Sean Combs, (Luda)cris, Ryan Burton, Oliver Miller
Posted on 02/08/2019 10:33:24 AM PST by TigerClaws
When you ask a question at a lecture, is it secretly just your opinion ending with the phrase “do you agree?” If so, your name is something like Jake, or Chad, or Alex, and you were taught that your voice is the most important in every room. Somewhere along your academic journey, you decided your search for intellectual validation was more important than the actual exchange of information. Now how do you expect to actually learn anything?
American society tells men, but especially white men, that their opinions have merit and that their voice is valuable, but after four years of listening to white boys in college, I am not so convinced. In my time at Dickinson I have listened to probably hundreds of white boys talk. It feels incessant. From classes and lectures, to the news and politics, there is an endless line of white boys waiting to share their opinions on the state of feminism in America, whether the LGBTQ+ population finally has enough rights, the merits of capitalism, etc. The list of what white boys think they are qualified to talk about is endless. Something very few of them seem to understand is that their (ill-informed, uncritical) opinions do not constitute truth. In fact, most often their opinions aren’t even original. White boys spout the narrative of dominant ideologies and pretend they’re hot takes instead of the same misleading garbage shoved down our throats by American institutions from birth.
I am so g****mned tired of listening to white boys. I cannot describe to you how frustrating it is to be forced to listen to a white boy explain his take on the Black experience in the Obama-era. Hey Brian, I’m an actual Black woman alive right now with a brain. In what world would your understanding of my life carry more weight than my understanding? Unfortunately, it is this world, where white men debate the pain of other people for fun and then take away their rights. The second thing most white boys seem not to understand is that they do not exist separate from the rest of the world. You do not speak alone, you speak with the weight of every other white man who has spoken over a woman, erased the contributions of queer people from history, or denigrated “broken English” as unintelligent. You speak with the weight of policies and laws meant to forever define intelligence by how it measures up to the bros of America.
So, should white boys still be allowed to share their “opinions”? Should we be forced to listen? In honor of Black History Month, I’m gonna go with a hell no. Go find someone whose perspective has been buried or ignored and listen to them, raise up their voice. To all the Chrises, Ryans, Olivers, and Seans out there, I encourage you to critically examine where your viewpoints come from, read a text that challenges you without looking for reasons to dismiss it, and maybe try listening from now on.
Glad I am already married. That’s always been true, though (since 1975).
She’s pissed because white boys keep telling her to hit the salad bar.
Africa is full of nasty jungles and big, mean nasty critters. Actual Africans know how to deal with all that.
Tubby Lardo? Not so much ...
And we wonder why black athletes track down and claim a blonde gal rather than choose one of the many available Leda Fisher-types that are everywhere on any college campus?
It's not just a thing for blondes but the ability to get a word in edgewise that makes them attractive.
“One commentator on the post offers the correctly “woke” response”
Nope, because he is white, so by writing an explanation of her article he is “whitesplaining” and guilty of exactly what the author is railing against, even if he agrees with her!
What this nincompoop fails to grasp is that nobody with an iota of sense would hire her. Not even to scrub toilets
Me too.
They are in a world of hurt then. From the looks of her, she weighs slightly more than a fully loaded nuclear aircraft carrier.
Oh, okay. I see what the problem is now. They wouldn't hit that, so she mad.
I don’t think I’ve read anything so racist in my life.
What an pathetic, hate-filled, person.
Sean Combs, (Luda)cris, Ryan Burton, Oliver Miller
So racism is alive and well, tolerated and even encouraged at Dickinson College? Yes.
Don' be tellin' me dat I can't talk good cuz I speak ebonics. Fo sho dawg I finna wax bout da hood at y’all crackers.
You’d be surprised by some of the incompetent morons that I work with.
Half of them can’t even navigate an excel spreadsheet or outlook email. But they are diverse and have ‘opinions’. That’s all that matters.
You’re right! He should be killed or something.
to the writer of the article:
“Hey, I’m cool with that, toots. I agree, 100%, that white boys should not talk to you anymore. And I do hope you remember that the next time you want to interview for a job, and the ‘white boy’ who is the business owner simply cannot talk to you (much less interview you)... The “white boy” who is the manager of your bank simply cannot talk to you about that loan you want, and the “white boy” landlord, who owns the building, where you want to rent that apartment also cannot talk to you.”
Pretty good indicator of intellectual laziness too.
Don’t use the word “niggard” or any of its variants in any of your emails! It is the most misinterpreted word on the planet.
Racism against Blacks? Bad
Racism against anyone else? Good
She can’t figure this one out, and wants to lecture me?
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