Posted on 01/01/2023 3:20:58 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Sleep is a necessary and universal human activity that is essential for physical and mental well-being. However, the history of sleep and the attitudes surrounding sleep are riddled with racist beliefs, practices, and ideas.
When you sleep, you cannot work, unless you are participating in a sleep study. White people have more wealth than black people and other races. Therefore, white people can better afford to sleep. This is one way the distribution of sleep is racist and perpetuates racism. There are only so many sleep studies, and black people cannot perform them all.
Another way sleep has racist roots is due to the segregation of sleeping spaces. Historically, in America, masters slept in the "Master Bedroom," while slaves slept in the "slave bedroom." Today, slave bedrooms are now known as "guest bedrooms" or "secondary bedrooms." Yet this rebrand does not remove the stench of racism, which has a long and deeply entrenched history in the United States.
Additionally, the inventor of sleep, Bob Sleep, was a documented racist and slave owner. In fact, many historians believe Sleep first entered the altered condition of mind and body known as "sleep" in order to avoid interacting with black people.
Anyone, particularly anyone white, who engages in sleep today is perpetuating a dangerous and harmful practice with racist roots. But this harmful history has not stopped people from sleeping. In fact, despite the fact that one in eight people who die in America dies in their sleep, we Americans continue our sick fascination with rest.
You can't be woke if you're asleep. So, if you do not want to be a racist, the solution is clear: stay awake. Forever.
The Babylon Bee IS a satire website.🙂
Has anyone ever gotten paid for a sleep study?
“... the master bedroom is now called the PRIMARY bedroom.”
“Owner’s suite” was in use for a while, since most “master bedrooms” had an attached bathroom. However, that’s also racist ... slave-owner’s suite! ... and also discriminates against renters, who might feel they couldn’t use the rooms because it’s the “owner’s suite.”
And a “En Suite” is french and will sneer at your pitiful attempts at decorating.
Bob Sleep! Now I know the inventor of Sleep... Thanks Bee for telling me who invented sleep..
Everyone says, “Look, it has an en-suite!” on the house-hunting shows, like “Mexico Life.” They must be coached. And no normal American man ever said, “These cabinets are a little dated.”
Now that’s funny!
Thank you for the LOL. I needed it.
So true!
My second LOL on this thread.
FReepers have the best sense of humor.
Has anyone ever gotten paid for a sleep study?
Decades ago when Dr Dement was at Stanford, some of his subjects didn’t have to pay for their sleep studies. That was worth a lot of dough/money.
William Charles Dement was an American sleep researcher and founder of the Sleep Research Center at Stanford University. He was a leading authority on sleep, sleep deprivation and the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy.
Born: July 29, 1928, Wenatchee, WA
Died: June 17, 2020, Stanford, CA
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