A little background I received (and forwarded) an Email from a friend. the Email was attributed as being a statement by Michael Richards (Kramer of Seinfeld) in court when he was defending himself against charges of racism and hate speech.
My cousin took umbrage at some of the points in the email proving to me that she didn't see what was being said but rather she saw what she chose to interpret as a hateful attitude.
Yes that's right I am saying she missed the point.
I think I see part of our problem here. I believe you are reading more into that email then is really there.
You are seeing this as an issue of race, I see this as an issue of pride. The whole idea of that email was to try to show that we ought to have the right to be proud of our heritage as much as anyone else.
IT WAS NOT AN ATTACK AT ANY OTHER RACE.
The point in the message, was that minorities often/usually get special treatment and behavior. This isn’t against any one minority (or even multiples) so much as an out lashing at a society that allows this stuff to happen.
First off the title was about white pride. This is about me having the right to be proud of my race period end of story. I deserve the right to be proud of my race as do you and as does everyone else.
The question is asked…
“I have been wondering about why Whites are racists, and no other race is.....”
This is not an attack against any race this is a question WHY AM I RACIST FOR BEING PROUD TO BE WHITE OR WHATEVER BUT ANY ONE ELSE ANYONE ELSE WHO DISPLAYS SIMILAR FEELINGS FOR THEIR RACE IS O.K.? or just being human?
The point is along the lines of We, as a society, are ready and willing to prosecute any white man for any offense real or imagined but ANY one who makes the same offense or worse against a white is given a pass. This is not as much about race, as it is being about people ready to jump on the P.C. bandwagon and insist that whites are evil. Back to the Email.
“There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc..
And then there are just Americans. You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction... You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'..... and that's OK.”
This does not slam any race it asks why am I being treated poorly while everyone else isn’t and in fact they are given the right to a special title. But I have to endure epithets.
“But when I call you [names]You call me a racist.”
(editors note here. the fact that I had to edit the slang here for the "minorities" but the white epithets pass muster prove the point in itself)
This point follows up stating if I try to use epithets like you do I am evil.
“You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you... so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?”
Here the point is being made that the claims that white people are the primogenitors of all the violence but the areas that are the most dangerous are those where whites don’t choose to live.
And before you make the argument that I know is on your mind right now… There is the opportunity for all people to chose to live where they want.
Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Will Smith, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Martin Lawrence, Wanda Sykes, Denzel Washington, Thomas Sowell, even Martin Luther King Jr. made a choice of where to live.
So can all the others here… “oh but they are all famous and special Cases”… right? Well what about my former Boss from Tusayan McDonalds? Or the bus driver/former U.S.M.C. D.I. who I worked with. Or the single mother of a student who rode my buss… they all made a choice too. (The mom moved to AZ from Tennessee!)
They have a choice… more so than I, in where they will live. They have access to special government grants that I cannot get to. They have more scholarships and government grants offered to them than I get. So they have more opportunities; or at least the same opportunities as me.
See the whole of the email I sent was stating I have a right to be proud of who I am. I reread the whole email just now and I see absolutely no racism being directed at anyone. That you see it worries me about your perceptions.
The points it brings up about other races, and what they have, is to make the point that All those races get preferential treatment as outlined in the email to begin with, except for whites.
In other words, our society will bend over backward for any minority! BUT anyone who is white gets the shaft.
This observation is NOT racist towards anyone it is pointing out that we are being discriminated against. Just the same as the observation made 250 years ago that most African Americans were slaves wasn’t racism towards whites but a statement of fact.
the only "Racism" being pointed out in that fact is that the whites were discriminating against African Americans. well the "racism" pointed out in the other fact is towards whites.
Your original response defended the rights of minorities, which is fine but again it is at the expense of another group. (Whites)
You said
“okay. BET is one channel on the dial. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OTHER CHANNELS ARE???”
Last I saw the entire spectrum of races can be in, on or watch any other channel. I see George Lopez, Will Smith and all other people of all races on all channels. ONLY BET aims directly at any one particular race.
“every day is white people day, every holiday is a christian holiday,”
No last I checked there is NOT any day out there for white pride day! If there is I need to know about it because I ought to be allowed to celebrate it too. And as for the “holidays” being all-Christian.
First this is not about Christianity. This is about how whites are being discriminated against racially.
Second, This month we had Cinco De Mayo, Mothers day and Memorial Day.
NONE of those are Christian holidays.
“every college was a white college til it was integrated.”
This is not about what was, this is about what is.
“ghettoes are dangerous because people resort to crime when they're under that kind of pressure.”
Again I have to point out many of these people (note I did NOT say all of them) live there by choice. They could move OR they could improve their communities… it has been done before.
“black people WERE excluded from miss america-- and from EVERYTHING ELSE-- back when we had SEGREGATION. if a black person kills a white person, chances are they'll be prosecuted, which is more than could be said back in the days when black people were lynched without consequence.”
Again this is not about what WAS this is about what is.
And Finally…
“ a little perspective? PLEASE don't listen to ignorant people like this.”
So Here, I am apparently (according to you) completely wrong. In every way shape or form, and so is anyone else who thinks the same thing. For thinking we ought to have the same rights as oh say ANY person of ANY race other than white.
This isn’t just about me. We want equality. Period. That anyone would be offended is proof that the argument given is valid.
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