Posted on 04/14/2015 10:05:31 AM PDT by rightistight
Salon.com is tired of how ignorant white people are when it comes to race. In a new article titled, Black people are not here to teach you: What so many white Americans just cant grasp, author Kali Holloway says she has had enough.
America loves teachable moments, those real-life Very Special Episodes of supposed cross-cultural exchange and transracial learning, she beings. The problem with those teachable moments, she scoffs, is that the same people always end up doing all the teaching.
No more, says Holloway. In matters of race, the marginalized are tasked with being educators, she writes, That is, people of color (POC), are expected to be patient and polite racial and cultural ambassadors who provide white people new to this whole thinking critically about race thing with a way in.
This is charitable and unselfish of African Americans, says Holloway, particularly to a group of ignorant white people whove previously done precious little thinking about racism and privilege, but often have quite a bit to say on the topic.
And if African Americans do not educate stupid white people, she continues, The idea seems to be that weve missed an opportunity, that its our duty to hold white peoples hands and educate them, that were condemning some poor white person to a continued life of ignorance.
To that end, Holloway has a message for whites: people of color are not obligated to teach even the most well-intentioned white people anything about race. They certainly can if they want to, but its neither their duty or obligation. The onus rests on white allies to educate themselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
Yeah, now I don't need to imagine what her bingo wings look like or, if you prefer, her pork baffles.
Amish...
What they need to teach is “hands up-don’t run”. Seems simple enough to end a lot of problems.
The Peter Principle at work in modern American society.
With movies, TV shows and advertising agencies having been forced to portray negroes as superior to white males, blacks have effectively been promoted to their own level of incompetence.
Too bad you couldn’t have told them this quote from Jesse Jackson himself.....
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
The sad thing is the author probably doesn't even understand their racism
Still trying to start a Race War. Nothing to see here but ignorance.
If I want any multicultural lessons from people who are destroying their own culture, I’ll put on a rap song, and torture myself. Blacks aren’t going to improve their lot one iota by educating stupid white people who buy into to their racist crap.
Grow up! Cultural pity is useless.
Speaking of teaching about race, this black guy has some lessons on that he is giving.
Blacks will follow Obama to HELL ( Promoting Common Sense One Person At A Time )
Luckily, where I live it's hard to find large groups of said Utes unless I go to one of the State Prison units in my area.
The local Utes are not so urban...
This writer is profoundly ignorant... root being “ignore”
A lot of non-blacks teach a lot of blacks about ballistics, too.
I see it in advertising. There is the one ad for Gerbers life insurance / college saving where only the Black couple were smart enough to get it. Then the auto insurance where the girl thinks its A OK to wreck your car and your insurance shouldn’t go up. There are more but can’t remember them all.
I want them to STFU and join western civilization. Their stupid ghetto culture and blatant racism towards whites has grown tiresome.
Wait... oh, yeah, they’re not...
Let Detroit Students Attend School Anywhere They Want
"In 2009, students in Detroit Public Schools posted the worst test scores ever measured on a national test. "
"Stupid White People"?
Is Kali Holloway a “POC” (to use her term)?
If so, then her use of standard English in her written work is an unfair “cultural appropriation” which should not be tolerated by the wise progressives at Salon.
They ought to print her articles in the original Ebonics.
Here’s what I know about race. Get over it, mind your own business, pay your own way, play by the rules, raise your children to be responsible and stop blaming others for your problems.
If this means she’s decided to shut up about race, then I’m all for it. Maybe she can persuade others.
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