Posted on 05/04/2015 12:37:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A black sociology professor at Vanderbilt University is arguing that “white privilege” is to blame for last week’s riots and looting in Baltimore, Md.
The professor, Tony N. Brown, took to the op-ed pages of The Tennessean late last week to make the claim.
White people act “routinely to harm, demean, and damage black and brown people,” Brown wrote in Nashville’s main newspaper. These actions “explain the lofty levels of frustration and despair among black and brown youth
The professor, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, cites other unrelated incidents as evidence of the riots after the April 19 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. He recalls the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members at the University of Oklahoma who sang a shockingly racist song. He also alludes to the white South Carolina police officer charged with murder for shooting at a fleeing black man eight times.
Brown then blames the white parents of the fraternity members “and others like them” for the racism of their white children.
Using a host of names blatantly implying maximum whiteness — including “Sarah,” “Liam,” “Chase” and “Katey” — Brown offers a blanket condemnation of white parents for sending children to “racially homogenous” schools and churches, living in predominantly white neighborhoods and failing to read children’s books featuring minority characters.
Brown blames white parents for telling “racially insensitive” jokes in front of children and allowing grandparents to use racial slurs “at Thanksgiving.”
Also, white parents inform their children “that all poor people are black and it’s their own fault,” Brown suggests.
“The bottom line is that it’s everyday whites making everyday choices that lock in and protect white privilege,” the Vanderbilt professor admonishes.
Brown’s solution to the problem of white people using “white privilege” to “routinely to harm, demean, and damage black and brown people” is for “people of color” to create a massive, grassroots surveillance network to capture video evidence of racism.
Use cell phones and GoPro camcorders to “record the discourteous way co-workers or service industry workers or police officers treat you,” Brown writes in The Tennessean.
“Record your friends talking about the indignities and micro-aggressions you as a person of color, for example, face in all- or mostly-white spaces,” the professor instructs. “If you happen to identify as white, then record Uncle Roy talking at a private family gathering about the good old days when blacks knew their place. Record how pleasant your interactions are with police officers doing routine traffic stops.”
“Then let’s all post our videos,” Brown declares concerning the vague last step in his racism surveillance scheme.
The price for one year of undergraduate tuition, room and board and mandatory fees at Vanderbilt is about $54,600 (not including a $704 “first year experience fee”). (RELATED: Fancypants $54,600-A-Year Vanderbilt Professor Will Teach Cop-Hating Course)
The concept of white privilege was popularized in academic circles by a 1987 essay entitled “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” The author was Peggy McIntosh, an inconsequential white feminist. (RELATED: Tea Party Is ‘Bald-Faced Racists,’ White Privilege Conference Speaker Tells Sea Of White People)
This man should be run out of town. Not teaching young minds.
The blacks are the ones rioting and destroying everything.
This is like the rapist blaming the rape victim.
It’s like the murderer blaming the murder victim.
These people - citizenship dissolved, one way to Africa, you’re never being let in again. You’ll never have to be in this awful place ever again and we promise we’ll never let you back in to the horrors here.
Another example of a PhD: Piled higher and Deeper.
In my long life I've never had a family gathering where we even mentioned race much less in such a negative way. It's not a topic on our minds.
Wow. As a white, non-Hispanic, American male of parents that date their arrival and citizenship to the 1700s and to around 1900, I don’t feel too guilty about the Baltimore riots. Actually, I don’t feel guilty at all. I did not violently riot and loot. Definitely never suggested it to anyone either. Given the option, I’d have directed the police and law-abiding citizens and business owners to simply shoot looters. Okay, maybe I am guilty of intolerance. The mayor might be right to give the the rioters room to destroy their community but I’m sure glad I don’t have to live with that result. Plus, Baltimore is definitely off my to visit list and my company has canceled all activities in Baltimore for the near future, maybe for the remainder of the year.
People like this man need to start disappearing, or we’ll lose to communism for sure.
You think if these types ever get control they won’t kill every white person they can? They’re animals.
And if by some chance “Uncle Roy” started mumbling that nonsense, we’d pull “Aunt Jill” aside and recommend some nice care homes. These folks really think that all we have to do is worry and talk about them all the time and possibly denigrate them? We have lives to lead and problems of our own.
I work for a major cruise line, I think we’ll be pulling out of Baltimore as a departure port, soon.
The Amity, 1682, one of William Penn’s 23 ships.
Great big BS flag goes here:
“You think if these types ever get control they won’t kill every white person they can? They’re animals.”
You are not supposed to recognize the Plan.
BTW, does he mind taking money (in the form of a salary) from privileged white students?
Its already starting to happen.
Whites are so disarmed by the MSM, entertainment, and the feds.
In Baltimore there were tons of groups of whites around, none of them tried to stand up as a group to these savages. None of them demanded they stand down or would be shot. All the non black people ran and hid inside.
What if they weren’t just planning on destroying and burning. But raping and killing? All those groups of white people would have done nothing but beg on their knees while they were raped and murdered. I bet only 1/20 people had instant access to a firearm. Those weapons should have been used. Once these savages go too far and the public fights back, it will never happen again.
In fact, on CNN there was a couple of young scum worse than gutter trash that pushed the reporter out of line of sight of the camera. They were yelling “We will KILL”, “We will KILL”, “We will KILL.”
I have no doubt that it will happen eventually in big groups like the one in Baltimore, and Zero will have exactly what hes wanted for so long.
If you don’t have weapons, get them. Now.
(Always happy to help!)
Good grief, the “white privilege” BS is getting old.
Imagine if a white dude said these things. I am sure 3,000 decks of race cards would be played, while this a$$ hole probably gets a promotion. I wonder if the country will ever return to some semblance of normalcy?
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