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.