Comments | xoverau: because we should always blog against racism

xoverau

because we should always blog against racism

Sep 28, 2006 19:08

I'm a racist.

( I'm not sure how it happened. )

Comments 24

doitninetimes September 29 2006, 03:55:39 UTC

I moved to Baltimore last year and got an apartment in a predominantly black and poor area of downtown and I've been smacked in the face with my prejudices almost every day since. It has been a strange and eye-opening experience, feeling so out of place, just because I'm the only person on the sidewalk with pale skin.

xoverau October 3 2006, 18:31:45 UTC

Yeah, my temporary roomie said she felt odd about being back here after living up north for a year, where there are so many Hmong people. Visiting there, I saw relatively few. I wonder how much prejudice they saw?

ninjetti75 September 29 2006, 04:34:01 UTC

*nods*

Right on, Nic.

xoverau October 3 2006, 18:32:02 UTC

How goes, dude?

ninjetti75 October 4 2006, 04:01:13 UTC

Erm, sideways, mostly. I think.

But it's a good sideways, so...

*shrug*

Kudos melubsju September 30 2006, 13:16:22 UTC

That was actually an all around good read and it's nice to see that you're not afraid to not only look yourself in the eye and realize this about yourself, but also felt confidant enough to share it b/c it's effecting (helping?) others as well. I personally am of mixed race. White/black and all Puerto Rican (or so i joke) b/c i'm always being mistaken for Hispanic; Puerto Rican especially and i've come to notice in my later years starting in H.S that i would really take offense to it. I also favor my white side. Have a higher ratio of white friends to black, going so far as to feel out of place among the black community even though they'd happily embrace me. Even something as simple as going to breakfast at an IHop. I'd rather go to a prominently white neighborhood than a black one, to ensure better service even though every Ihop has Hispanic cooks/service.
Thank you for this post & sorry about my own incoherent ramblings..i do that sometimes--a lot

Re: Kudos xoverau October 3 2006, 18:34:38 UTC

The race situation so confusing, and there are so many aspects to it. I keep coming back to the idea that every solution has to be a personal one, which is why I wrote the whole post in "I" format--I'd never order anyone to do anything, because I'm nowhere near figuring this shit out. I made a decision to be aware of my own motivations and actions and check them constantly so I react in a way that doesn't hurt anyone. That's all any of us can do.