Posted on 03/23/2021 3:43:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber
I’ve said, here and elsewhere, that one of the principal benefits of the pandemic is how I’ve been able to exclude racism and whiteness generally from my day-to-day life. Over the past year, I have, of course, still had to interact with white people on Zoom or watch them on television or worry about whether they would succeed in reelecting a white-supremacist president. But white people aren’t in my face all of the time. I can, more or less, only deal with whiteness when I want to. Their cops aren’t hunting me when I drive through my neighborhood; their hang-ups aren’t bothering me (or threatening me) when I’m just trying to do some shopping.
That’s because I haven’t been driving or shopping in person. White people haven’t improved; I’ve just been able to limit my exposure to them. I’ve turned my house into Wakanda: a technically advanced, globally isolated home base from which I can pick and choose when and how often to interact with white people.
To be clear, it’s not that most or even many of my interactions with white people are “bad”; it’s that I’m able to choose when to expose myself to interactions with potentially bad white people. That choice is a privilege I’ve never really had until this past year. Going out into white society for me is a little bit like a beekeeper going to get honey. I know what I’m doing: If I put on the right protection and blow enough smoke, most of the bees will leave me alone and the ones who don’t won’t really cause me that much pain. But I’ve got to put on the suit and the hat with the mesh and carry the smoke machine and be careful every time I want some goddamn honey.
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I’ve really felt the bad vibes towards myself as a white guy in the last few years. Perhaps it’s imagined but I doubt it. Looks like we will have to defend ourselves at some point oh well come and get me.
This arrogant self centers moron thinks someone will miss them.
NOT ME....
Go get lost in the woods and recycle yourself no one cares.
Re-write the entire article and change white to black publish that in a major paper. Wait and see what reaction you get.
This person made me think of George Wallace: “ and I say - segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"
Also,
AS IF EVERY ONE OF US DOESN’T ENCOUNTER UNPLEASANTNESS FROM ALL COLORS OF PEOPLE?? COME ON MAN!
I can’t get over the denseness of people. He really is unable to see the truth in front of his face.
Elie has white privilegie.
He/she/it is privileged because he/she/it has a computer, car, phone, A/C, electricity, refrigeration, freedom, somewhat of an education, a developed society, etc. We’re all privileged because whitey developed all those things.
If he truly wanted segregation, I wouldn’t have any problem with it.
So, this guy is for segregation?
Maybe a whites only water fountain would make him feel better.
F’n racists!
Thats fine. Liberia was established for freed slaves. So for those who want to leave America can all move to Liberia. No complaints.
Exactly.
Wakanda is not technically advanced. Everything is driven by a material with magic properties. Just make a container of it in some device, and that device will just do whatever the script wants it to do
Good. White society isn’t interested in ever seeing you, so stay in your basement, keep hating whites, and anytime you reach out to any entity, whether to order products or to inquire about a bill, or anything else, state firmly that you want interaction only with those of your race, whatever that is.
One cannot read that sentence without concluding the author is a racist, mentally ill, and very likely, both.
An adult would say to them "Do you not listen to the words that come out of your mouth?"
Ah, the fallback to Wakanda, the fictional African utopia. I wonder what real African country he would like to live in?
Elie- You stay home, and stay on zoom, whatever that is. I’ve got you right where I want you!
perhaps she’d be more comfortable in chiraq?
Eliie is guilty of Cultural Appropriation.
Red Flagging was specifically designed for people like her
What a loser
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