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can u bulletpoint that Trill? I'm on my phone but think it might be important.
Ran across this article and thought I'd share it with the ST community. I must say, the author made some very valid points that I challenge anyone to try to refute them...good luck.
They used to lynch us. They don’t do that anymore.
They used to buy and sell us. They don’t do that anymore.
They used to call our fathers “boy” and send them around back. They don’t do that anymore.
Now it’s unconscious, so all they have to do is think.
Racism has gone underground, upgraded its look to be more stylish and user friendly. In fact, it’s undergone such a dramatic face lift that racists themselves don’t even know they’re racist. That’s impressive.
Racists these days have black friends and get along with their black coworkers. They have Jay Z and Usher songs in their iTunes accounts, and they readily compliment black women on how nice their natural hair looks. And they really mean those compliments. They wouldn’t ever want their hair to do that, but they really do like the way it looks on someone else. I guess that’s just one of the perks of the new unconscious racism.
It made the trans Atlantic slave trade okay. It made colonization and Apartheid okay. It made the Holocaust and Japanese concentration camps okay. It made the slaughter and relocation of Native Americans okay. All inhumane treatment of non-white people is justified in the eyes of racism. Twisted stuff, ain’t it? But don’t be fooled. This new racism, polite and understated though it may be, is still the same old racism. It still runs on that inherently-flawed and extremely delusional belief that God is white (European) and has a natural preference for his own. That’s the thinking that made the world’s human atrocities okay.
Racism Goes Underground
But this new racism is tricky. It’s ninja-like in its ability to operate without detection. It isn’t as in-your-face. It lies dormant most of the time, silently feeding off of reinforced stereotypes, media misinformation and fear. It nestles itself so deeply in the subconscious that most who are affected by it can honestly say, “I am not racist.” As far as they know, they aren’t. They don’t hate black people. They don’t think black people deserve to be treated badly. But they do believe, way back in the recesses of their mind, that certain things, places and people are designated for whites only. Not in a “colored entrance” kind of way, but in a “I get uncomfortable when I see black people overstepping their bounds” kind of way.
That’s why Trayvon Martin looked su ious. His presence in that particular neighborhood made Zimmerman uncomfortable. He would have felt perfectly fine had he seen Martin in a predominantly black, poor neighborhood—not being racist or anything, but that is where blacks live, right?—but he couldn’t conceive that Martin possibly belonged in that neighborhood. The mere sight of that hoodied young man (not to be confused with a “hooded” young man) in that gated community was enough to activate the unconscious racist within. In an instant, all the stereotypes and fear he’d gathered and stored in his 28 years flooded Zimmerman’s conscious mind and instructed him to save the neighborhood and himself from this incredibly threatening black male.
That’s also why some disgruntled Hunger Games fans have found fault with the color of particular cast members. Despite the fact that casting directors make small (and large) changes to book characters all the time, their unconscious racists within were activated when they saw that such powerful and positive characters were played by…dramatic pause… black actors (cue shock and awe now). According to some of the upset tweets, the author made no mention of color. This actually isn’t true, but it doesn’t matter. When they discovered that the book characters where strong, positive and actually of significance to the story, they automatically assumed the author meant for them to be white, because, well, what else could they possibly be? And those unconscious racist thoughts were actually strong enough to edit out the parts of the book that literally describe their skin as “dark brown.”
Wow.
I don’t know if you’re getting the magnitude of that. Let me say it again. Those unconscious racist thoughts were actually strong enough to edit out the parts of the book that literally describe their skin as “dark brown.” Tell me that’s not deep. The unconscious racist’s ideas of whiteness and blackness and so entrenched in a hierarchy of value that their minds literally blotted out printed text so as not to disturb their preconceived notions about what “good” really looks like.
That’s why stereotypes are so prominent. They reinforce the ideas unconscious racists already have. When they see a black man who really is a criminal, they take notice, but when they see one who is an educated, peaceful loving father, they ignore it or write it off as an isolated incident. Racism survives this way.
Until we get away from the idea that God is white (or any other color for that matter) racism will live on. It’s form will continue to change, but its roots will remain sturdy.
can u bulletpoint that Trill? I'm on my phone but think it might be important.
lol I knew you'd be in here.
naw bruh, I can't bulletpoint it. just wait till you get to your PC to read it.
Why this big need to play pretend? yes we are different, that's why we have the races. There is no need to ignore reality. If I'm looking for somebody to pick my oranges...Mexicans. If I'm wanting a new stereo/TV I'm buying Japanese. If I'm looking for some speedy receivers ...black. That is racism, or simply real life?
I've been to kicker bars, very few of those people could really dance. I've also been to...The Jungle...everyone could dance.
At 6-2 I was a giant when in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Thailand, Phillipines. In Samoa (never went there) I'd be normal/small.
We are diffferent, no need to play bull games. Now as far as rights go we aren't, there we are all equal.
Black people love to cry racism and blame the white man for all their problems, being the most racist of all themselves.
They forget that their fellow black brothers are the ones who sold them into slavery.
blacks can't be racist, try again.
the author was right, white people getting uncomfortable when faced with the truth so they deflect with the 'blacks are racist too' card.
Solid article.
Fear
That's what this article is more about.
oh really?
really. I admit some black people can be prejudice but we are NOT racist, can't be.
That is simply not true. I played ball with a lot of black guys, they knew us white cats were slower and would comment on it.
Lmao and just how can't they be?
5/10
Black people can also get away with saying certain things because of the color of the skin. Which is BS.
John Wiley Price, Dallas County Commissioner, last year in a heated Town Hall meeting said to his opponents, "You're all white. You can all go to !". There were no repercussions for this statement.
If He had been white and said , "You're all black. You can all go to !", Al Sharpton and other NAACP heads would have been marching the streets of downtown Dallas looking for "justice".
that's them being prejudice. they had no right to make fun of you being slow, though.
That's not being racist.
I'm racist wgaf
Lol...... so, since they aren't materially discriminated nowdays (blacks have been milking the freaking racism and slavery past for years now) they need to find some way to keep being the victims..... funny stuff.
^real talk
(1) all racial groups must exist in a state of equality and (2) racism must be reduced to (a) race prejudice and/or (b) purposeful action, the goal of which is the oppression of a racialized group. Blacks never tried to oppress whites or other ethnic groups, on the other hand....
We don't live in a country where we are truly equal. So until we do, blacks can't be racist. In order to be racist you must have power and numbers..neither of which do blacks have.
Because racism is systemic. And attached to larger issues of power, privilege, and oppression.
At least from a theoretical point of view, "racism" refers to the systemic ways in which people of color are disadvantaged within our society. People of color therefore can't enact a system of racism against whites because they are not afforded the privilege or power necessary to do so.
"Prejudice," on the other hand, is typically used to describe beliefs on a personal level. And it applies equally to all groups. Black folks can be every bit as prejudiced as whites, on an individual or collective level, but they can't turn those prejudices into a system in which white people are at a societal disadvantage as a result.
And the distinction isn't limited to issues of race. Sexism, ageism, and so forth, also refer more to systems of power/oppression rather than personal prejudices. The distinction is also seen in the deference between the terms heterosexism and phobia.
Sure it is. Assuming somebody is this or that because of race. Then treating them a particular way because of that belief. That's racism.
That's not being racist.
You wish racism and discrimination would go away too, huh? me too. We shouldn't be having these conversations in 2012.
Were you actually slow? Maybe he was commenting on your inability to keep up or dribble the ball? That would be a fact.
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