Tuesday, November 11, 2008
How can we create change if we choose to be complacent?
I'm sickened by white people's racism and yet I'm even more saddened by Black people's inability to define, identify, and call out racist behaviors. No matter what white people say, as long as they finish it with, "I'm not racist," all is forgiven. A TEACHER yelled at his students that the new national anthem was going to be Movin' on Up, that the new flag was going to be the KFC flag, and his only reprimand . . . being suspended for discouraging the election glee of his students. Students of color no less. I've seen more Black people making excuses for their excitement in the last week, more blogs of how black people have chosen to remain silent at work in the post election depression of white people. How can we create change if we choose to be complacent in their racism? We must speak out, we must call them out, we must hold the news media responsible for their perpetuation of racism.
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5 comments:
So true
your blog is good good good......
You're absolutely correct.
No excuse-making here. They will be called out from the rooftops on my end.
your perception filters a good chunk of the world off. Everywhere i go on the net I see the cheering of white liberals about Obama's victory. If you don't see whites celebrating Obama your vision is blurred.
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