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To: xxxxx
From: xxxxx@comcast.net
The writer says:
"I am proud...But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this e-mail...Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
I sadly don't think many will. That's why we have lost most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for ourselves !
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime yet, but getting real close!"
This kind of crap going around doesn't help anybody, although I'm sure it helps assuage your little bit of "white guilt" that you feel when a black person passes you on the street and you inwardly try to remind yourself that not every person of color wants to shoot or rape you.
I agree that affirmative action has spawned some strange bedfellows, but you can't pretend that there was no reason for these organizations (such as the Black and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, etc.) to exist to begin with. They were created in a time where the interests of minorities were not as equally represented as they are now. This same logic applies to colleges, cable TV stations, and the like. Not a single one of those black colleges denies entrance to white applicants. I just read an article about a white student (the ONLY white student) attending a black college in the DC area. He said he feels absolutely no racism, prejudice, no discomfort. He was completely welcomed. They also do not deny scholarships to whites--it is simply that whites do not apply for them. Funny how intellectuals can rise above this kind of crap, huh? And yet you and your brethren cannot.
Your slanted view of the history of this country amazes me still. Why don't you go talk to some Native Americans whose heritage was indigenous to the Georgia area, whose relatives died on the Trail of Tears so more "entrepreneurial" white men could have the gold from land that wasn't theirs to begin with, and then tell me how perfect white history is.
It is the denial of OUR shared history that perpetuates racism. Anyone who spits racial epithets at ANYONE ELSE on the street is a racist, whether they're black, white or brown. They are all less for having done it. It has nothing to do with color of skin--it has to do with fear. OF COURSE some people are "black, brown, yellow, and orange" and "not afraid to announce it"--because they can do that now without fear of attack or retribution, but we are not far from the days when this was not so. Do you really expect people not to be exuberant about this freedom? If it were you, you would be. It's a natural human reaction. Why is it not your natural reaction to celebrate it WITH them? Joy is not exclusive.
I'm proud to be a human being--I just happen to be white. It's important to know our history, the good and bad of all sides, in order to accept it and build a lucrative future for everyone. That's why America, even despite the wars we're in right now, still stands for liberty across the globe.
We are the ONLY COUNTRY built on an idea--freedom and liberty for all of its citizens. That's what we should be proud of--that despite continued attacks on that premise from people of your way of thinking, we've still prevailed. And future generations will prevail as well, because the sad, tired rhetoric of older generations who grew up learning fear is passing, to be replaced by generations who learned and will learn acceptance.
I pity you for the wealth of knowledge that you continue to deny yourself. Good luck with that.
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime yet, but getting real close!"
This kind of crap going around doesn't help anybody, although I'm sure it helps assuage your little bit of "white guilt" that you feel when a black person passes you on the street and you inwardly try to remind yourself that not every person of color wants to shoot or rape you.
I agree that affirmative action has spawned some strange bedfellows, but you can't pretend that there was no reason for these organizations (such as the Black and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, etc.) to exist to begin with. They were created in a time where the interests of minorities were not as equally represented as they are now. This same logic applies to colleges, cable TV stations, and the like. Not a single one of those black colleges denies entrance to white applicants. I just read an article about a white student (the ONLY white student) attending a black college in the DC area. He said he feels absolutely no racism, prejudice, no discomfort. He was completely welcomed. They also do not deny scholarships to whites--it is simply that whites do not apply for them. Funny how intellectuals can rise above this kind of crap, huh? And yet you and your brethren cannot.
Your slanted view of the history of this country amazes me still. Why don't you go talk to some Native Americans whose heritage was indigenous to the Georgia area, whose relatives died on the Trail of Tears so more "entrepreneurial" white men could have the gold from land that wasn't theirs to begin with, and then tell me how perfect white history is.
It is the denial of OUR shared history that perpetuates racism. Anyone who spits racial epithets at ANYONE ELSE on the street is a racist, whether they're black, white or brown. They are all less for having done it. It has nothing to do with color of skin--it has to do with fear. OF COURSE some people are "black, brown, yellow, and orange" and "not afraid to announce it"--because they can do that now without fear of attack or retribution, but we are not far from the days when this was not so. Do you really expect people not to be exuberant about this freedom? If it were you, you would be. It's a natural human reaction. Why is it not your natural reaction to celebrate it WITH them? Joy is not exclusive.
I'm proud to be a human being--I just happen to be white. It's important to know our history, the good and bad of all sides, in order to accept it and build a lucrative future for everyone. That's why America, even despite the wars we're in right now, still stands for liberty across the globe.
We are the ONLY COUNTRY built on an idea--freedom and liberty for all of its citizens. That's what we should be proud of--that despite continued attacks on that premise from people of your way of thinking, we've still prevailed. And future generations will prevail as well, because the sad, tired rhetoric of older generations who grew up learning fear is passing, to be replaced by generations who learned and will learn acceptance.I pity you for the wealth of knowledge that you continue to deny yourself. Good luck with that.
----- Original Message -----
From: xxxxx
To: xxxxx@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2008 8:18:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Fwd: Proud To Be White
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??A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.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 U.S.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 about this e-mail...Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.I sadly don't think many will. That's why we have lost most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for ourselves !BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime yet, but getting real close!
If we had hundreds of years of slavery, biggotry and oppression imbedded in our history like African Americans have then yes we would be entitled to White Pride Days etc. This defence is ridiculous and completely ignores the imbalance of freedom that has existed between whites and blacks throughout history.
ReplyDeleteexactly--I couldn't agree more.
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