"Someone Finally Said It!!!
Proud To Be White
Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans,
Mexican Americans,
Asian Americans,
Arab Americans,
Native 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.
But when I call you
Kike, Towel head,
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 Hispanic History Month.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Asian History Month.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Kawanza.
You have the NAACP.
And 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-only Colleges in the US ,
yet if there were 'White-only 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 red,
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
who is running from the LAW and
posing a threat to ALL of 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..."(Unknown Source).
The above is an email that was forwarded to me by a colleague of mine. It is
difficult to say exactly from where it originated but it has been circulated all over
the world I'm sure. I chose this email due to its outright blasphemous content.
It relates to the course because we have been reading and discussing racism,
oppression and privilege. In fact, Johnson, in chapter 3, gives a pretty decent
explanation of what it means to be privileged. Apparently, whomever began
circulating this junk mail doesn't seem to feel privileged enough as a white
person. He or she also feels as if white people are oppressed in today's society.
Johnson does say that one can be privileged yet unprivileged simultaneously. It
all just depends on the person and what is happening in his/her life.
All in all, this email has me shaking my head in disbelief. Ignorance is
widespread and emails like this is how children are or can be influenced. In
response to those who believe the email's content and continue to forward it, I
would have to tell them all to get an education. What these people seem to forget
or have never learned is what truly happened in our nation's history. All of the
groups mentioned are oppressed groups because the white man has always had
the upper hand and still are the utmost privileged. The email doesn't even make
mention to the fact that white women and women in general have "special"
scholarships and what not. They are also an oppressed group but that would just
debunkify the racist connotations suggested in the email. Maybe those groups do
have some of those things but white men have always and still do have a great deal
more power and privilege. Education is key and knowledge is power!
Sources:
Unknown source."Someone Finally Said It!."Forwarded email.2008.
Johnson, Alan G. "Chapter 3: Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination."Power, Privilege and Difference, 2nd edition.New York: McGraw Hill, 2006.41-53.
difficult to say exactly from where it originated but it has been circulated all over
the world I'm sure. I chose this email due to its outright blasphemous content.
It relates to the course because we have been reading and discussing racism,
oppression and privilege. In fact, Johnson, in chapter 3, gives a pretty decent
explanation of what it means to be privileged. Apparently, whomever began
circulating this junk mail doesn't seem to feel privileged enough as a white
person. He or she also feels as if white people are oppressed in today's society.
Johnson does say that one can be privileged yet unprivileged simultaneously. It
all just depends on the person and what is happening in his/her life.
All in all, this email has me shaking my head in disbelief. Ignorance is
widespread and emails like this is how children are or can be influenced. In
response to those who believe the email's content and continue to forward it, I
would have to tell them all to get an education. What these people seem to forget
or have never learned is what truly happened in our nation's history. All of the
groups mentioned are oppressed groups because the white man has always had
the upper hand and still are the utmost privileged. The email doesn't even make
mention to the fact that white women and women in general have "special"
scholarships and what not. They are also an oppressed group but that would just
debunkify the racist connotations suggested in the email. Maybe those groups do
have some of those things but white men have always and still do have a great deal
more power and privilege. Education is key and knowledge is power!
Sources:
Unknown source."Someone Finally Said It!."Forwarded email.2008.
Johnson, Alan G. "Chapter 3: Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination."Power, Privilege and Difference, 2nd edition.New York: McGraw Hill, 2006.41-53.
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