and maybe one day after we are dead the world will be okay. But i was literally depressed about this topic and the only thing that helped me was to realize the truth. A lot old ideas were created to separate and control people. Not just race. It's not us that our the problem it's the ideas. If there is no races then there is no black economic problem. If there is no black economic problem then the black crime problem will go away. You gotta see it connects to everything. Go do your research im telling you it will change your life and at the very least give you peace in knowing the truth will prevail one dayDisclaimer: I'm neither black, nor white. But having black and white friends is where I'm making this observation from.
White and black people can be quite different and it's this difference that causes the clashes. But as a country, these many episodes are also a learning experience.
White people culture is less expressive, less spontaneous and energetic, more planned and calculated. When these traits go into overdrive they lead to anxiety, stress and a lesser inability to enjoy life with what's already there, there leading to feeling of unfulfillment. These traits also lead to more nuanced and implied communication and greater degrees of deception when there is a conflict of interest.
Black people culture is more expressive, more spontaneous and energetic, less planned and calculated. When these traits go into overdrive they lead to less technological growth, less organization or structure that could work well for society as a whole, active participation in physical activities, quick contentment and sense gratification, good humor, fun, a degree of childishness.
Again, each individual and even specific cultures around the world have a varying degree of both these sets. But overall, these traits are predominant in this manner. Now, come to answer your question:- White people don't hate black people, they look down on them on certain aspects. Some are vocal about this looking down, some are not vocal about it because it can be impolite, rude or stir up negative emotions. You understand the difference?
So why do they look down? Whites brought black people to do their labor work originally. They could do this because black people were not technologically as advanced and it was easy opportunity to get their work done. But it evaded the morality of it at the time since they were the only voice.
Now after all the riots and protests and war, there is a moral obligation to make a fair society for everyone. And many white people think the effort is overdone. They point to black people living on food stamps, not working smart, not staying out of trouble from children out of wedlock, gang violence and drugs as their own irresponsibility. This charge has some impressions of the unfair and cruel past blacks have faced, and some element of truth to it as well.
This is why such whites dislike the entire conversation on race equality. They don't believe this race equality thing to be a reality due to all the differing traits between black people and them. On the flip side, the black people that do well, either get divided in their own black community as "acting white", or don't culturally fit in with white people for the other differences. Some whites will still see them as a well trained dog than an accomplished person, which is due to the fact that such a black person built himself ON what was envisioned by white people to start with (example: The way many conservatives talk about the Obamas despite the fact that he carried himself with far greater grace than Trump).
Which takes us to the next question: why are black people at the mercy of white people in this matter and not vice versa? It's because white people are the created the vision of this country and so they automatically think, nay, automatically know, it's theirs. Due to that unwritten fact, no one would ever say to a white American, "go back to Europe". But as a black American, you will hear, "go back to Africa". Now this a challenge modern black America and white Americans who believe in integration are yet to acknowledge. But the bottom line is a country belongs to those who hold the chunk of the legacy in having made it. Now think of these in greater detail, How can we make whites stop looking down on black people?Going to try to honestly answer your questions so if you get mad about it 🤷🏼♀️ I know, absolutely nobody, wants to act, look or be black, at all. The only way I can think that they like any black culture type stuff would be rap and most people I know hate it. Only other thing I can think of would be sports, black men dominate in some very popular sports, football, and basketball. That’s about it though. (this was about the update posted by the way)
Anyway m white people dont like blacks because, obviously, the majority act ghetto and bring nothing good to the table. only thing I can relate to is that they smoke a lot of weed too. So another question you ask is what did you ever do? A big part of the answer is nothing, absolutely nothing. You don’t contribute enough to society at all, and you only bother when it’s a racial thing where blacks get some advantage from it. You’re not looked at as hard workers, like Mexicans are looked at, always building stuff. You want luxurious stuff with no work to get it. So then you steal. You have 5 babies with no real family unit, and many dads. Every white person now is tired of hearing about what happened with slaves hundreds of years ago. are we proud of what some white idiots did way back then, no, can we change the past, no.I have a little story here, so hear it out, yeah?
There was this new kid in high school, a black guy. He was okay looking, not too much of an asshole at first appearance. We were acquainted on that first day he arrived, and stayed that way, acquaintances. A couple weeks later, I was invited to a party a girl was throwing for her birthday, it was at the waste land between a foreclosed swim center and a residential area. I went, it was kinda boring, despite the older kids that had brought drinks to try and liven it up. I'd decided to separate off and headed to the back of the expanse of waste land, where I was followed by said new kid. He was being a little weird, but I put it down to the drinks. He then tried to make several unwanted advances, and when that wasn't working, he'd pushed me to the ground and tried to hold me down. It was a stupid move on his part. Because I was face up, I flung my foot up into his groin, and shoved him to the ground, before leaving.
That's what one black person did to me, to make me hate him. But that's just it. I only hated him for it. I don't take one person's actions out on an enitre race, same as I don't take someone's (great) grandparent's actions out on them, like being mad at today's generation of Germans because of World War 2. This is exactly what you're doing, @zariahdp, only you're getting all pissed off about white people's ancestors enslaving yours. So don't get mad with today's generation, especially considering we're not all racist! Just be mad at the ones who have personally hurt you, not all of us. You ask why everyone is so racist towards blacks, but you're being equally as racist towards whites, don't you see that? #AllLivesMatterBecause it's been taught and brainwashed into a lot of them if not most. Try growing up in a society that tells you consciously and subconsciously that you are superior over everyone else cause of your skin tone, it would most definitely inflate your ego. History has told them they are superior and the media has been telling them for decades that they are superior as well. Maybe not directly like they use to but subliminally. Models? Majority white. Positive media representation? Majority white. Positive stereotypes? Linked to being white. Beauty ideals? Majority white. Better opportunities? Majority white. So imagine hearing and learning all this as soon as you come out the womb, it's going to give you a since of entitlement and prejudices over other non white people.
That's why you see racist statements like, " well we're the majority, so it's okay to exclude you out of everything." or " you only make up 11% of the population, so you don't deserve any representation". Well lgbt community is 4.5% here in America, and look at all the representation that they are getting front left and center so what's the excuse for black people not getting the same? It all comes from not being able to relate and understand someone cause you been taught to only care for others based on skin tone.
And I know someone is going to get in their feelings and try to use uno reverse card on me so let me just say this clearly. No not all white people are racist. There are people protesting for black lives matter and do want to see the injustices stop.Hate is a big word. I don't really "hate" Black people, since I don't have any plans of murdering, harassing, deceiving, assaulting or exploiting Black people. But, of course, I can change my mind if a Black dude makes the mistake of harassing my wife or my mother, or if some of them do something stupid to any of my family members. I'm not the kind of White dude who feels "White guilt."
I don't care about excuses, you may think your people are entitled to hate White people and mistreat us. You can shit in White Liberals' mouths, I don't care. But you'd better respect me and my family if you don't to hear a "boom."
I don't hate, but I definitely don't love Black people and certainly don't welcome them in my country, whether when it comes to my native country or the country I'm rightfully living in right now. I don't believe pluriethnic societies can work well on the long run. Too much unnecessary drama, it's easy to stoke racial animosity and to use minorities as voting fodder. So... I think Whites and Blacks are better off separated.Ma'am,
I don't hate you. I don't know how to prove that I don't hate you.
I don't hate blacks.
I could tell you lots of stories about decisions I have made that specifically demonstrate that I don't hate blacks. But they will probably just sound like a cheap evasion along the lines of "Some of my best friends are black..."
I want better race relations. I want racial equity. My friends think I am a hippie for wanting these things.
The things I do hate are the incendiary adversarial actions of activists trying to manipulate public opinion and divide us for their own personal gain.
Want an example or two? Rev. Al Sharpton and EVERYTHING he did and said publicly from 1987 to 2009. Maybe later. Jesse Jackson's rainbow coalition organization caused divisions in communities that didn't have them before.
They didn't help the conversation. They pushed it back worse than any single hood wearing Klan member.
So let's work together to solve our country's problems. Because if we fight each other we both lose.I think the problem is that the ones that are openly bigots tend to have the stage in life and therefore are the ones people see first. I am appalled that in today's age there is enough racism at all to make the kinds of impacts that it has. I don't mean just on the subject of white people, but rather it has started to come from each and every side to some degree. (Except Asians, they tend to be quiet.) No though in all serious I don't get what the issue is. At this point in life it should NOT be black versus white, it should be all of us versus racism. It holds no real place in today's society.
Sadly the world has lost too many lives to racism. On top of a disease that doesn't seem to want to end and politicians that try and play the masses like fiddles. I have lived in what most people would call "rough" neighborhoods and most of my best friends are from the same streets that I am. Every single one of us bleeds red at the end of the day. So whole I can't speak for anyone else, I can only say that I have always treated people the same way that I would like to be treated and will do so even now.
I don't hate anyone based on skin color and refuse to allow anyone to shape my beliefs over the same. I agree that the police need to be trained better and the bad ones need to be eliminated. The same holds true for anyone that would try to cause us as humans division and hate. These are values I have carried through my teens until now. So for what it is worth, I don't hate blacks, browns, yellow, red or white skin people, what I hate is people who would rather resort to violence and bigotry instead of compassion and caring.Every race has had slaves. Your people were sold into slavery by other Africans, learn your history. I don’t give a fuck your whining about slavery 150 years ago. 600,000 white men died on the battlefield though, backEd by the white people of the North, to free those people.
My family came from -very in Ireland and were staring at that time. From talking to blacks I have learned that you don’t care, it is ALL about you! Well fuck you.
The white men haven’t created the problems of today for the black community, the black men who have abandoned their families are the ones who own that. In the 1950s and 1960s, in MLK’s day, families were strong in black communities. Now it is shredded, and you take delight in phases like “Baby Momma”. So stupid... it’s your destruction. And I don’t really care.
Your communities are shit, you are a selfish people whose culture is to extract value without adding value, you destroy whatever you touch as you culture cares not about the greater good, only your own selfishness. You will never be a great people or even a self sustaining people. You are too greedy and selfish for that.It isn't that racists hate us. They just want us to know our place.
Have you ever studied racism, the concept of race, and the origins of all this mess?
"Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Alexander Stephens, Vice President, The Confederate States of America
I hope you let go of that whole issue of "White" people. "White" people do not hate you. Racists do. And they have built a belief system that justifies that hatred. For them "Black" inferiority is a matter of facts and objectivity.I'm a white guy, and I think I speak for most white people when I say we just want all the racial shit to fucking end already. We are sick and fucking tired of it and we just want it to go away. We want to stop paying the price for the sins of our ancestors.
I will also say that racial riots only serve to make matters worse. I guarantee you there are thousands of white people who are way more racist now than they were a month ago. We see our cities destroyed and burned and the statues of great people of the past who had nothing to do with slavery destroyed. Every one of us knows what happened to George Floyd was wrong but it happens to white people too. The facts show that a black man who gets arrested is no more likely to be killed by police than anyone else who gets arrested. And yet when it happens to white people no one riots, burns down the buildings of innocent people or tears down historical monuments.
We also see that the vast majority of the problems in the black community are of your own making. They are issues of culture that no one else can change for you. YOU are the only ones who can change them, and yet we are the ones who are constantly blamed for them.
Black Americans need to let go of their victim mentality and take some fucking responsibility for themselves. The longer you go without doing that while continuing to blame everyone else for your problems, the longer the hatred for black Americans will last.First, I don't think that many of use hates black people. Second, don't forget that a lot of slave were sold and captured by other Africans and slavery is still a thing to this day in Africa. Third, unfortunately, quite a bit of black people give a very bad image of their community because of violent crimes or unprovoked attacks. For example, here, you just start assuming that white people hate you, you basically incriminate white people out of the blue and so don't expect white people to take such an attack well and have a positive image of you.
If you keep acting like you're a victim and that white people are persecutors, at some point, white people will get tired of your narrative and you will turn people who had no beef against you into people who dislike you.
Besides, if you do bad things like burning buildings, pillaging stores, damaging property or hurting people in the name of "black lives matter" or any thing related to your ethnicity, people will start to associate the bad actions to your ethnicity and you effectively created/fueled racism or stereotypes in people who had no interest in being racist. You can play the victim all you want but you are still responsible for your actions in the end.
I personally have nothing against black people because I think it's not a race issue and I think it's more of a class issue with the upper 1% class tries its best to fuel division among the lower classes. This whole "race war" is just a huge distraction, an inflated problem to keep lower classes fighting among each other. Rise above that and see that it's just a distraction to make you forget that the 1% are creating and maintaining a world that is good for them at the expense of everyone else.I'm white I love black people some of my best friends are black. Most of this black lives matter stuff is just the news getting people all excited over nothing it happens all the time. It will blow over eventually. Just as many white people get mistreated as blacks it's just because of Americas history with slaves the news knows people will get excited over it. That's why there are all these protests and so on. Because of the news. All the time on the news you see white people causing harm to blacks but it happens equally the other way around. The news just doesn't report it because it won't get any attention.
That's funny. A lot of what I've seen today is a lot of black people hating on white people as if we personally raped and enslaved your people. As if we had a choice of decisions made by people of the past that share our skin color. I see black people being the ones today making it about color just like you did. Being the very thing you claim to hate. Racist.
Its so hypocritical. Most white people have moved beyond judging someone by the color of their skin, yet lot of black people keep making it about color. And I hear so many act as if they are owed something for what didn't even happen to them. Because of their ancestors that were wronged you are owed.
Well I don't owe anyone for something I didn't do. The only thing I owe anyone is to treat them as humans and understand we are one race. The human race.I don't hate any race including Black race.. I lived around Minority neighborhood all my life, we all grew up to speak to one another and love one another... My late Maternal Grandma loved her neighbors too and my late Mom loved them too... We lived near Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Kelso, Mr. Law they passed away too... But I love all races of people If I see Black people in the store at Walmart I speak to them and even carry conversations about the prices of the store getting so high due to the pandemic... When I see a Black man or woman crying and I cry with them trust me I'm far from racist.. My cousins are mixed race
"Did we take your people and enslave, rape, get separated from your family, treated poorly for hundreds of years." Yes, Black Muslims enslaved my white ancestors, historical fact. Why is slavery always about you only? My ancestors immigrated here long after slavery but since I am white I am grouped as an ex slave owner be default. That premise of yours and other Blacks (not all) is racist in itself. Simply saying a whole race hates another when I know it is not true, is your racism and hate. You systematically apply your racism to us just for being born, only. Certainly, your systematic hate against whites will eventually be met with hate. However, that is exactly what you seek.
I, as a white person don't hate black people. I fight racism, first from within and also without.
"Did we take your people and enslave, rape, get separated from your family, treated poorly for hundreds of years."
No, and my "people" weren't even in America when slavery happened, so I guess we're even.
Some black people have wronged me and some white people have wronged me.
Some black people have blessed me and some white people have blessed me.
It's better to judge people on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin.Well I'm assuming this is a troll
White people don't hate black people, they never really did, maybe a couple bad apples but that's with every race. It's pretty much something that has been blown over proportion with social media. Black people are keeping modern racism alive honestly, making something out of nothing.
There were some blacks who fought for the south during the civil war, but I bet they don't teach that either. Comparing slavery to animal owners is probably not the best analogy, but there's good and bad owners, the victors write history, but it's not as bad as it was painted.You owe me attitude, insistence on being equal but such hypocrites you refuse to get rid of affirmative action, your insistence of socialism thinking everything is free, refusal to look at history and see Democrats are your worst enemy again all you hear from them is handouts and that’s good enough for you, how you always play victim and will not accept responsibility, how you blame whites for all your problems, your refusal to move to Liberia which is a country founded by ex slaves, your hatred of America
White people did cause hardships to black people but some of that is also caused by black people too. For example with the African slave trade slavery already existed in Africa between Africans so it’s not fair to completely pin everything on white people.
And I think white people are not that great. They still so messed up things like all people but they like to think they are perfect which I think is bogus. Many criminals and low lives are White people too.
But I think America is a sick country because it was born out of so much imperialism and subjugation of other people. It is a country that is experiencing sickness yup...
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