I have to wonder about socially acceptable racism?
Here in the middle of Black history month, I saw a sign on a bus for the "Black Expo" apparently some kind of business social expo here in Sacramento designed to cater to the special needs of Black/African American's in Northern California. Then I have to think back to High School where we had a Black Student Union, etc. etc..
So I have to ask, why don't we have Swedish American History Month? Pacific Islander Month, Patriotic Muslim Expo?
It has been my experience that African Americans tend to be quite a bit more racist than Caucasians only surpassed by possibly Asian Americans.
I mean do you think that Jungle Fever would have ever gotten the Green Light if it had been written, produced and directed by anyone other than African Americans?
So I guess I'll get back to my original thought....
Why is it socially acceptable to have a Black Expo, but if there were a White Expo it would be lambasted as "racist"?
And don't tell me about the 200+ years of slavery in this country and the civil rights abuses that continue to this day in some parts of this country, because those civil rights abuses go the other way, they are just normally called "gang violence" I give you the example of the innocent white truck driver dragged from his truck and nearly beaten to death during the Rodney King Riots?
So is it socially accpetable to hold an entire race responsible for the actions of a few???
If that is true than shouldn't all Black men be treated as gang banger/drug dealers, all black women as single mothers on welfare?
All white men as redneck nascar fans with mullets and no teeth? All white women as meth addicted prostitutes waiting for their 15 minutes of fame on Jerry Springer?
I could go on and on. While I do not feel that I am a racist, it really bothers me that I have to watch what I say in mixed company yet it is perfectly acceptable for a man of color to say the same thing and it's ok, if I say it I'm a racist?
Ok Rant over.
So I have to ask, why don't we have Swedish American History Month? Pacific Islander Month, Patriotic Muslim Expo?
It has been my experience that African Americans tend to be quite a bit more racist than Caucasians only surpassed by possibly Asian Americans.
I mean do you think that Jungle Fever would have ever gotten the Green Light if it had been written, produced and directed by anyone other than African Americans?
So I guess I'll get back to my original thought....
Why is it socially acceptable to have a Black Expo, but if there were a White Expo it would be lambasted as "racist"?
And don't tell me about the 200+ years of slavery in this country and the civil rights abuses that continue to this day in some parts of this country, because those civil rights abuses go the other way, they are just normally called "gang violence" I give you the example of the innocent white truck driver dragged from his truck and nearly beaten to death during the Rodney King Riots?
So is it socially accpetable to hold an entire race responsible for the actions of a few???
If that is true than shouldn't all Black men be treated as gang banger/drug dealers, all black women as single mothers on welfare?
All white men as redneck nascar fans with mullets and no teeth? All white women as meth addicted prostitutes waiting for their 15 minutes of fame on Jerry Springer?
I could go on and on. While I do not feel that I am a racist, it really bothers me that I have to watch what I say in mixed company yet it is perfectly acceptable for a man of color to say the same thing and it's ok, if I say it I'm a racist?
Ok Rant over.