It’s not like during February, schools across the land stop teaching the historySometimes DeRusha ventures in to the "wacky" side of the Good Questions he gets and other times he takes the serious route. This, though, is one of a very few - if not the first times - I have seen him rather publicly decry the stupidity of some obviously racist and ignorant internet users who cower behind their keyboards submitting ridiculously lowbrow ideas and comments to a genuine journalist.
that involved white people. Is there really anything wrong with taking a
part of our nation’s history that’s been largely ignored (that of black
Americans) and taking note of it? Why does it bother people so much?
If you don’t care for it, ignore it. It’s not a Good Question. Try harder.
DeRusha isn't alone in dealing with comments of that nature. I have one friend in particular whom I'm fairly certain is serious when he asks why when there's a cable channel named BET (Black Entertainment Television) there isn't a cable channel geared exclusively towards "whites". It scares the crap out of me that I have a friend who (apparently) thinks at such a simple level. I've answered his question numerous times by telling him to use his remote control and flip through the channels. Basically EVERY DAMN CHANNEL could be billed as television for whites.
I kepe hoping that he uses this comment to inflame me and get a reaction (I'm good at reacting) but the rest of what he says isn't exactly the sharpest of comments either so I tend to take it at face value. I guess I'll have to take things to the next level. Maybe I'll suggest that he try our Spike TV because the dreck they air screams TV for dumb white guys.
Ah, hell, why can't people just zip it when they have the urge to utter something incredibly stupid? Of course without them, who would A.) work at Walmart and B.) I blog about?
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5 comments:
Totally agree...we can't have a White Pride Expo. No fair
Hmm, White Pride Expo. I'll pass that along to the local KK, hey, wait a minute - that sounds like a joke Michelle!
Nothing special to say. I am agree with the 2 comments .Come to Dish TV and you will fond "White entertainment television".
maybe i'm ignorant and simple, but there are certain things that i find totally unacceptable.
i think most people think they feel the same way, like about terrorism, genocide, etc.. people look at 9/11 and they don't ask "i wonder if there was a good reason for this," they just assert that it's unacceptable regardless of the reason, and i agree. but then if you ask an american about hiroshima, which was certainly the same but much worse, they have extensive rationales.
racism and sexism are similar. they're categorically unacceptable with no need to consider rationales when it comes to pro-white and pro-male sexism, but then when it comes to non-whites and women, racism and sexism, many hypocrites aren't so resolute in their opposition to the basic concept of being cognizant of race and gender.
i keep it simple, i say the basic problem with bigotry is an emphasis on factors like race, gender, sexual preference, etc.. and i say the obvious answer is to insist that these factors be ignored, not that we get our discrimination "right"
I,think most people think they feel the same way, like about terrorism, genocide, etc.. people look at 9/11 and they don't ask "i wonder if there was a good reason for this," they just assert that it's unacceptable regardless of the reason, and i agree.
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