If you follow the liberal garbage of the New York Times at all, you’re probably aware of an individual named George Yancy and the “Dear White People” letters he’s become known for. In his Christmas Eve message he told white people that you are racist no matter what.
Okay, so now that we know the problem of racial equality can’t be solved, we can finally move on . . . or not. Yancy later goes on to say that white people tell themselves lies so they don’t feel the weight of the sins of the white people who came before them.
First of all, what right does he or anybody have to claim offense at something that they weren’t around to be offended by? Second, why should any white person feel “the weight” of sins that they weren’t around to commit. This is, of course, all referring to slavery, which seems to be the only talking point of African American activists, besides the Jim Crow laws of the South.
And, let’s not forget they were equally racist in the Northern parts of the country in those days. That fact aside, you could easily collapse that entire argument by reading any non-agenda setting book about the time period and discover that Africans actually sold their own people into slavery in exchange for weapons and goods.
Read how Yancy defends his claim on the next page.
I’d like this gentleman explain Anthony Johnson to me. He was the first man to hold an indentured black servant indefinitely and legally. Mr. Johnson was a freed black man. The courts ruled tjat black men could hold their own people indefintely. About a decade later, the courts opened that up to white men and native Americans. The last census taken before the Civil War there were something like 27M European white people living in America. The majority living in non-slave states. In slave states, free black men held more slaves per capita than white men. Seems to me that slavery was predominantly a black on black institution. But don’t believe me…Google it, people.
What the author is saying is that white people benefit from racism the most and by ignoring that benefit over people of color they promote racism and therefore are racist. It just gets lost underneath all the aggressive separatist language.
I want to say something about the commenters and not the confused Emory Professor. You give this person credibility by responding to him. When someone has a way with words only to express confused thoughts that obfuscate enlightenment, I cut out, leave them behind to disappear in my rear view mirror. To the commenters, quite responding to these types and they’ll stop putting stuff out there for you to respond to. I have to admit that the comments of the commenters are as just as far off from the truth as the confused professor.
I never felt privileged I was born innocent come from European background everyone treated with respect. Never felted any different cause I am white. I had a family member they lived thur the most horrible time on this earth The Holocaust. We are suppose to learn from history not repeat it. My people were indentured servants. Russian/Irish
Hes an Agent of Satan. He seeks shock and division. One God created the human race. Many of us have failed god in being a Helper of humanity. This Man Dr. HATE I will call him… Good luck on judgement day.
Still wrong……
Can you imagine living back then ? Not only blacks but whites also ! They couldn’t speak our language or us there language ! They were sold as workers ,and the South payed big bucks for results . Yes some didn’t want to work ,some wanted to steal ,some wanted to run ,some wanted to as they pleased ,and I’m sure some liked the way some white women looked to them ,as some looked good to the slave oners . How could you keep them here to do what you payed for ? It was simple at that time chains and locks ! Sad right ? But also how hard could it have been for the kids and women ,when the man had to go in for supplies ? And make these people do the things they payed for . Scarry times for whites also ! Now those that did all the bad things ,and the owner comes home and the women or kids raped ,killed or things been stolen or work not done or they gone ,I’m sure it was hell on many people white and blacks ! But remember Africa didn’t sell up standing black men ready to come here and leave the country they were born in . They were the most hated and corrupt . Many were killed ,so we’re many whites ,times were hard for all ! Especially for the blacks ,but some needed to be . Here in the South we had blacks that fought to be free ,because the North wanted us to keep the slaves to do what ever with them . They just wanted the money on hi taxes . Not to free them ,and they knew it ! We agreed to give them their freedom ,before the war ,the North said No !!!! And the Southern flag was a flag of a Christian cross ,that’s because we are the Bible belt !! So why are they saying we were the racist ?? It’s the North that had to have them removed from slavery after the war ! Not before the war like they did in the South ! I’m almost 70 years old my family never had a slave to pick cotton except me My grand parents didn’t nor did my great grandparents ! So I owe you not one damn thing at all . I worked for mine you can too . I don’t expect noting from you except respect ,as I will give you . But I don’t get it ,. you wont either . This world owes nothing ,you get what you still have to work for !!
The problem in our society today is that the people from the 50s and 60s have taught their kids fear. They drill it into their heads as children fear white cops, hate white people. The talk stems from a fear of the police in the 60s where the police did treat black people bad. But in today’s society anyone breaking a traffic law is pulled over. All traffic violators are a target. Thats where a good bit of city funds come from “tickets and court cost”. As far as being followed around in a store well that also stems from grandma and the 50 and 60s when segregated stores existed. Today security in stores is mostly cameras and not paid security. I worked in retail in the 90s and never seen a black person targeted unless they acted suspicious. As well as a bank loan in the 50s and 60s black people didnt hold jobs like loan officers now its due to work history and credit. And due to laws past in the last 50 yrs black people get things like college easier than whites. If the teachers at the colleges are teaching this then they need to go…
I worked as a tenured government employee for 7 years. It was common knowledge that I would be passed over for promotion because I did not fit the “demographic”.
I do not respond to stupidity. Saying all white people are racist is STUPID.