Posted on 09/07/2017 12:38:52 AM PDT by Cronos
Last week, model Munroe Bergdorf hit headlines when a statement she’d posted on social media following the protests in Charlottesville allegedly calling all white people racist was leaked to the Daily Mail. Since then, Bergdorf has received rape threats and death threats, been accused of “playing the victim”, and been sacked from a L’Oréal campaign that, ironically, celebrates diversity.
For the record, I’m white. I don’t hate other white people. Lots of my friends are white. Yet the statement “all white people are racist” doesn’t make me angry. It makes me sad, because I believe it’s probably true.
...We live in a society that is built on the spoils of racism, and that continues to benefit from inequality in all its forms. Or, as Bergdorf put it: “Slavery and colonialism, at the hands of white supremacy, played a huge part in shaping the United Kingdom and much of the west, into the superpower that it is today.”
“Why does that make me a racist?!” I hear you ask. It comes down to this: in western society we are all taught (explicitly or implicitly) that lighter is better. Those racist narratives are particularly prevalent in the US, but you’re kidding yourself if you think we Britons don’t suffer from the same prejudice. Take, for example, the stereotypical portrayals of black people in the media.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Even to the USA -- the foundation of the US economy is the phenomenal resources of the country tied to the freedom for people to build themselves up as they liked.
“She” is a man.
Racism is the least of ‘her’ problems.
Blah! These people need to back off.
The Left is pushing this narrative hard, I’m seeing it in other places. White Privilege, blah blah blah, you’re a racist if you don’t accept the concept and do your part to erase it, no, Western Civ isn’t superior, all the self-hating Cultural Marxist Critical Theory crap.
Sorry, homey don’t play that. Anyone of any color can choose to operate within the framework of Western Civ, to their advantage. Many do. Many don’t, to their detriment.
"...Katherine Craig is a lawyer and social change consultant..."
Did I get the wrong person? - that seemed to be attached to the article
What a load of crap.
What a load of crap.
If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.
If you're part of the solution you're part of the problem.
Is it "deplorable" to think that in this case the "rape threats" are likely fake or possibly even non-existent? Who wants to rape a transsexual?
Ah, I see, you were talking about the “model” - who was in the first pic I posted.
Yes, I saw that the other day -— man-hands.....
I know rape is a crime of violence, not of desire, but in this case I’d think that a man threatening violence on another man would go straight to the death threat.
Worth repeating.
Under the modern Critical Theory definition of racist, which includes judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin as racist, I don’t care who is racist. I despise racists and racism under the old definition, but leftists do not get to both redefine the word and keep the negative connotations of the old definition.
Every article like this brings Trump 100,000 voters in the next election. I welcome them.
It's Oaks against Maples. The Maples want to drag the Oaks down to their level.
I don’t know if all white people are racists. But I am positive that all ethnic minorities are.
The truth is that whites, in general, are the most accepting about race of all the races. Not that it necessarily a good thing as we increasingly see no matter what whites acquiesce on it is never enough. Whites leave themselves in a defenseless position.
It is the SJWs and those influenced by their propaganda that are f___ing dangerous, regardless of their race.
People of all races who do not have fanatic ideologies or belief systems can get along just fine.
However, in the current environment of MSM, university, large corporation, large non-profit anti-white straight male propaganda there are many people (of different races and ethnicities) out there who have been drinking the MSM hate Kool-Aid and are dangerous to children and other living things.
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