Yesterday I was called a racist. I posted a post a couple of days ago in regards to the Alabama brawl, and a lot of people commented on my swell, and it was such a positive commenting. People had their opinions and we voiced them, and no one got bent out of shape. We all have have something to say. We all have opinions. We all have rights to say what we want to say
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
You. Hey, SIS. I just wanted to encourage you to not to don't give up and to not quiet your voice. Because there are people who hear you and who listen to you and there are people like myself who value your opinion, who value your perspective, who value your viewpoints. And there are going to always be ignorant people and there's always going to be people who you don't agree with
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 2:33
It's crazy. It's so much to be grateful for just the fact that you opened your eyes today and was able to say something, period. There are some people that can't say a word, can't turn themselves over, can't eat, and here it is. You wasting your voice on hate. I just can't do it. But anyway, Ms. Andrea, you're always positive. Always. Always. And I love your swells
And then the war started, so they sent all the men to the, uh I guess it's like a civil war. And then after that, it was know, like, a lot of women left, and then most of them left to where they were more welcome, someplace like Brazil. But basically, if you Google it, it says, how did Argentina erase all Africans from their you know, I gave the information. I was like, it really didn't go like that
Angela Kaye
@AnngieKaye · 3:36
Hey, Evelyn, sorry that happened to you. She also created a whole nother swell about honestly, I'm going to say it was about you or just about racist on swell, but she didn't mention you. She also mentioned Scribe seven Mike, because I know they had it back and forth about some other stuff and so it's messy. Well, I guess it's over now, but it was just like so I'll say this, I'm sorry that happened to you
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:40
Even my own grandmother didn't believe that she had blue eyes until she actually saw her and said, oh, my God, because she told me black babies couldn't be born with blue eyes until she actually saw my daughter with her blue eyes. She didn't believe it. But, yeah, you're right, it's my turn. Well, at least it was. But I thank you because I'm going to keep on posting
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:38
You. Thank you so much. That was so sweet of you to say. Thank you. I'm going to try my best to continue to make content, and, yes, I'm just going to try to move on from that, because it really took me back for a minute that people still believe that, and that's okay. I can get past that
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:15
Thank you so much, Auntie Ange. I really appreciate that. I think we're all trying to stand in solidarity with each other in regards to that because we have a right to say our opinions just like other people do. But what gets me is that when we say our opinions to other people, they get mad. They get mad when we say something and they get out of pocket and all that, all out of whack about it
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 3:31
And so no, I mean, you post whatever you want to post and either people can listen to it and agree or listen to it and disagree, but either way, you keep being you and don't allow none of these folks on here to mute you or to muffle you. You say what you need to thought and I need to go back and listen to it. But I thought that the Alabama situation yes, I believe that the people who came for that security guard got what they deserve
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:08
Your content is always pertinent, it's always relevant, and it brings me to think, it really does. I did receive a message today from the Vice President of Swell indicating that the situation have been handled, and I was appreciative of that. So I'm very grateful to you all, and I hope we continue to have the most wonderful swells, because like I said, this is a good thing. And I'm so grateful to be in this space with everyone else. Thank you
Andrea Piggue
@Andrea_Speaks · 5:00
It. I'm late to the party because I had my own stuff going on. So I had, like, some dude on my let me not say some dude, let me not be disrespectful, but I had a man on my post, totally went left, wasn't talking about nothing that I was talking about. Like, totally took the post in another direction, and so I had to kind of fix it. So I had to get off of swell for a few minutes
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:15
I think that's the way to go. I think it's best if we keep our circle. I mean, I love that other people join in. However, I'm not going to do the rigmarole. I'm not going to go back and forward with anybody on this app or anybody else, because you don't know me, not you personally. I'm talking about people don't know us personally
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 3:40
So to me, it just goes back to using correct terminology. And I mentioned it before in another swell where there's a difference between race, nationality, language, ethnicity, and we need to know what these terms mean again, yes, black people can be hateful. Yes, they can even be reactionary. They can be prejudiced. But to be racist have to have some sort of as a collective, some sort of power to change someone's life, at least globally or legally
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:09
You. Thank you so much for giving the truthful explanation as to what a racist is. And, yeah, I don't know what she was thinking, but obviously she was thinking wrong at that point. I'm just so grateful that people have responded in such a manner today of encouragement and solidarity and just a whole community as a whole. Bad things happen, but good people happen, and that's what makes it better. So I appreciate you all
You have the right. And I think being tagged as racist or any other thing, that is not what we humans are born with. I mean, we are all God's child and if you see us in his eyes, we are all one. There is no poor, rich, white, black, brown. And I think these are all created by our society. And I think we should not be caught by all this
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 0:26
You. Thank you so much for responding to my swell. I appreciate that. I'm thankful that there are people out there that can see both perspectives. Thankful for people like you who got on here and solidarity and support, letting me know to just keep going, keep being myself, you know, keep it classy, of course, but to keep engaging, I really appreciate that. Thank you so much
Richard Sisk
@richardsisk · 2:28
I just hope that all of us can find a way to get past this craziness now. We can't necessarily get everyone to agree with us. I've given up trying. I just try my best to be kind to people, maintain a certain amount of common sense when it comes to dealing with people. I've dealt with all kinds of people in my life, and I found that if you show a little bit of respect for other folks, usually you'll get that back
Evelyn Phipps
@LadyFi · 1:28
I hope that God blesses her and comes into her life and explains to her that there is joy still. So anyway, thank you so much for the wonderful post. I appreciate it, everything you said. Thank you
