Oh? I couldda sworn that the White Saviour Industrial
Complex is made up entirely of upper class white folks
who are way too wonderful to have anything of a
racial thought at all toward the little brown, and
black people.
This
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Oh? I couldda sworn that the White Saviour Industrial
Complex is made up entirely of upper class white folks
who are way too wonderful to have anything of a
racial thought at all toward the little brown, and
black people.
I wonder if there is anyone here who would
like to stand before conscience-self awareness-
RFers and God, and say "I am not racist."
New Zealand., what could be more deplorable?
That's a good question and I think it would depend on how the person is defining the term "racist". Are they referring to the KKK or Black Panther hateful type, or one who thinks that certain races tend to excel at certain things?
Yeah, that idea was out within the first minute. Made me so mad I stopped watching. She claimed that she had a platform because she was 'white' and nobody else had such a platform?
Balderdash. She has a platform...not because she is 'white,' but because she is apologizing for BEING 'white.' As if one is responsible for one's own melanin quotient. She's got a platform because her opinions tickle the ears of her listeners...and frankly? Those listeners are as racist as any good ol' southerner looking to lynch the 'N****" Only the target changed.
But the thing is, SHE is being racist herself; very racist. SHE is claiming special privilege because of her skin color; trust me, only those who feel superior to others apologize for that which makes them 'superior.' As in...she is 'voluntarily giving up' her special status. Because she's 'White' and can do that. She's using her daughter's death to manipulate the listeners, so that they will say 'look how special this woman is, giving up her "white privilege" so she can come down and be just like the rest of us."
Very condescending in the worst meaning of the word.
The whole thing makes me cringe.
................and I'll bet you anything you like that this woman would be very much against one of her kids marrying someone who isn't from her background, skin color or political opinions.
"Racist" is the pefect all purpose perjorative.
Nobody is safe nobody can defend against it,
nobody knows what it means.
Grand Inquisitor-
"Audie, are you a racist?"
Audie-
"Yes".
New Zealand.
"Racist" is the pefect all purpose perjorative.
Nobody is safe nobody can defend against it,
nobody knows what it means.
Since I brought it up, I will volunteer to
go first.
Grand Inquisitor-
"Audie, are you a racist?"
Audie-
"Yes".
Objectively false. Don't be fooled by Peter Jackson's CGI. If New Zealand got a chance, it would kill you, and everyone you care about!What is with New Zealand? On my bucket list to visit there someday. Absolutely beautiful.
Objectively false. Don't be fooled by Peter Jackson's CGI. If New Zealand got a chance, it would kill you, and everyone you care about!
Think about that one for a minute.
Of course there are light complected people who are racist. However, that isn't because they have light complexions....OR that they are 'right wing."
In fact, in my experience, the most racist white folks are the liberal left who condescend to 'people of color."
They pretend to be 'for' minorities even as they do their level best to separate them from one another, and from themselves. (shrug)
I wonder if there is anyone here who would
like to stand before conscience-self awareness-
RFers and God, and say "I am not racist."
Whether one is a member of a culture or a religion or a gardening club, if your group acts to systemically and from a human moral perspective disenfranchise people from another group and you, as an individual, become aware of that systemic or individually deliberate effort then you become morally responsible for that injustice. You, as a member of that group or culture, are responsible for taking some action in an effort to correct that imbalance. You do not have to sacrifice your life, or even sacrifice your reputation...if you can just act personally to correct the issue within your own sphere of influence AND become more educated regarding the issue, then you will have already done a decent amount of work.
The golden rule will prevail as a stronger and stronger influence the more you understand what the "other" is experiencing and how you are truly "empowered" to do something about it even if it is not public or risky.
You got that right as You, Columbus and myself encountered in another discussion.
Ok, In what way?
I think you may be mistaking opportunites for empathy as attempts at manipulation. I think that you are projecting onto the speaker that she was apologizing for anything. She isn't apologizing, she is just identifying a relevant context for understanding why her daughter is dead.
As many people seem to like to do, you seem to want to ignore the long, historical context of how race has been a means to differentiate individuals by identity and to empower those who are white over those who are not. To ignore this enormously relevant context is, in my view, a sort of willful ignorance commonly used as a defense mechanism against empathy for someone deeply embedded in naive white culture.
A school teacher who lost a daughter in a racist attack explains in plain and kind language what is wrong in white culture today:
Heather Heyer's mom explains her privilege to Ocasio-Cortez - CNN Video
Any and all sincere comments and discussion welcome.
You know that thing that makes whites from Bible belt USA, pretty much the same as Athenians, and makes those from Moscow just like those from Liverpool.