Racism
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You call me "Whiteboy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Caveman" and that's OK.
But when I call you, nigger, Kike, Towelhead, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink you call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET(White Entertainment Television) we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day you would call us racists.
If we had white history month, we'd be racists.
If we had an organization for only whites to "advance" our lives, we'd be racists.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships, you know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if there were "White colleges" that would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.
You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud.
But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists? There is nothing improper about this!
Who said that only white
Who said that only white people are racists? There are black supremacists as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_supremacy
And why are you proud of something you had nothing to do with in the first place? You were born white, you didn't actually achieve it somehow... Michael Jackson is the only person who can actually be proud of being white :)
DreamerGWB wrote:You rob us,
[quote=DreamerGWB]You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud.
But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists? There is nothing improper about this! [/quote]
You raise some good points at the top of your post, and I empathize with your underlying sentiment. Personally, I don't think race should be a factor in any organization or benefit. I think BET is a bad idea, and I think WET is a bad idea too. The more we focus on our skin color, the more we polarize each other from reality: we are all human beings.
That said, I don't think saying things like "You rob us, carjack us etc" is helping. It's no wonder people of color get so defensive and agitated when you think of them all as criminals or at least insinuate as much in your blog. Black people don't carjack you, carjackers carjack you. Their race is irrelevant.
Next: pride. How can you or anyone be proud of somethign you didn't have a hand in deciding? You didn't get to choose to be white...so why are you proud? Here's an idea: be proud of the things you did, the feats you accomplished and the goals your reached. Being proud of your skin color is a waste of time and certainly not very admirable. (EDIT: oops, Derevirn already said this. Ignore my redundancy)
Being able to dismantle irrational arguments with logic and reason...now that is something to be proud of. Being able to go beyond recognizing problems and instead solving them is something to be proud of.
As Bill Hicks said... ‘Are
As Bill Hicks said...
‘Are you proud to be an American?’ And I was like, ‘Um, I don’t know, I didn’t have a lot to do with it. You know, my parents fucked there, that’s about all.'
Yes, I've noticed this
Yes, I've noticed this hypocracy. The same goes for men. WOMEN can call men stupid and get aplause from audiences. And they call us sexist.
I'm actually more pissed off at feminists than hyppcritical black people... but they both suck.
as good as it gets
[quote=Nick_Poling]Yes, I've noticed this hypocracy. The same goes for men. WOMEN can call men stupid and get aplause from audiences. And they call us sexist.
I'm actually more pissed off at feminists than hyppcritical black people... but they both suck.[/quote]
One of my favourites:
[quote=Movie, As Good As it Gets]Receptionist: How do you write women so well?
Melvin Udall: I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability. [/quote]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/quotes
"In the Million Man March,
[i]"In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists"[/i]
That was for civil rights which were openly denied to black people, so I don't see any hypocrisy there.
[i]"If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships, you know we'd be racists."[/i]
That does piss me off.. I agree 100%.
[i]"You have Martin Luther King Day."[/i]
[b]We ALL have Martin Luther King Day.[/b] It's not a holiday in celebration of him being black, it is a celebration of his courage and his fighting to make America what it is today.
Still, I think it was an awesome blog post. Most people would be too self concious to post that. Later.
Seen it before, agree with
Seen it before, agree with some poitns, not others.
I don't agree with much of what the NAACP forwards. On the other hand, while there may be Black History Month, that only compares with the average school curriculum.
I don't hear any of the white slang words either.
They are HISTORICALLY black colleges. Their admit percentages of whites are actually higher, less apply, and that's all.
I'm pretty sure that the American Revolution could be cconsidered a march for rights which would be granted only for whites.
I agree taht race pride is stupid. Frankly, the entire idea of 'race' is.
This is where it gets a little bit iffy. I don't recall robbing, carjacking, or shooting ay anyone.
The only improper thing, is the idea that race exists.
We're basically all apes, we
We're basically all apes, we should just accept it and move on.
i agree. with the concept
i agree. with the concept of race came the possibility for greater polarization than even religion allows. Here in tucson there is going to be a "colored people's day." wtf is that all about? that's about as brilliant an idea as "white power day." as for the revolution, it was about rich people not wanting to pay tazes. not much has changed, hahahaha.
I don't agree 100% with
I don't agree 100% with this, especially the whole carjacking part, but I'm glad you said it