Too good to not be posted...
This was in response to a comment in my last post. The situation (which wasn't really a situation, but a misunderstanding of a multispecific nature) has since been resolved, but this is just good stuff.
From thegirliscrazy with inserts by me ( Read more... )
From thegirliscrazy with inserts by me ( Read more... )
Anyhow, I'll try to recreate my thoughts.
1. Here whitefolk = THE WHITE. The entity of white that has perpetrated a power scale that marginalizes so called minorities in this country.
2. A lot of comments are spoken in feelings. It's not necessarily the words that need to be read, but the sentiment underneath that needs to be understood.
3. Read some of the comments on this post and the last, a lot of what you've mentioned has been addressed.
4. Everyone is influenced by racism. Someitmes it influences us in ways that we never expected and sometimes that cna be harmful or it can be powerful. sometimes it is both.
Now I read your journal and I don't believe for a second that you want to run around calling anyone out of their name regardless of race, sex, sexuality, etc. I realize it's frustrating to you to have to pay for the mistakes of what may not have even been your ancestors, but I want you to realize that you also benefit which is a choice that many POC (people of color) don't have.
Yes, the heckling gets tiresome, but really that's something that POC deal with on a daily basis, and sometimes we are purposefully set back because of it. Because of simply being.
Black people can accuse you up and down of whatever (and they will), but ultimately it won't have the same effect as if you did it.
It's hard to think about, but this is where we are. A lot of black people being pissed off and a lot of white people saying, "It's not fair that you're treating me this way just because of the color of my... oh."
It's a very cylon/humans era.
It's late and I'm getting sleepy, but I encourage any and all debate and questioning. Lord knows I've learned tons from these posts and it would be a disappointment for you to go away upset or thinking that this venting session was not one of openness.
4. The hip hop reasoning has some merit, but ultimately the debate has been raging on forever, way before hip hop was the institution that it is now.
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