Posted on 01/10/2017 4:23:15 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The New York Times published a story today about racial divisions that are springing up around the Women’s March on Washington, the progressive event scheduled for the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration. At the core of the story is Jennifer Willis, a white woman from South Carolina who was planning to attend the march with her daughters. But after reading something online which she found off-putting, Willis decided to cancel her trip. From the NY Times:
Ms. Willis, the South Carolina wedding minister, had been looking forward to the salve of rallying with people who share her values, a rarity in her home state, where she said she had been insulted and shouted at for marrying gay couples.
But then she read a post by ShiShi Rose, a 27-year-old blogger from Brooklyn.
“Now is the time for you to be listening more, talking less,” Ms. Rose wrote. “You should be reading our books and understanding the roots of racism and white supremacy. Listening to our speeches. You should be drowning yourselves in our poetry.”
Willis felt offended at the assumption that she wasn’t already aware of her advantages but told the NY Times, “The last thing that is going to make me endeared to you, to know you and love you more, is if you are sitting there wagging your finger at me.”
For her part, ShiShi Rose tells the Times she wasn’t trying to discourage anyone from attending the march, but adds, “I needed them to understand that they don’t just get to join the march and not check their privilege constantly.”
The last word in the piece is given to Willis who asks, “Can you please tell me what that means?” I think she already has an instinctive sense of what it means, which is why she was offended. It’s progressive code for: Shut up! Here’s the original Instagram post that convinced Willis to change her plans:
For some people, their outlook of this country deeply changed on November 9th. For the rest of us, this is how it has always looked.
I want to remind you that that is a privilege.
It’s a privilege that white supremacy wasn’t at the forefront of your reality, because you benefit from it.
I want to remind you that no ally ever got very far, in any movement, without acknowledgement of their own privilege daily. You do not just get to join the efforts that people of color have been working for their entire lives to both teach and survive, without doing work, too. You don’t just get to join because now you’re scared, too. I was born scared.
Now is the time for you to be listening more, talking less, spend time observing, taking in media and art created by people of color, researching, and unlearning the things you have been taught about this country. You should be reading our books and understanding the roots of racism and white supremacy. Listening to our speeches. You should be drowning yourselves in our poetry. Now is the time that you should be exposed to more than just the horrors of this country, but also the beauty that has always existed within communities of color. Beauty that was covered over because the need to see white faces depicted was more important.
Now is the time to teach your children, to call out your family, to finally speak up. You have been silent for long enough. Now is the time to realize that you should have joined us sooner. But since you’re here now, it’s time to get to work.
Why would anyone want to join a march after being told they haven’t done enough, don’t know enough and need to shut up even if they show up? And all of this coming from a 27-year-old. Willis is right to stay home.
Blacks got involved...
“ShiShi”? Good Lord! If the chick hopes to have credibility ever, first thing tomorrow she needs to hike on down to the courthouse ... or wherever ... and start paperwork for a name change.
ShiShi Rose, a 27-year-old blogger from Brooklyn.
There's somebody whose every word, thought, feeling, rant, rave, blather and drivel should be dismissed out of hand as utterly worthless.
Anyone ever tell me to check my privilege. I get my ‘Bronx’ on and grab my privilege and say ‘I got my privilege for ya right here’
Hmm, White leftist gets called out by racist Black leftist. You gotta swallow the whole script, Whitey, or you ain’t down with the struggle. Ya dig ?
BLM has seemed to make them twice as contentious as they already were before. No 12% minority has ever subjugated a 76% majority to my knowledge in human history. And most Latinos and Asians consider themselves “white” in this context, despite what the Left may wish.
There are only two things in this world for some people. Those things that are black. And those things that are racist.
Lets take a toilette. Its racist because its white. If a black person made it. It would be black. Bread is racist for the same reason. Brown bread is racist because its trying to not be white bread. But we know its made by white people. Off brand white bread used to make a bbg pork sandwich. Thats black.
Who cares? Let them eat their own.
Both of these womyn can go entertain themselves.
>>“ShiShi”? Good Lord! If the chick hopes to have credibility ever, first thing tomorrow she needs to hike on down to the courthouse ... or wherever ... and start paperwork for a name change.<<
They will probably change it to “Laqisha” or “VaVoonda” or “Toblerone.”
First laugh of the day.
Gee, I wonder Ms. Willis gets it now. We are sick and tired of being called “racist” due to the color of our skin.
Much better! LOL!
“They will probably change it to “Laqisha” or “VaVoonda” or “Toblerone.”
I can imagine a great “Wheel of Forune” parody based on this idioticy. “I’ll take ghetto names for $500.....”
So the stripper (Shishi rose? How could she be anything else with a name like that?) is telling us there is beauty in “communities of color”.
So is a gang banger shot dead during a drug deal, where excess shots kill the local children, a thing of beauty?
Is rampant absentee fatherhood in the black community a thing of beauty?
Are test scores far below the scores of EVERY OTHER GROUP a thing of beauty?
Is an increased rate of drug usage a thing of beauty?
How about increased crime rates, increased illiteracy and increased teen pregnancy?
Shishi has a pretty warped sense of beauty.
Now contrast that to blacks who have integrated into mainstream American society. They have basically the same statistics as the rest of society. Smart well behaved kids (assuming the kids haven’t been sucked into black culture) who go to school, get good grades, get married before having children, contribute to society by working and taking care of their families.
We don’t have a racism problem in this country. We have a cultural problem. so called “black” culture destroys all trapped within it.
And this is what Shishi wants us to “immerse” ourselves in? Rather than swim in the sewer let’s get it cleaned up!
Black culture is like islam, it should not exist.
(On second thought I guess she could also be a prostitute or other sex worker)
Sheesh, Shishi! Lighten up already!
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