i got this email from a friend and it concerned me. not only because of who it came from but because i agree with some of it and see the bias of it's author (unknown who the author is, chain letter)
it bothers me that we've become so polarized in this arena that you're either for or against on every issue, there is no longer room to do anything but generalize.
anyway, here's the email, i'll bold the parts that i find worthy of an educated thought and highlight in red the areas that are simply hate disguised as pride. the rest seems to be ignorant drivel.
___________________________________________________
Subject: Racist?
Someone else besides me finally said it. how many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian
Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, ect. and then there
are just Americans.
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You
call me "Whiteboy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Caveman" and
that's OK.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towelhead, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink you call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you,
so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET(White Entertainment Television) we'd be
racists.
If we had a White Pride Day you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
; If we had any organization for only whites to "advance"
our lives, we'd be racists.
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?
If we had a college fund that only gave white students
scholarships, you know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly
proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if there were "White
colleges" that would be a racist college.
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.
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 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.
I am proud. But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists?
There is nothing improper abo ut this email.
Let's see which of you are proud enough to forward it.
__________________________________________________
now, had the author not been so adamant about the "white pride" bit it would probably have more merit. although it isn't difficult to see through the rhetoric, there are some interesting points. agencies and classifications that only perpetuate the problem by their very existence.
it bothers me that we've become so polarized in this arena that you're either for or against on every issue, there is no longer room to do anything but generalize.
anyway, here's the email, i'll bold the parts that i find worthy of an educated thought and highlight in red the areas that are simply hate disguised as pride. the rest seems to be ignorant drivel.
___________________________________________________
Subject: Racist?
Someone else besides me finally said it. how many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian
Americans, Arab Americans, Native Americans, ect. and then there
are just Americans.
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You
call me "Whiteboy," "Cracker," "Honkey," "Whitey," "Caveman" and
that's OK.
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towelhead, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink you call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you,
so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET(White Entertainment Television) we'd be
racists.
If we had a White Pride Day you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
; If we had any organization for only whites to "advance"
our lives, we'd be racists.
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?
If we had a college fund that only gave white students
scholarships, you know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly
proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet if there were "White
colleges" that would be a racist college.
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.
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 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.
I am proud. But, you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists?
There is nothing improper abo ut this email.
Let's see which of you are proud enough to forward it.
__________________________________________________
now, had the author not been so adamant about the "white pride" bit it would probably have more merit. although it isn't difficult to see through the rhetoric, there are some interesting points. agencies and classifications that only perpetuate the problem by their very existence.
