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Feb 01, 2006 01:11


So what if I am...what are you going to do about it!?! Body: You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me "Cracker", "Honkey", "Whitey" and even "The Man" and you think it's OK. But when I call you, "nigger", "Kike", "Towelhead", "Sand-nigger", "Camel Jockey", "Beaner" 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. 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 white. I am proud. But, you call me a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists?

I came across this on myspace. Being the human activist I am, I have to do my part to clear the confusion up. I'll be sure to respond to every part properly. I am really sleepy so I might be a little off. To begin with the person who wrote this is clearly racist! He/she has separated races into whites and everyone else. Cuz yeah, we're all the same huh? The terms used to degrade people of color were just that. The n word was used by white slave owners who degraded blacks. Of course it's wrong to call someone a wigger but you also have to consider that it's the response of a minute group out of the  supressed people. If an orange is squeezed juice is going to come out. I'm not sure if that makes much sense to the reader, but it does to me. How can you expect every single black person to not respond to what his or her ancestors were 150 years ago? It really pisses me off how the writer made it such a you and us thing. All colored people curse white people, all colored people "have" certain holidays. All white people are called racists by colored people who victimize themselves. I'm sure there's a black guy out there who hates all white people and wants for every white American to pay for what people who are long dead did, but you can't credit all colored people, let alone all black people, for that view. Each individual is seperate from another.

Clearly white people have committed crimes against blacks. Blacks have committed crimes against whites also. But again there's the problem of accuracy. This person is implying black people think Britney Spears committed crimes against Condoleezza rice. All white groups such as the KKK did commit disgusting crimes against black people, that's not deniable. It's wrong for any person to hold every white person accountable for that, but that doesn't justify anything this guy's saying. As for ghettos being dangerous, blacks were only freed 151 years ago. You can't expect every single person to make an overnight transition from property to an "equal", accountable, and responsible citizen. Having a friend who has lived in a ghetto himself, I can safely say joining a gang is crucial in order for safety and survival. Minorities have scholarships! Not black people only give a shit about blacks, Asians only give a shit about Asians. Oh wait, we're all the same, sorry. I completely agree with minority scholarships. Minority scholarships allow for individuals who are either under represented, or have collectively been removed from society, to have a chance to become part of the working force at a desirable level. The next sentence might piss a lot of people off. Black people were slaves, that was removal from society. Asians have only recently moved to the western world, and there fore are under represented. With Asians, there isn't one specific group of Asians. Asian usually refers to nothern and eastern Asians. Again the writer classifies every colored person as one when he uses the term chink. I have never been called a chink! I'm sure different European cultures have scholarships for their people. It wouldn't be white-only scholarships because white people, as a whole, haven't been removed from society. Sure there are white Immigrants to America, but they don't make up the majority.

If it truely was a white vs. color thing, this shit still doesn't make sense. You have we have? Okay, colored people have all those holidays to represent us. Then can't a colored person say Jesus was white making Christmas a white holiday, the same for easter, and we haven't had any colored presidents so president's day is a white holiday. Martin Luther King junior represents any group of people who are not seen as equals in society. It is completely ignorant to say he is only representative of black, or even colored, people. Now to the whole white pride thing. Black pride is not necessarily an in your face thing. I don't see it that way at all. Minorities face an incredible amount of pressure to physically conform to society. Media may be partially responsible for this. Since the majority of society is white, you can only guess what the change would be towards. I saw this on Tyra Banks' show: black people's hair, specific asian groups' eyes, and so forth. The minority pride allows for minority youth to not feel less adequate, but appreciate their differences. This also goes for gay pride. In this situation it isn't a white vs. colored thing. That's wh straight pride shirts aren't cool. Not only do they moc gay pride shirts, there isn't a valid reason for people to have straight pride. The straight community hasn't been removed from society or degraded as a whole. I'd be interested in seeing how the writer would divide the races here. At first I was anti BET, but came to realize I can see it as a station that is excludes me, or as a station that allows for black people to have a sense of community. I still watch it, I'm more than welcome to watch it. I'll be sure to stop watching the day I hear any group of people ruthlessly degraded. My parents subscribe to Indian channels, why should black people not be allowed to have a sense of community? He spoke of white people marching for white rights. Which rights are only given to, or have ever been given to, anyone who isn't white. I would be pissed off if any police man shot a person of any color if the only crime is running with drugs. There have been specific cases of white police officers unnecessarily abusing black men. I would be equally appalled if it was a black officer abusing a black, white, latino, native, or asian man.

This guy was obviously uneducated in regards to history, and also American society. Too bad he probably isn't the only person with those views.
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