Posted on 05/20/2023 9:58:18 AM PDT by TigerClaws
The notion of waking up early and starting your day with the rising sun is often associated with productivity, success, and a strong work ethic. However, this seemingly innocuous concept is not without its historical and cultural implications. In this article, we will explore the origins of the early-rising narrative and how it is rooted in white supremacy, contributing to the perpetuation of racial inequalities.
The Origins of the Early Rising Ideology
The idea that waking up early leads to success and a disciplined life can be traced back to various historical and religious contexts. In the Western world, this belief has been strongly influenced by Protestantism and the Puritan work ethic, which emphasized hard work, diligence, and self-discipline as virtues. This work ethic has long been considered an essential component of the “American Dream” and the idea that success can be achieved through dedication and effort.
The Intersection of Early Rising and White Supremacy
The early-rising ideology is not inherently racist; however, its connections to white supremacy can be seen when examining the broader historical and social contexts. During the era of European colonialism and the Atlantic slave trade, the concept of hard work and productivity became intertwined with race.
Enslaved Africans were forced to work tirelessly from sunrise to sunset, and their white oppressors often used the rhetoric of hard work and discipline to justify their inhumane treatment. This created a false narrative that Africans were inherently lazy and needed the “civilizing” influence of their white masters to teach them the value of work.
This stereotype has persisted and continues to be perpetuated in various forms, such as the “model minority” myth, which suggests that certain racial and ethnic groups are inherently more disciplined and successful than others.
The Impact of the Early Rising Narrative on Racial Inequality
The idea that waking up early is a sign of a superior work ethic and a key to success serves to reinforce racial inequalities in several ways. For one, it places the blame for economic disparities on the individual, rather than acknowledging the systemic barriers that hinder the success of marginalized communities. By promoting the notion that anyone can achieve success if they simply work hard and wake up early, it ignores the structural racism that has created and maintained these inequalities.
Furthermore, the early-rising narrative perpetuates the stereotype that people of color are lazy or lack discipline, which can have real-world consequences in areas such as employment and education. This stereotype can lead to discrimination in the workplace and contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline, where students of color are disproportionately disciplined and pushed out of the education system.
Challenging the Early Rising Ideology and Its Racial Implications
To dismantle the white supremacist roots of the early-rising narrative, it’s essential to challenge the idea that waking up early is inherently virtuous and indicative of success. This involves recognizing that productivity and worth are not solely determined by when someone wakes up, but rather by a multitude of factors, including access to resources, opportunities, and systemic support.
Educating oneself and others about the historical and social contexts that have shaped the early-rising narrative can help raise awareness about its racial implications. Acknowledging the cultural diversity in sleep patterns and work schedules is another important step toward dismantling these harmful stereotypes.
Embracing a More Inclusive and Equitable Approach to Productivity
Creating a more inclusive and equitable society involves redefining our understanding of productivity and success. This means recognizing that there are various ways to be productive and that the traditional 9-to-5 work schedule may not be the best fit for everyone.
It’s crucial to prioritize work-life balance and ensure that employees have the flexibility to work in ways that best suit their needs
Well this proves I’m not a White Supremacist. I sleep in until noon most days :-)
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve.
IIt doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.
This is an example of CRT’s white supremacy trick. They take an attribute linked to success and call it racist. Punctuality? Racist. Perfectionism. Racist. Hard work? Racist. All to make self defeating black behavior more acceptable. CRT was posited by communist because they could not explain why blacks do so poorly on the low expectations of liberal plantation.
I don’t know about racist. But the cult of “only people who wake up early get anything done” is sure BS. Everybody has their own natural rhythm, and all can be productive within it. Just look at when your IT guys do updates. Late at night, cause that’s the best time for it. But morning people aren’t good at 2AM installs. You need late night people for that.
Woke and intersectional ideology are corrosive, dangerous and debilitating. It’s also extremely racist to whites as well as “BiPOCs”
I hate to tell the author this but Asians and Asian immigrants do very well in education, get than whites, because of cultural values of self discipline and priorities. It’s got nothing to do with skin tones and all about cultural values. Blacks who adopt mainstream values that tend to lead to success are attacked as sellouts based on their politics. Assuming people can’t achieve following based on the color of their skin is racist. Assuming they should achieve by rejecting proven paths is also racist. The world doesn’t owe anyone a living no matter their ancestral status or skin pigmentation. And let’s not pretend colorism isn’t a thing.
At this point the answer to community failures is to address cultural issues from values in education to tolerance for crime. Can’t blame others when the power’s in their hands but people do it anyway to avoid accountability. It’s shameful and we must resist this contagion across the mainstream not because of white fragility or white supremacy as they falsely charge but because it needs to be exposed as the fascist fraud that it is. Reject it in the name of liberty and free people of all kinds.
When I lived in Venezuela, (not exactly a hot bed of white supremacy) about half of the stores were open at four and the rest were open by five. You could go to the bank at six. This was AM. By the time noon rolled around things started closed down. Nothing was open from one to three. It was just to blamed HOT to be out and about. A few places would open up for a couple of hours starting at about four. But the sun went down at about seven and all the little bugs came out. And besides you had to be up by three to get your business open by four.
A better name for the article:
“How I cooked an article proving I am a dum bass”, by Anthony Bernardi (15 Followers; I write about social justice and cooking).
We shouldn’t have Asians or Africans living in western countries but that ship (literally) sailed a long time ago.
Well by this article any type of shift work is White supremacy. Wow who knew.
More of the “acting white” nonsense.
My trainer is black and we start at 4:45am. In fact he trains another black couple at 4am. These people are NUTS
I think Anthony Bernardi’s site is all sarcasm. From another of his blog posts -
“The curriculum taught in schools can also perpetuate racism by centering predominantly white narratives and perspectives. Textbooks and lesson plans often fail to represent the contributions and experiences of people of color accurately, leading to a Eurocentric view of history and culture that marginalizes non-white students. “
What he ignores is that many (of course not all but many) non-white cultures did not have written language. In the Americas neither Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, nor any North American tribes had a written language. I am pretty sure that holds true in most of sub-Saharan Africa, if I am wrong please LMK where there was written history before Europeans got there. So whoever writes the history has something to teach about history, has some literature to teach about, has something that was studied and written down to use as the basis for education. What am I missing.
A beta male by the looks of it???
This is just appalling.
Early risers, beware, the FBI Is watching.
LOL! How TRUE!
When I was in high school, I worked summers with a lot of strong black men loading baskets of tobacco in boxcars and they taught me how to work (hard!!!). And the men I worked with were kind to me (a skinny little white kid trying to cut it in a man's line of work) and had great attitudes.
The Wokesters are damaging the incredible hard-working history of the kind of black men and women that helped build America.
Here I thought getting up with the sun dated back to the caveman/cave women days. You know early bird gets the mammoth and all. I guess it’s a good thing they were white supremacists. If not the humane race would’ve starved to death.
Does that mean Ben Franklin is a racist?
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