I've Figured This Out: In the wake of Ferguson, The Shaw Shooting, Dillon Taylor, John Crawford, Eric Garner, etc

In case you've been wondering where I've been, I've been dealing with all of these shootings. I've been arranging protests, talking to politicians, and all of that kind of stuff, which don't lend much time to blog, therefore you guys won't see updates from me as often. Anyway, let's get right down to it:


Have you ever heard anybody say, "Well America doesn't care when a White person gets killed by the police, or when something of this sort happens to White people. They just ignore it. What about us? This shit happens here too, they're not special and I'm sick of it." ? Well, I actually have the answer for that argument.


The reason why it appears that America doesn't care about these sort of things when they happen to White people is because America spent SO MANY YEARS trying to convince people that anybody other than White is bad, and they are bad in every single way imaginable. There has been a mass campaign of propaganda that was and still is strewn all across the world that was geared towards instilling hatred for these people. America has devoted centuries to instilling this hatred, and making sure that America appears like a great country. America has molded the idea of what an American should look like, how rich this country is, and what a rich person should look like. The image of this sort of person is a White man with a White family. Americans are supposed to be nice,rich, and White. 


That "American" lives in a big house in a White neighborhood with no crime because everybody is White. If crime does happen, it will be rectified by a swift and just decision. American soldiers go to fight and free everyone else from their tyrannical situations, and the soldiers work to create an American like government to make people feel free.


This is the image that has been instilled into many generations of people. It has been passed down, and not given too much thought. People allowed this image to circulate, and they allowed the negativity whether they want to believe it or not.


Now how many "other" Americans in this country have paid attention to this programming as well? It's basically every type of non White person living in this country who has seen this stuff for many years. Now most White people haven't questioned this propaganda. They have knowingly or unknowingly accepted it
This is the exact reason why whenever injustices happen to White people, it appears as if people don't care. They BOUGHT the so called American Image. And those who complain about why it seems that no one cares about _____ happening to White people have allowed this to happen.


White people have to deal with this American image that was created and there's no getting around it. This is why when something happens to a poor White person, people appear to not care. They bought into the idea that nothing bad CAN happen to them because they are White, which makes some of them incredulous to the fact. It is why some White people show disdain for poor White people because they are White. This means that if you are White and poor, there must be something really wrong with you. It's almost as if they say, "How could YOU be poor. That's impossible. You're embarrassing us."


Since this idea has been woven into the fabric of The United States, that means dismantling this image will be difficult. This will not require some quick kumbya type band-aids issued by the government via voting. This will be deep, and a lot of people will have to question their identities. This means the country will have to work through each and every bit of propaganda that was strewn. They will need to turn it over, put it under a microscope, and actually LOOK, LEARN and DO. They can not look to Black people to fix this because after all, Black people had no part in making this image, nor did we gain any benefits from it.


That being said, all I can say to them is "Good luck with that."

And GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE with that "America doesn't care about White people" bullshit.

That is all.

I Don't Understand Why (insert racist thing) is Racist, Why don't You Clue Me In? < Are you for real?

 0_____O < Insert giant side eye here.  Here's why:

Every so often, a White person will ask this question in some way shape or form, and they never cease to amaze me. I decided I'd write a default response:

I think it's crazy for Black people to have to be their teachers on this subject. Why do we need to teach grown ass adults about how to act around different people and races? This is something they should be conscious of. They are the ones who spread the idea that America is a melting pot and that we should all get along. It is up to them to act like they have some sense, and learn on their own. They can google everything under the sun, so why is it that when something racist pops up they want to ask us what the problem is? Did their google ninja skills all of a sudden fail to function? Are their fingers broke? I think not. They need to be accountable for their actions, and stop using other races as a scapegoat for their fuck ups (for lack of a better phrase). That means no more saying things like, "But my Black friend said..." or" I'm 1/16th Cherokee" or "Why do Black people get to ..." and so on and so forth. Stop the foolishness and be accountable for their actions and stay out of Black folks's business (I'm looking at those who always want to say, "But black on black crime....but statistics, but numbers..." and other various talking points and confirmation bias based data, they may want to present to state their so called case. And stop with that oh so convenient, "But we're all American" mess, when they sit up there and want to talk about "Black on Black crime, but never refer to crime committed by Whites as "White on White crime" because then and only then crime is treated as a default or American problem", and crime by Blacks is some mystical phenomenon that must be shamed ,scrutinized, and looked at with disdain. Stop following up with paternalistic tripe whenever pretending to open up dialogue pertaining to Black issues. Long story short, we are not their teachers, and we can't expect them to learn anything about us and how things are when they can't even begin to accept the what when where why and how things got to be the way they are. They better read some books, use their google fu and do real research instead of coming up with voyeuristic things to stroke their own ego and confirm their biases and for gods sake take responsibility instead of blaming everybody else and telling them stuff like "get over it" or "everyone doesn't have the same opinion as you" after they don't like what is said when their questions are answered.

Usually, the response goes:  That's bullshit and you know it. You're racist and you people are impossible. You should be thankful you're brought into this country. It's the best country for your people, and if you don't like it, you should go back to Africa. I'm sure they'd take you.

Really?  Really. Are you sure you want to take the argument there? Naw, I take that back. I read this article that eloquently explains what White America has been feeling as of late. The title leaves much to be desired, but they wrote nothing but truth. For those who don't really like to read and want the TL;DR version of the article in question, I'd like to say : GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THAT!  Reading is something that is required  when a person has a computer or tries to communicate by using one. People have time to look up things like "What Does The Fox Say?", and shit like this  but don't have time to find out the answers to their questions?!  That's very telling indeed.  If one is actually willing to seek that knowledge, they will do what it takes to learn it, but I'll go ahead and humor folks and post the short version:

Long story short,  they refuse to recognize the accountability of their great grandparents for losing the farms, or making it so minorities would end up taking their jobs, I mean, that's what they voted for, and because of the treatment of Blacks by their ancestors for so long, the so called minority would probably be of no threat to them because they would be doing their own thing away from Whites. But no, they had to keep those Blacks under their thumb by any means necessary, and now things are the way they are because of that. I'm going to say that maybe they should have educated themselves and voted accordingly instead of voting based on party. Maybe they should have read their contracts carefully before signing up for those loans. Maybe they should have worked harder to pay them off. No one told them to take the shortcut and sell their land to pay off the debt. It's called fiscal responsibility and accountability folks! The rest of us are fiscally responsible and are accountable for what we spend and what we do, so why do they think they can get a pass? Plus the media who happens to be controlled by people like them were also telling everybody that having 2.5 kids was the "ideal' for the American family while others were making babies. This unsolicited advice was given for a very long time, I might add, so it isn't our fault that they blindly followed it. Now they are in the minority, so what do they think would happen next over a couple of years? They can't blame other minorities for their loss in income. They need to take a good hard look in the mirror, and look at what their actions have caused them over the years. 

That being said, They ought to face it, America is the country where they can exercise their freedoms more than every other country and they pay the least amount of taxes when compared to those in the European union. And since the Native Americans were there first in the US, newsflash, Whites don't own it, as much as they want to think they do and cry about what they see themselves entitled to.  If they don't like it they can leave or just shut up and deal with it. /s

What? they mad? To be continued...

Throw in Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern and there you go.

Okay, I saw this article which really piqued my interest.  Let me be completely honest here. Race relations have never really been all that good in the United States between Blacks and Whites in general. But ever since the Zimmerman verdict, people are hotter than fish grease.  I know about how people feel about Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton, and they are not my favorite people in general.  To be fair, I also dislike O'Reiley and Hannity as well.  The thing I find real funny about those two is that they are the very first ones to call somebody a race baitor when they are constantly in everybody's faces talking a bunch of trash, especially about Black people. They really seem to get off on throwing Blacks under the bus any chance they get, and they get these people to appear on their show who agree with them, otherwise they won't even let them speak.  Well I just want to say that I agree with the article and since they want to start calling people race baitors, then they need to look at themselves and see that they are the main ones doing it, and that includes Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern's punk asses.