I honestly don't hear 'they shouldn't be racist', but I do hear, constantly, that 'they are racist'. Or deluded, which gets equated to the same thing.
I guess it depends on where you live then. And that I will give you. Experiences do shape a person's perception of the world. But so does looking past them.
I will read the essay, promise and thank you.
Yes, they are indeed the most recent example. My question though is this; how does expecting whites to be 'first' rectify the problem? Wouldn't it make more sense, if we, as the human race, really wanted racism to stop...to just stop, regardless of your race? Why wait for someone else, even you enemy? When has that ever worked? That's like the two kids joshing on each other to go first. If no one takes the first step, it never happens. And if you continue to wait for the other guy to do it before you...it might never happen.
Proactive action. If you gotta wait for the other guy because 'they did it first' or even 'they did it last'...you're just going to go in circles with that argument. And nothing changes at that point. Just repeats.
...I never mentioned the word 'oppression'. Inequality and inequal treatment yes, but that's not the same thing. The first is actively undermining other peoples attempts on a consistant basis and silencing them, the second is exclusion from the same treatment as other people are getting, but not necessarily shutting them up.
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Date: 2007-03-24 12:41 am (UTC)I guess it depends on where you live then. And that I will give you. Experiences do shape a person's perception of the world. But so does looking past them.
I will read the essay, promise and thank you.
Yes, they are indeed the most recent example. My question though is this; how does expecting whites to be 'first' rectify the problem? Wouldn't it make more sense, if we, as the human race, really wanted racism to stop...to just stop, regardless of your race? Why wait for someone else, even you enemy? When has that ever worked? That's like the two kids joshing on each other to go first. If no one takes the first step, it never happens. And if you continue to wait for the other guy to do it before you...it might never happen.
Proactive action. If you gotta wait for the other guy because 'they did it first' or even 'they did it last'...you're just going to go in circles with that argument. And nothing changes at that point. Just repeats.
...I never mentioned the word 'oppression'. Inequality and inequal treatment yes, but that's not the same thing. The first is actively undermining other peoples attempts on a consistant basis and silencing them, the second is exclusion from the same treatment as other people are getting, but not necessarily shutting them up.