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A Righteous Rant
White Ignorance Causes Black Angst: Stop Playing Innocent, Oblivious and Getting Pay-Amnesia
A case study in Caucasian frustration — it’s time to admit — you don’t CARE about us because if you did — you’d do better
There is something about unapologetic racists I kind of appreciate because I always know where I stand… and that’s far, far away.
So, to all my bold, redneck — in your face racists — THANK YOU for not lulling me into a false sense of security and making me think you actually care about my humanity or want to be inclusive when you’re perfectly fine — living in your all-white world, doing all the white things you like to do.
Thank you for not including me in your places of business, professional, social circles, and social media. Thank you for not inviting me to anything and anywhere where my mind, body, or spirit would be in jeopardy of being hurt or degraded.
I appreciate the authenticity of your explicit, overt, and blatant bias, prejudice and discriminatory practices that keep me out of harm’s way.
It’s the cowardly conservative Christians and Privilettas who bask in the obnoxious glow of power and privilege that are the most problematic. They love to throw nasty stones, and hide behind oblivion, denial and the shield of patriotism, law and order, and respectability politics (they rarely adhere to). All these phrases are just coded euphemisms wrapped around good ol’ fashion racism, sexism and all the other isms that maintain their status and comfort.
Then, there are the neoliberals who think their proximity to Black people give them a pass to make rude, insensitive comments and racist jokes. Then when you call them out, they become insulted or smile politely and do gross things with your food, file complaints before talking to you or call the police because you’re Black or brown and they don’t know why — but there’s something about us that bothers them and it’s somehow our fault.
You know — like the hairless, lipless, super rich Muppet who Fox News keeps rewarding for his race baiting conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric — that makes excuses for the good ol’…
