Posted on 04/27/2016 1:01:42 PM PDT by pabianice
To The Editor,
Two weeks ago the Stand Against Racism program presented a panel of black activists at the Honors College to talk about their experiences with prejudice. During the Q & A period an audience member asked the panelists what they wanted from whites who wanted to be allies to people of color. They didnt have to think for more than a moment before the answers came pouring forth. This is what I managed to jot down (paraphrased):
Come to our events.
Share our social media postings and flyers.
Link your organizations with ours.
Dont come to us looking for recognition for being good (given your pre-existing white privilege).
Fight white supremacy.
Listen. You dont have to inject your own ideas all the time.
Dont think your view can represent our reality.
Dont think you can make pronouncements on black suffering.
Dont expect blacks to educate you about their experiences; that is the ultimate in white privilege. We are too busy dealing with the effects of racism to educate you. Educate yourself. There are many books, articles, magazines, movies and other resources.
Be active, not passive. Interrupt racism as soon as you hear it. Even if it doesnt offend you, if it offends your black friend, just say something to the other person that makes them uncomfortable and makes them think.
I wanted to pass this information along, since I had wanted to know the answer to the question, What should I do to be an ally? and there may be others who had that same question.
Sincerely,
Melinda Nielsen
Set up a fund to provide one-way tickets to Zimbabwe.
This honest treatment closely resembles the gratitude of welfare recipients, i.e., ZERO.
You get free stuff, then you revile the person who gave you the free stuff.
The hundreds of thousands of white northern males lost in the North-South war,
along with our being born after Jim Crow,
along with our family tree never having slaves,
along with our not ever having lived in a southern state or ever being in favor of discrimination,
along with our practice of agreeing that all men are created equal,
along with our agreement with Dr King that men are to be judged by the content of their character,
...all come together to wash away any molecule or hope
of white guilt.
So, white folks are invited to sit in the back of the bus. Surprised more aren’t clamoring for their own invitations.
that’s in there, several times
Don't you understand? That is the beauty of it. If you can forever live in fear of offending them for any, unknown reason, you will be eternally under their control.
You will give them stuff and vote how they want. You will be their slave who will be allowed to live as a dhimmi as long as it is within their ever changing prescribed bounds.
Sounds complicated. Wouldn’t it be easier to just shoot them?
Problem is, those in the #BLM movement have a very different definition of racism than the commonly accepted one. So when they say "interrupt racism as soon as you heart it" they have a bunch "microaggressions" in mind that sane people would never consider racist.
“Listen. You dont have to inject your own ideas all the time.
Dont think your view can represent our reality.
Dont think you can make pronouncements on black suffering.”
Shut up and take the abuse, whitey, it’s payback time!
Feel sorry for whites who join up with a bunch of black racists and their “cause.” Sick people.
"People who annoy you..." LOL!!! ;)
Then who would produce the free stuff?
“If you can forever live in fear of offending them for any, unknown reason, you will be eternally under their control.”
Which happens to be a classic tactic of domestic abusers and torturers/interrogators. It is designed to break your spirit, by making you realize that even total capitulation will not free you from their abuse.
I think you misunderstood who's getting shot.
What really is a crime is the fake cries of racism go unpunished, uncalled out by blacks. Thus, the real acts of racism are equated with the fraudulent ones...cries of racism should only be when it is real. I have no problem seeing people punished for that. I also would like to see punishment for frauds. I’m not holding my breath.
They don't care about your reality.
“What blacks want from white allies”
Short answer, NO. Blacks need to recognize that throughout modern history the trend is; Mo negros, mo problems. Reflect on that for a while.
Get a life.
Take responsibility for it.
Realize nobody but you controls your life.
Work hard and support yourself.
Oh, and by the way, shove it.
“White middle class America is about to be heard from. Thay had better listen.”
Yes, indeed. And its a beautiful thing.
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