Discrimination in the Black Church

A woman was bitching about Hispanics or Mexicans; I don’t remember what she called them. She was upset because ‘they’ receive aid, welfare, food stamps, and don’t pay taxes. Let me rip apart that statement. First off, referring to them as ‘they’ means you consider yourself superior. Second, so are you jealous that it’s no longer just blacks receiving government assistance? Third, you can’t get shit unless you are a legal resident, and even that has its limits. Government assistance is hard to get anyway, so how do you think ‘they’ can get it? Fourth, if ‘they’ buy anything, anything at all, guess what boo? They’re paying taxes! Why are you bitching about poor people paying taxes when our own Secretary of the Treasury couldn’t pay his own fucking taxes and he’s in charge of money? The disgust in her voice was ironic. Never mind the fact that ‘they’ are another group of oppressed people. As well as those of Arab descent or who ‘look Muslim’ (didn’t know you could look a religion), who get hassled wherever they go, especially by TSA. The focus is no longer on blacks. If anything, whites probably prefer us over other groups because they ‘know about us’ and we have history.

She seemed like she was just as angry as white people are about immigration and government assistance. She needs to quit watching Faux News, and stop listening to idiots such as Rev. Jesse Peterson. I was just appalled at this fact, but I guess this woman forgot how we were treated and where we came from and how we are still struggling. It hasn’t been blacks against whites. It’s whites against non-whites. So the fact that you’re a legal black citizen still doesn’t put you on higher level. 

Religion destroys and divides people even more. Christianity is the ‘right religion’ and everyone else’s is bullshit. Every religion claims the same thing. Unless it is a philosophy such as Buddhism and Taoism who don’t claim shit. You say the Bible commands us to love and respect others. So how is shoving your religion down their throats and talking shit about them showing that? Another thing made me laugh. The Pastor talked about Muslim extremists and how they strap on a vest and blow themselves and others up for their ‘false god’. All because they were told, they will have 1,000 virgins in Heaven. It took everything not to literally lol. Why not talk about Christian extremists, who decided to convert or kill others for their ‘false god’? You wanna talk numbers; Christians have killed more people than any other religion combined. (Yes, Catholics are Christians too.) Not only is that suicide rewarded with virgin concept untrue; suicide goes against the Quran. So you are not doing Allah’s will by blowing yourself up.

“Bukhari Volume 2, Book 23, Number 445: Narrated Jundab the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him."

Bukhari Volume 8, Book 73, Number 73: Narrated Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak: "And if somebody commits suicide with anything in this world, he will be tortured with that very thing on the Day of Resurrection."

The virgin thing is misinterpreted by the West and we just roll with it. It doesn’t talk about virgins, just companions (for men and women) and Muslims say that it is an allegory, simply saying you will enjoy all pleasures while being in Heaven. So it’s comparable to the Christian belief that after death you’ll be next to Jesus with angel wings on a gold paved road with diamonds, jewels and a huge house. Both religions spew the same type of bullshit, but Islam is wrong? However, I do understand the point that was trying to be made by the Pastor. He was saying how Muslims are willing to die for their ‘false religion’ while Christians can’t even get to church on time. He also mentioned Jihad, of course with the assumption that it means Holy War, and kill the infidels bullshit. Jihad literally means struggle. Martyrs of Islam. Don’t Christians have martyrs? And haven’t plenty of Christians slain ‘infidels’? Seriously, if you put the Bible and the Quran side by side, you’ll see the same bullshit, parables, commandments and what not. Just worded differently in different languages. I have read most of the Bible but I have not read too much of the Quran. Everyone is so blinded by their own faith that they can’t notice those that follow ‘false religions’ have the same commandment. Live a good life according to God. So you’d think that people who be happy that at least they have some sort of moral playbook to follow unlike those damn Atheists! It’s all a bunch of bullshit, but to each his/her own. If you need to follow or believe a fairy tale to motivate yourself, blame when something bad happens, praise when something good happens, pray to ask for shit, or to live a good life because you want to be rewarded with ‘angel wings’ or ‘virgins’, so be it. Some of us don’t need fairy tales to live out successful and fulfilling lives.

Ya know I always wonder if I hadn’t been raise in church my entire life and attend Christian schools, if I would have the same issues with myself. I was following God’s ‘commandments’ so things that went against the Bible were wrong and I couldn’t do it. I felt ashamed and depressed believing I had let God and my family down. And for what? If I had been living my life without ties to a book of bullshit, I wouldn’t have felt shameful for shit. Non white people were the ‘cursed by the Devil’ so whites were superior. I tried to ‘pray away’ my appearance and wake up one morning with blonde hair and blue eyes. This shit and the psychological abuse I went through totally fucked up my self-perception. I feel like I’ve been robbed of loving myself and appreciating my appearance as a kid because I had that bullshit shoved down my throat. It’s depressing to think about it. But as an adult I am still coming into my own, every day. It’s exciting to be myself and not follow the ‘laws’ of a book.

Bottom line: There really isn’t one. This was me simply expressing my disbelief at the things I heard at church today. But really, why would I expect much from a group of people who voted for Obama because he was black?

Trump, Middle East, Hillary Clinton

         If you do not live under a rock, you are aware of the upcoming presidential election in the United States. There were almost 20 Republicans running and only 3 Democrats. The front runner for the Republican Party is Donald Trump. Yes you read correctly, Donald fucking Trump. When I first heard that he was running, I thought it was a story from the Onion or another satirical news source. If you remember correctly, Donald Trump was the one who started the whole birther movement when Obama was running for president. Donald Trump is a failure as a businessman and husband. He has filed for bankruptcy numerous times and seems to rely on reality shows and shady business practices to make money. The fact that he is the front runner says a lot about the American people. I think that he is saying what most are thinking. He is a racist asshole and the American people are on board because of the whole Obama presidency situation. Obama is the most disrespected president in the history of presidents. A lot of his criticism from the GOP is racially motivated.
          Back to Donald Trump and his foolishness. The things that come out of his mouth are appalling. He is racist, xenophobic, and discriminatory. He wants to bring back fascism. He wants to deport Mexicans because they are rapists and drug dealers. He wants Muslims to wear a physical representation that shows that they are Muslims. (Sound familiar?) One thing I don’t know anything about is his plans for foreign policy. He does realize that most of the world population is nonwhite. He will have to deal with the people who he speaks ill of. What will his solutions be? Go to war? What about his presidential cabinet? Will they be fellow producers from his reality shows, or shady businessmen that he collaborates with? Trump is not a politician and maybe that is part of the appeal. But the downside is that he has no fucking idea what he is doing and is playing on the fear of the American people. Make America great again? What exactly does that mean? How does he propose this plan? He is backed by a former KKK leader because his ideology lines up with theirs. He is also endorsed by Farrakhan who is the current leader of the Nation of Islam. I find it ironic since it is a black organization Farrakan supports Trump’s discrimination against Jews.
           It is kind of funny since two of Trump’s three wives have been Eastern European born immigrants. I also don’t understand how he is popular with Evangelical conservatives. He is not running on a platform of Christianity and has even bad mouthed the Pope. (I guess that doesn’t count because Catholics are not “real” Christians.) He is a cheating, lying, manipulative person. Evangelicals are actually on board with this? At least Cruz and Rubio claim to be God-fearing men.
           (Side note: how the fuck is Cruz able to run for president in the first place? He is not a natural born citizen. He was born in Canada. If the rationale is that his mother was an American, how does that differ from Obama’s situation? Obama was born in the United States but people claim that at he was really born in Kenya. If this was the case, according to the Cruz justification, he would be eligible to run for president because his mother was an American. I couldn’t imagine a white women giving birth in Kenya during the time of de-colonization from Britain.)
            Trump has no real political substance. I don’t think he understands what it takes to be president. He falsely believes that he will get along with world leaders simply because he is Donald Trump. However, the foolishness that is coming out of his mouth as a candidate is turning off world leaders from even considering the idea of working with him. Some countries such as those in the UK and Germany are considering banning him from entering the country. This is disastrous because they are some of our greatest allies. Can you imagine if he became president and those countries banned the American president? Our relationship with those countries would be severed and that would make us easily vulnerable to more attacks. Not only that, but more countries would follow suit, especially because the UK still has a great influence in the world due to colonization. Fewer countries would have our back and others would take advantage of American weakness. If people think that the country has gone to shit under the leadership of Obama, they have another thing coming.
             I did not vote for Obama during either election. I think that his main issue is that he was not ready to become president. Yes he had political experience and a law background, but he was barely in the Senate before he announced his run for the presidency. He was not prepared to run the country. If he had waited and gained his bearings it would have been better. Would he still experience all the bullshit racism? Absolutely, but at least he would have been better equipped to run things. I do think that he has grown and learned a lot over the past seven years. I think people were quick to vote for him because he ran on a charismatic platform and people were shitty over George W. Bush running the country into the ground creating billions of dollars of debt and starting pointless wars. The appeal of Obama was that he was young, fresh faced, and yes black. However, not every black person in the country voted for him, even if they did, he still wouldn’t have won without the white vote considering that blacks only make up around 13% of the population.
             Obama is not different; he is the same of the same he just happens to be black. Of course he did things that some thought were impossible including rebuilding our relationship with Iran after the takeover by the Ayatollah’s. Ahmadinejad congratulated Obama on his first win of the presidency. This was the first time an Iranian leader had done so since the 1979 revolution and Ahmadinejad was also anti-American. Some might think this was simple and pointless, but in reality it was huge. If Trump becomes president, our rebuilt relationship Iran will disappear. Not only that, but they would be furious and even band together with other countries to attack. Can you blame them? Absolutely not.
               Obama has done a lot of work to try to repair broken relationships with countries in the Middle East, especially after the whole Arab Spring bullshit. I honestly think that was a ploy to get rid of the powerful leaders that had been in power for 25-40+ years. The idea of democracy appealed to the people and they decided to rise up and protest. The funny thing is that the people were content before this all started. Now that Hussein, Gaddafi, Mubarak, and others have been overthrown or killed the region is in even more turmoil. Before, people were joined together to oust these leaders. Now that they are no longer in power, it was been a power struggle to determine who will be in charge. These bullshit “democratic elections” are just that, bullshit. The countries are in shambles and the military has taken over. The countries are generally worse off than before. Gaddafi was one of my favorite world leaders, and Libya is a disaster now that his 40 year reign ended due to his assassination. People were content with him ruling for 40 years until democracy was thrown around. His rule was longer than the age of most of the citizens of Libya. Hussein being killed was the worst thing that could have happened to Iraq. While Hussein was a harsh man, he was an effective leader. There is no way that ISIS, ISIL, and IS could have formed under his leadership. He would have definitely controlled any uprising in the region. The region is without legit leadership so people are looking for answers and a way to gain control. If Hussein was still alive, along with the other world leaders who were ousted or killed, the region would still be under control and Americans wouldn’t be wasting their time trying to fight or bring democracy.
              At one point Americans backed these leaders simply because they kept the region under control. Another reason why democracy will never work in the Middle East is because it has never existed. There were always kingdoms and authoritarian forms of government. You can’t have something that has never existed for you. You can try but it will fail. Not only that, but democracy does not work for every country. It is unrealistic to think so.
              Ok now that I am off my soap box with the Middle East and foreign policy, I will return to the matter at hand.
                Donald Trump would be a disaster of a president. He thinks that the world’s and America’s problems can be solved simply by sitting down with leaders who can’t stand his ass or “bombing the hell” out of places. Has be not seen what has taken place when those things occur? I also think that presidents should have some sort of military experience. He was a draft dodger so what does that say about his commitment to protecting the freedoms that Americans, including himself hold dearly?
                All this being said, I am a Hillary Clinton supporter. I have been for about 20 years and I don’t give a fuck what anyone has to say about it. No, she did not serve in the military, but her father did. Back then it was difficult for women to be able to serve anyway. Hillary Clinton did a fine job as Secretary of State and world leaders generally welcomed her and her support. Is she perfect? Of course not, she is not only human but a politician as well. So saying that she is a liar and corrupt is pointless. All politicians are liars and corrupt to some extent. I wholeheartedly acknowledge her flaws. Has she said and done foolish things? Of course she has, thank the universe none of them have been as ridiculous as Donald Trump.
               Hillary did not use the Clinton name to get into politics. She graduated with a Political Science degree as well as a law degree. She has been active in politics since she was a teenager. She actually did not change her name to Clinton after she was married because she wanted to keep her and Bill’s political lives separate because she did not want people thinking that. She also wanted to continue to have her own identity and not be known as the governor’s wife. The only reason changed her name was because it looked bad as Bill was running for governor again after losing reelection and advisors urged her to do so as his opponent constantly threw shade because her last name was different. People like to also point out that she flip flopped parties. Hillary was a Republican back when the party was still the party of Lincoln. As the Southern strategy became popular, she realized that her ideas no longer matched up with theirs and she became a Democrat.
Hillary is my political inspiration. She is the reason why I became involved in politics and pursued a Political Science degree. She is the reason why I am a feminist and an advocate for women’s rights along with the rights of the disadvantaged and underrepresented. I had the opportunity to volunteer for her campaign in 2008 and it was hands down the best experience of my entire life. If she wins the Democratic nomination which it looks like she will especially after Super Tuesday, I will be honored to do it once again.
              I definitely went off topic with this post but such is life for a political scientist. I have covered Donald Trump, the Middle East, and Hillary Clinton.
              Bottom line: Trump would be a horrible mistake for the country, the Middle East was better off before Arab Spring, and Hillary Clinton is fucking awesome!
            

Why the Confederate flag is not “just a flag.”

Why the Confederate flag is not “just a flag.”
I currently work with high school students. There was a discussion about the Confederate flag. One student said it was offensive and racist, others said it was just a flag that symbolized “Southern pride.” What the fuck does the South have to be proud of in this context anyway? I agreed with the student that believed the former. I had to explain to her that people her age not only don’t care, they do not understand the history behind the flag. This is untrue because there are plenty of adults that do not understand either.

The rationale behind the students that disagreed with the negative connotation was laughable and it only further proved that they did not understand the history behind it. They said the flag was just a flag and people twisted it and made it into something racist. In actuality is the opposite, the flag was racist and now it is twisted around to mean “Southern pride.” Now if they wanted to use an accurate example they would have used the swastika. Before Hitler took it and altered it to enforce his Nazi agenda, it was recognized in Buddhism and Hinduism as a symbol of well-being or good luck. (It still means the same thing for them.)

The Confederate flag was a symbol of rebellion. The 11 states that seceded from the Union rebelled against the ideologies of Lincoln. In fact, Lincoln never recognized the sovereignty of the Confederacy; he referred to it as states in rebellion. The Civil War is often a touchy subject especially depending on what part of the country you are in when discussing it. The South generally believes that the war was over states’ rights, taxes, and other issues. They sometimes refer to it the War of Northern Aggression. This is because the North “invaded” the South. The North generally believes that the war was over slavery and sometimes refers to it as the War of Southern Aggression. This is because the South fired on Fort Sumter. The North and the South both had interests in this Fort and Lincoln promised that there would not be a war unless the South attacked the Fort. He tried to be a peace keeper and sent supplies to the Fort not including weapons. Once the South attacked, Lincoln had no choice but to declare war.

Was the war fought over slavery? Yes and no. The claim is that it was over states’ rights and they were worried about the North taking away those rights. But what were the rights? To own slaves! So yes states’ rights were being threatened.

Even if the war was not over slavery secession was. All 11 states mentioned slavery as one of the causes in their Declaration of Secession. They believed that the African race was inferior and they had the right to make them slaves and no one else should be able to tell them otherwise. Slavery being banned would badly damage the economy. There would be no more free labor and there was no way in hell that their lazy, entitled asses would get out in the field and work for themselves.

The Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves. Lincoln used it as a war measure that only applied to the states in rebellion. There were five states; including four border ones that this did not affect. Part of the reason why he issued it in this manner was because it would suppress the rebellion. He was constantly struck down by Chief Justice Taney of the Supreme Court because he was from a slave owning family and this would affect him. If he issued it as a war measure it could be justified. What actually freed all of the slaves was the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. After this was passed Johnson vetoed almost every bill that involved protecting the rights of blacks. He holds the record of the president that has vetoed the most. Congress overrode him and got shit done. Johnson was a racist and Congress was tired of the bullshit. He was also impeached due to him breaking the Tenure of Office Act. He removed the Secretary of War when this act explicitly stated that the president could not do so without the approval of Congress. He survived being removed from office by one vote. One fucking vote. Was the person paid off? Probably.

After knowing the history of the Confederacy, rebellion, slavery, and Johnson’s dumbass, how can one support the Confederate flag? After the Confederacy ceased to exist and rejoined the Union, the paraphernalia should have also ceased to exist. It represents a “country” that was founded on the principles of being whiny assholes who wanted to keep slavery and didn’t think anyone should tell them what to do. It also represents treason. The Confederacy betrayed the United States by seceding. Together those states banded together to declare independence from Britain and create their own Constitution and country and they had the audacity to secede and from a new country? Bullshit. Betraying the commitment and loyalty that they made to the rest of the states is an act of treason. For this reason, I think it is ironic to see a Confederate flag and an American flag flying together. Where I live there is this stereotypical pickup truck associated with the South. It flies a very large Confederate flag along with a very large American flag. I can’t help but shake my head and laugh when I see it.

I think that the United States should have done what Germany did. After Hitler, Nazi Germany, and the Third Reich, all Nazi paraphernalia was banned. This is because it symbolized a dark time in German history just as the Confederate flag symbolized a dark time in American history. The punishment for Nazi paraphernalia in Germany can be a fine or even prison time. The United States should have implemented the same policies as Germany. Because of this ban, Germans who still feel some type of way towards other ethnic groups use the Confederate flag. Even Germans realize the significance of this flag in regards to hatred and racism. It is ironic that Neo-Nazis in the United States utilize the swastika when it is banned in the country that perverted the symbol in the first place. I think that if the Confederate flag was banned these white supremacist groups would just use the swastika instead of both that and the Confederate flag. Why do Americans feel so entitled to be able to fly the Confederate flag in the first place? Even if you take racism and slavery out of the equation it still represents much more than just “Southern pride.” It also represents treason.

Bottom Line: The argument for flying the Confederate flag is complete bullshit. One needs to study history from a non-biased viewpoint, one that eliminates the idea of “Southern pride.”
Damn it feels good to be back. Whenever I come across an issue that irks me, I will express my feelings even if no one reads or comments. Lol

Hillary Clinton, Blacks, and Christianity

Hillary Clinton

I am so tired of the media and the government fucking with Hillary Clinton. Why in the hell is the FBI investigating her emails when the 11 hour interrogation proved that she did nothing wrong? It has been shown that the documents were not classified when they were sent. She used her private email server. So fucking what. There was no law requiring her to use an email address though the State. Now all of this shit has changed, so she did not break any laws that were in place at the time. Putting national security at risk? If any of her emails did contain sensitive information, don’t you think that someone would have used it by now?  

EDIT: The FBI found that there was no wrong doing but are still pursuing. Of course they pull this shit while she is running for president because they hate her and don’t want her to win now that it is within her reach.Why don't the American people want a female president? Other major countries have had female leaders. I don't want to hear bullshit about hormones and menstruation. She's almost 70 years old for fuck's sake. She probably went through menopause 20 years ago!

Has Hillary Clinton said and done some foolishness? Of course she has, not only is she human she is also a politician. She is a realist and the best choice for President. Bernie Sanders is an idealist which is all fine and good, but we need someone who will take action. Asking for Wall Street to give us money to pay for all the free shit he is promising is ridiculous. I hate how he is highlighted for getting arrested at the March on Washington during the Civil Rights movement. What has he done for the rights of minorities since then? Just because Hillary did not get arrested did not mean that she wasn’t involved.

Hillary met Dr. King when she was a teenager and decided that she would join the cause and fight. She has continuously done this throughout her political career which by the way started when she was a teenager and not when she married Bill. She majored in Political Science at Wellesley. People want to talk about her flip flopping when it came to changing parties. Well, she was a Republican during the Nixon and Southern Strategy bullshit when the parties began to change. She realized what was happening and immediately switched parties. Yes she campaigned and worked for Republican politicians, but she wanted to be sure that the party was really going to shit. Her dad was so pissed that she switched that their relationship never fully recovered. (He ran for local office as an independent leaning Democrat and was beaten by a regular Democrat. He was pissed and hated the party for the rest of his life.)

Hillary has been my political inspiration for 20 years. I had the pleasure of campaigning for her in ’08 which was hands down the best experience of my life. I plan on getting involved on the campaign trail this summer after she is officially declared the nominee.

Black people and Christianity

I have identified as an Agnostic Atheist for the better part of 6 years. I started questioning when I was about 17. I was born and raised in the Church and knew nothing different. How am I supposed to know that I truly believe it if I’m not exposed to anything different? I don’t think any religion should be forced upon anyone especially children. My mother feels some type of way that I have “strayed” from the Church and is convinced that I prayed and asked God for something and he did not deliver.

This is absolutely not the case. I just started thinking critically about religion, beliefs, and did some soul searching. I came to the conclusion that human minds are finite and we are unable to know one way or the other if a Supreme Being exists because our capacity cannot handle that. I also decided that I do not believe in anything. Hence, the term Agnostic Atheist.

Now that I am socially aware which I have been for the past 3 years, I cannot fathom why black people are ultra-religious. Christianity is the religion of the colonizers and slave masters. I do not understand how black people can believe in a white religious figure. Do they forget why they became Christians in the first place? It was forced upon our ancestors by the white man. Some of these people claim to have a problem with white people because of racism but are quick to pray and thank the Lord. Self-hate, institutionalized racism, and religious brainwashing is the way I see it. Ancient African religions still exist and instead of exploring their culture, they accept what they have always known. It actually pisses me off too. I feel like it is a double standard. They want to be Pan-African, have black pride, and talk about going to the Motherland, but claim to be Christians. Christianity was spread by white people who believed that those with other religions were savages and less than. Because of the constant brainwashing, black people began to believe what the colonizers said was true. Black people now look down upon those with ancestral based religions even though those were the religions of their ancestors.

Now that I am becoming more and more socially aware, I realize that I despise Christianity and other religions that were spread and forced upon black people. They have lost their culture. They continuously wanna talk about the white man and slavery, but not the white man’s religion that was forced upon them. I know it is hard to get away from that because black people can trace their religious beliefs back to slavery when slaves converted to Christianity. Ironically Negro spirituals were Christian based songs about freedom from oppression. Because the slaves were brainwashed, they did not realize the Christian songs they were singing was the exact reason why they were oppressed. Slavery was justified by the Bible and Christianity. These spirituals and other Christian traditions were passed down from generation to generation as a symbol of hope for black people. Black people often blindly follow these traditions without questioning. That is what happened to my mother and her family. Now that we are both becoming more socially aware, I think that she is struggling. We have not talked about how she feels now towards Christianity, but it is all she knows and it will be hard for her to let go. She did tell me that she was researching African religions and they kind of lined up with Christianity. I was like why do you think that is? Christianity is a rip off from other religions and traditions. The Epic of Gilgamesh, regarded as the oldest book, talks about a great flood. Low and behold the Bible talks about a great flood. Christians want to criticize other religions when theirs is a combination of many.

Religion is a man-made coping mechanism.  It is used to explain why things happen and to give hope to people. Sometimes shit just happens and you don’t need an outside source such as religion to give you hope, find it within. It always pisses me off when my mom says “But God.” Like when I worked my ass off to pass a standardized teaching test, her response was “But God.” Are you fucking kidding me?! I was the one who studied and worked my ass off to pass and you want to give God credit? You can give God credit for your accomplishments if you want, but keep that shit out of mine. Religion is generally the cause of many wars anyway. It’s dumb, you’re fighting over shit that doesn’t exist and who’s right and wrong? Karl Marx had the right of it, religion is the opiate of the masses. Black people, get your lives together and wake up! You’re still enslaved by the white man’s religion!

Bottom line: Hillary Clinton is fucking awesome and has dealt with a lot of adversity but still fights on. Black people let Christianity go!

Road to awareness

I have been on a journey to self and social awareness for about 4.5 years. It has been an interesting experience especially seeing how I have grown over the years and have become more comfortable with myself as a person. Looking back, I cannot believe some of the things that happened and that I allowed to happen. As my mother always says, "When you learn better, you do better." My posts will be emotionally charged, offensive, opinionated, ridiculous, but must importantly, me.


Thanks for being a part of my journey!

-Andria Katonda

Response to "I'd be racist."

Response to "I'd be racist."

This has been circulating around for years. Time I finally make a statement from the 'other' side. How many are actually paying attention to this? There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, etc. And then there are just Americans. 

I'm sorry, I thought we were all Americans? Hmm, guess I was mistaken.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me "White boy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," Caveman" ..And that's OK.

First off, racially offensive language is never ok in any context. Don't be a dumbass and fire off racist comments because you hate the person simply because the color of their skin. Not something they can actually control. Calling someone a cracker, or honkey or whatever is not comparable to calling someone a nigger. Those terms don't focus on the individual group.

But when I call you, Nig..., Kike, Towel head, Sand-nig..., Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink...

All whites, which I'm guessing in this sense is Western European, (since Arabs and Hispanics are considered white for the US census, ironic that a black Hispanic is considered white) are collectively called racist terms. Nigger-blacks, Kike-Jews, Towel head-Arabs, Sand nigger- Arabs, Camel jockey-Arabs, Beaner- Mexicans (or anyone who 'looks' Mexican), Gook-East Asians, Chink-Chinese. These terms were created by the Western Europeans. Being called this shit doesn't allow the formation of a decent self-esteem, especially as a child.

You call me a racist.
Well of course I would.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

If whites have never lived in the ghetto or experienced the everyday lifestyle of a black person, how do they know it is the most dangerous place to live? Do they know why the residents are disproportionately unequal? Would they welcome blacks to their neighborhoods with open arms so they can escape the 'dangerous ghetto'?

This next section always cracks me up.
You have the United Negro College Fund.

Well yes we do, to assist our kids in going to college. You complain about blacks being ignorant and uneducated. Well do you want to pay for every black kid in America to go to college so they can become educated? Didn't think so, can't have it both ways, so shut the fuck up.

You have Martin Luther King Day.

Well I guess you could say so.

But you have New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

amongst others which brings me to my next point.

You have Black History Month.

Black history month is the shortest month of the year. For the past few years, I haven't heard anything about black history, but it is characterized 'multi-cultural month'. So we don't even really have that. We should be teaching about the successful historical African Kingdoms and Empires. When I finally become a teacher, I plan to do just that. But I will have to come up with my own material. Since there is no book in the Western (American) school system that would offer a positive alternative history for all the non-whites. But guess what, you have: January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December. Typing that list also reminded me that the calendar/months/days we use are European. So you have the whole fucking calendar.

You have Cesar Chavez Day.

I have never heard of anyone celebrating this day, so I can't comment.

You Have Yom Hashoah

I'm sorry, I didn't think it was a problem to remember Holocaust victims who died at YOUR hand.

You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi

Ok, you have Christmas, but I have also not heard this being celebrated.

You have the NAACP.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: “The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. Appalled at the violence that was committed against blacks.” This organization is 'racist' but what about all the organizations that focus on the advancement of white people? This organization was also created by white people and the first black president did not happen until 1975.

You have BET.

This is one of my favorites. Black Entertainment Television originated since blacks were not represented positively or at all in tv shows, media, and entertainment. However, BET was sold to Viacom in 2003. It has been controlled by the white owned company ever since. Guess money became more important that the original mission.

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television). We'd be racists.

You're kidding right? Have you turned on a television? Most shows have an all white cast, and the 'token' black or non-white person.

If we had a White Pride Day ..You would call us racists. If we had White History Month

Already mentioned my opinion on this bullshit.

We'd be racists. If we had any organization for only whites to "advance" OUR lives

Sweetie, every single organization other than the select few dedicated to non-whites, are to advance your lives.

We'd be racists.
And yes, it is racist, which is why it exists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, And then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that?

Well yes because the 'plain' Chamber of Commerce was not focusing on the business interests of non-whites.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships ... You know we'd be racists.

Getting into college is a white student scholarship, your application isn't scrutinized to the extent of non-whites.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US. Yet if there were "White colleges" ..
THAT would be a racist college.

First off, you have to be a fucking idiot if you don't think there are white colleges. Why do you think the black ones were created? Because we weren't even allowed to be educated and what white college would accept the 'niggers'? None, which is why we have a mere 60 HBC/U's compared to the thousands of white colleges. Blacks who get into schools, like Harvard and Yale are criticized saying it was a result of affirmative action. Nevermind the fact that they worked their asses off to get there. It's offensive to discredit their hard work and boil it down to race. When whites get into those schools, it's never questioned, it's expected, and when they don't get in, a story of 'reverse racism' surfaces. The white kid didn't have the grades, parents didn't have the money. So it's automatically the black kid's fault. When George W. Bush got into Yale because of nepotism, no one questioned it, but he's still an idiot. When Barack H. Obama got into Harvard and graduated with fucking honors from Law school, it was because he was black. Riiight, because that logic makes perfect sense. So a dumb white guy can get in no question, but an intelligent black guy gets in, racism remarks surface.

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.

Exactly, 'believed', we knew damn well that if we tried to make a simple political statement no one would take it seriously, so it was taken to D.C., and still not taken seriously. In essence, we were marching for you to continue to have your rights, by demonizing the cause and advocates in the media, furthering racism.

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 don't need to have white pride, it's already there, naturally. You don't have to go in a store and worry about being followed, you don't have to go to a restaurant and worry about being ignored, or receiving your food after every one else who came after you does. You don't have to think about buying band-aids when you injure yourself. You go to the store and buy band-aids which more or less match your skin. So we are annoyed that you feel the need to verbally express your white pride, when it is all around us. The media, celebrities, role models, beauty standards, etc. We're proud to be non-whites and call ourselves accordingly because it's much better than the term 'nigger' that you created for us.

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.

Yes because every single black person is a criminal. So white people don't carjack and shoot each other? When a white police officer shoots a 'drug-dealing gang member' it's usually due to instinct. Black men pose a threat to the white society. Most non-whites don't feel unsafe around other non-whites. But whites around non-whites, there is always a change in behavior. I have seen it first hand by people who say they aren't racist, but it's instinctive and cultural. It's ingrained from childhood, and passed down to generations. They think every non-white person is out to get them, when the non-white person is worrying about getting shot by the white person as they're walking down the street. There are plenty of stories about innocent black men gunned down for no apparent reason. One story that really breaks my heart is about Sean Bell who was gunned down and killed. Over 50 bullets. Why the fuck do you need to have a team of officers shoot at a person and use 50 bullets? The worst part is that this man was unarmed and preparing to leave for his wedding that was in the next few hours. Of course, the culprits were found not guilty. If the situation had been reversed, those black officers would have gotten the death penalty. So if he kills an unarmed black guy, who had nothing to do with the situation, yes I would call him a racist. 

I am proud. But, you call me a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists?

Whites can only be racist because they have the power to be. If a group does not have power in a society, they cannot be racist. They are not the majority. When white people run everything and it is expected and viewed as the norm, non-whites cannot be racist because they do not have that place in society. There are plenty of non-whites who are prejudiced. Can you blame them? Most whites are racist based on fear and ignorance. Most non-whites are prejudiced based on experience. Ask a racist white person what non-whites have ever done to them personally? Ask a prejudiced non-white person the same question and I assure you, you will hear plenty of stories. All the non-whites want, is to be assimilated into the American culture and society which happens to be white. We want to feel like we matter and are considered viable to the society. But instead, we are at home, straightening our hair, bleaching our skin, and practicing our 'white voices and vocabulary'. It's a damn shame. 

There is nothing improper about this subject.

No there is nothing improper about this subject. Don't dish out more than you can take. White people talking about race with non-whites rarely ends with both parties believing they are equal parts to society. The whites feel more white pride, while the non-whites realize how ass-backwards our society is continually becoming, and how it will never go away.

The above passage that I completely destroyed the bullshit logic of, was probably written by an old white man, maybe a young one. I don't think it was a white woman, because even as a white woman, they experience a little discrimination, so why the fuck would they come up with this? However, the person that created it, is obviously ignorant and oblivious to the fact that non-whites struggle with racism every single day. It was a waste of time to write it, because non-whites already knew the 'other side' and whites don't really need a boost of confidence. Until you live your life as a non-white person in America, and experience the day to day shit that we do, please do not comment on our lifestyles and behaviors. You don't know what it's like, and luckily for you, you never will.

Wow that was quite emotionally charged, maybe that's why it took me so long to discuss it. Many things I mentioned are from self-experience. The field that I want to go into, and the dream job I want to have, is dominated by whites, and I am working my ass off 10 times harder than they ever will, to make sure that I at least get a shot at accomplishing my goal.

Continuing on the subject of race relations. I came across Rev. Jesse Peterson, I honestly hoped this man was joking, but is seriously delusional. I decided to discuss this article. (If you thought Herman Cain was bad, brace yourselves) I chose to use the same format as above.

“Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Agrees With Newt Gingrich, Says He Would Send Blacks Back 'To The Plantation' “

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/rev-jesse-lee-peterson-agrees-with-gingrich_n_1211651.html

The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the super-conservative African American Republican who has campaigned vigorously against Kwanzaa ("The Racist Holiday From Hell" he has called it), theRev. Jesse Jackson Jr. and President Barack Obama, said he has a simple solution to black America's employment woes: hard labor.

Excuse me, the racist holiday from Hell? Seriously? Most people in general have no idea how to spell Kwanzaa let alone know what the fuck it is.

"One of the things that I would do is take all black people back to the South and put them on the plantation so they would understand the ethic of working," Peterson told The Huffington Post's Black Voices on Tuesday afternoon. "I'm going to put them all on the plantation. They need a good hard education on what it is to work."

Yes because being forced to work or risk being killed or being killed anyway, being beaten, raped, sold, and separated from our families helps us understand work ethic. I love how he refers to blacks as 'they' and not 'we'. He disassociated himself with blacks. He considers himself a white man with dark skin. I know people have self-hatred issues, but God, this takes self-hate to the max. I've never come across anything as fucked up as this. So apparently, he forgot that his own ancestors were slaves working on the plantation and didn't enjoy it. It wasn't work ethnic they had, it was survival ethic. This is a slap in the face to all of his ancestors who endured slavery. Seriously, send blacks back to the plantation? They are turning over in their graves right now.
  
Peterson made the remarks after he was asked to comment on Monday night's sparring between moderator Juan Williams and Newt Gingrich, during the Republican presidential debate after Williams asked Gingrich whether he thought his recent statements suggesting a lack of work ethic among poor black kids could be viewed as insulting.

Well of course they are insulting, especially coming from a person who endured the same shit we did, but got in with 'the man' and is now 'above' us. 
 
"People don't want to hear the truth," said Peterson, the founder of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, or BOND. "Newt was 100 percent correct," Peterson said. "Newt said that he would have black children, minority children work as janitors at school. Working as a janitor would build character, more so than the handouts so many of them like."

What the fuck? Are you kidding me? Have minority children work as janitors? So that is reinforcing the stereotype that they won't end up becoming shit anyway. Did he forget that he was once a minority child? Did he think he should have worked as a janitor? Someone should have asked that question. What about helping minority kids getting an education so they don't end up being fucking janitors and can at least have a shot in 'Corporate America'. The part that kills me, is that he agrees with Gingrich that this would build character to replace the handouts that so many of them like. (Notice the 'they' again) How the fuck can a child like a handout? They are children. So bringing back child and slave labor is the way to whip these children into shape? Kids don't know what the fuck handouts mean. All they know is that they see their parent(s) busting their asses to make sure they put some goddamn food on the table. So a black man is telling me that black children need to be slaves because they like handouts too much. Riiiight. Because he never saw his parents struggle and endure the injustices of the American society. What an embarrassment, I feel sorry for his parents and family members. 
 
"I know some people take it personally because a whole lot of folks don't like hearing the truth; they like to be in denial," he added. "Not all black people, but most black people know, and white people know, and black people say it more in private than they would in public, but for the last 50 years or so, generations and generations of black people have relied on the government or someone else to take care of them."

Oh no, not allll black people. I don't know any person of any race who talks about enjoying handouts. I honestly can't believe he is saying that black people, his own fucking people, have relied for someone else to take care of them for 50 years. What about the white people who expect it? Is it ok, because they are white? I didn't bother looking up any of his background because this article alone makes my blood boil. But he grew up in the South in the 60's and 70's. So when he saw all those black people struggling to survive, possibly his own family, he viewed their need for help as a handout they were happy to receive? Every single person (of any race) that I have come across who is poor, on welfare, or some type of public assistance, isn't proud. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty who are but most are not. Those people I have come across talked about being embarrassed because they couldn't take care of their family on their own, and had to ask for help. Many people held out as long as they could because they didn't want the stigma associated with public assistance. But when it came down to feeding their children, it didn't matter what people thought of them, their kids were more important than any opinion. Isn't that what public assistance is for? So those people who work their asses off, try to do it on their own and struggle as long as they can before asking for help, need to experience slave labor to gain work ethic? They're experiencing slave labor and work ethic already. Busting their asses to make sure that their families can survive? If that isn't work ethic, then I don't know what is.

"Many black women have had babies out of wedlock and passed that on to their daughters that if they have babies out of wedlock, they'll get food stamps, free houses and your rent paid," Peterson said.

Yes, because every black woman's dream, to have kids out of wedlock and pass it on to their daughters. Plenty of white woman get pregnant out of wedlock, and plenty of them can afford abortions, so they don't end up like that. Black people that I know are strictly against abortion and/or adoption. They value family so much and do not want it to be broken apart like it used to be when their ancestors were having a good time working on the plantation. My family for instance has a history of babies out of wedlock. My mother calls it a generational curse. She was determined to eliminate it. All of us were born within the marriage. She instilled the value in her daughters to not become a statistic. She encouraged college, education, and success. Not food stamps and babies. It's very offensive for him to categorize black women that way, when my own mother is working against that. As far as I can tell, he is not married. He never will be. No woman in their right mind would be subjected to a misogynistic asshole such as himself. (http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-05-09/news/31644837_1_women-voting-peterson-guest
He also talks about the mistake of women's voting rights. I read the article but I can't bring myself to discuss anymore of his bullshit. So check it out for yourself. So does he think it's a mistake for black voting rights? It should just be left up to the white man? If it wasn't for black voting rights, advocacy, deaths, sacrifices, etc. his dumbass wouldn't be where he is today spouting his self-hating, bullshit, nonsense.)

Peterson, who was raised on a plantation in Alabama where he said generations of his family worked first as slaves and then sharecroppers, said he learned to have a strong work ethic by doing such backbreaking work as picking cotton.
Day in and day out, it was the same thing: get home from school, eat supper, change clothes and get into the cotton field, he said.

Jesus Christ. His family lived a fucking plantation! He learned work ethnic by picking cotton?! No, he learned work ethnic by seeing his family bust their asses for their former 'Massa' in order to survive. This makes it even worse, because his family experienced slave labor first hand. I can't even express my outrage at that. 
 
Nearly 30 years ago Peterson left the plantation and headed West to California. But today, he said, millions of blacks are on the mental "plantation" of the Democratic Party. To fight back, he said, he formed the Tea Party of South Central Los Angeles. Considering this is black and Latino neighborhood where residents have traditionally voted Democratic, it might be an uphill battle.

So if he loved work ethic and picking cotton so goddamn much, why did he run from the plantation and head to California? And this dumbass formed a fucking Tea Party group. Forget him being a self-hating black, the neighborhoods consists of black and Latino Democrats! I would love to see how those people looked at him when he came knocking on their doors talking about how lazy, dependent, and ignorant blacks were and to join his cause. If it was me, before I slammed in the door in his face, I would have said, “Motherfucker, have you looked in the mirror?” 
 
"I hope that once [black people] hear the truth, they will pull away from the Democratic Party and their godless leaders," Peterson said in a recent interview with HuffPost. "When you tell them the truth first, they become upset ... They think if you're black and conservative, you're an Uncle Tom. Once you let them yell and scream and carry on -- because they will carry on -- and when they calm down, they understand."

Yes because all Democratic are godless, and ignorant. And they all scream and yell because that's what they do? Don't you scream and yell too? You're trying to force your bullshit philosophy down people's throats. White people's of course, because no non-white should ever consider you to be a great example of a black conservative. If anything, they might throw some bleach or skin whitening shit on your ass. When I think black conservative, I didn't think of Uncle Tom. Plenty of blacks are conservative. But when I think of a self-hating black conservative, I think of Clayton Bigsby.