Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sick and tired.

I'm tired of this run-around, mealy-mouthed, PC crap.

Seriously, if the news shows me clearly that members of a certain ethnic group are insane and unstable in many ways, don't I have the right to say that generally there is a good chance they are all that way? I mean, when the two kids at Columbine, Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kazinsky, or the man who shot abortion doctor George Tiller have all been covered in the news for vast killings and terrorist activity, don't I have reason to believe any white male might do the same to me?

When I read that majority of rapists are white males, don't I have reason to worry if I see my girlfriend working alongside one at her job? Is the fact that most drug users have been white enough for me to suspect them of such activity upon meeting them?

Can I question the mentality of white leaders when one of them (Bill Clinton) made such a grave error as to bomb and kill many people thought to be dangerous when in fact they were simply in a factory making aspirin? How about when one of them decided to invade a country, be responsible for the deaths of untold thousands, simply because of what turned out to be a weak hunch and doctored intelligence? 

Can I assume most white males are alcoholics when it turns out the most common binge drinkers are of that ethnic group

Not so long ago, it was revealed that white people used up most types of welfare more often and in higher per capita percentages than black people, the group who are typically stereotyped for such actions. Do I have the right to speak about whites as a lazy, unmotived, hand-out driven group? 

Of course I wouldn't go and say all of that. However, it's so easy for us to speak in codified language, maintain stereotyped and racial myths, but I'm sure for many white people it's a little hard to swallow when the shoe's on the other foot. 


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You might be interested in this - it talks a lot about what you're saying here, but framed as open letter to a well-known racist...

http://godheval.net/an-open-letter-to-steven-sailer/