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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI got this email message from a Republican 'friend' and NO WAY endorse it
but think that if you don't already realize it, these fucking people are nuts.
Proud
to be White!
I have been wondering about why Whites are racists,
and no other race is......
Proud to be White
Michael Richards makes his point...
Michael Richards better known as Kramer
from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court
after making racial comments in his comedy act.
He makes some very interesting points...
Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans,
Arab Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans..
You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'...
And that's OK...
But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger,
Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ..
You call me a racist.
You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you....
So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?
You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET....
If we had WET
(White Entertainment Television),
we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day,
you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month,
we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance'
OUR lives, we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce,
and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that??
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant,
but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships...
You know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US ..
Yet if there were 'White colleges',
that would be a racist college.
In the Million Man March,
you believed that you were marching for your race and rights.
If we marched for our race and rights,
you would call us racists.
You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange,
and you're not afraid to announce it.
But when we announce our white pride,
you call us racists.
You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us.
But,
when a white police officer shoots a black gang member
or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law
and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud......
But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this e-mail..
Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
I sadly don't think many will.
That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS
in this country.
We won't stand up for ourselves!
BE PROUD
TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime YET....
But getting very close!
It is estimated that ONLY 5%
of those reaching this point in this e-mail,
will pass it on.
I didn't pass it on to anyone, put this is what they send.
Disgusting and shameful. I told my EX-friend they are now blocked from sending me email. I won't have this shit in my inbox. I also told them if I start to get spammed, I will take appropriate action. Which could be just boiling some noodles. Down the road.
reflection
(6,286 posts)DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)JanMichael
(24,890 posts)was interesting. The poster boring you, btw, has been around a long time.
reflection
(6,286 posts)another white person feeling beset upon." But I didn't communicate it properly, which is on me.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Yes, they are called Cherokee and Choctaw and Sioux and the list goes on...
gollygee
(22,336 posts)It's really for the best when they show you who they really are. Now you know.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Yes, now I know. Sadly.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)these people are usually so far gone cpr couldn't revive them..
If I'm feeling particularly ornery, I'll grab every email address in the email, including those in the body of the email itself, even if it means copying and pasting 50-75 people, then send back a response that's sometimes factchecking or tell them to KMA, don't send this crap to me again.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)It wasn't from Michael Richards. It's just some racist crap that someone attached his name to.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/proudwhite.asp
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)I just hate when these fuckers think sending me this will either impress me or change my mind.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)It's just easier for them to forward it to "all," and they're lazy.
I haven't gotten crap like this since 2008 when I started replying to all with my honest feelings on their stupidity. Fixed that up real fast.
As an aside, my extended family - my RW email people - and I still get along. If anything they're more respectful of me, and as my one of them said to my face, don't start it with her, she'll give you a dressing down.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)but, you've posted it here. I guess you thought DU wanted it.
JanMichael
(24,890 posts)I come here for political discussion, and to see what is going on with other Dems...many of whom I have come to "know" over the years. I am interested in what they are reading, or how they are dealing with puke friends and relatives.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Snopes is your friend
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/proudwhite.asp
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)It's what came in my email.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Try going to the link, or go to snopes.com yourself and read the info available there which shows that he never said those things in court.
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Holy shit, no wonder shit like this grows legs.
brindis_desala
(907 posts)that the United States was the first country to grant rights specifically based on "race". Until the middle of the 20th century one had to be designated "white" to enjoy the full rights and privileges of a legal "American" citizen. This at a time when @ 20% of the population was non-European. Then there became the problem of what "white" meant. At the outset the Irish did not qualify, neither did the Greeks or the Italians, (however a fair East Indian might). That would change, but in the process, each subsequent wave of immigrants saw their status enhanced once they "qualified" as sufficiently "white". So in actuality, 'white' does not exist as an actual ethnicity, which is why the use of "black" instead of African/American is a wholly American social construct. There is no need for a "White" America Day because, until civil rights acts of the 1960's, to be recognized as a full and equal "American" the description was implicit.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Why is it that those who stomp around the loudest about being proud to be White, have the least evidence of anything to be proud of?
You are right!
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)They usually start off saying, "I"m not prejudiced ... BUT...."
I should have saved some of my responses to their FW:FW:FW's, but I'm pretty sure most can imagine what I said.
Join the fucking Ku Klux Klan and burn a cross, why don't you? Fucking knuckle draggers....
Initech
(100,079 posts)They wear robes and burn crosses.
sportsvission100
(3 posts)Thats good
pintobean
(18,101 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)and think other racist pos enjoys knowing other racist pos think the same way.
I think it's pathetic.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)I can't imagine my free time being that insignificant to me. You know?
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)... is that, if the person knows you, they know you will be offended/upset by it.
And they send it anyway.
That is not the act of a friend.
One warning... ONE warning.
If they do it again, you know they want to offend/upset you.
Why would you continue a friendship (or family relationship!) with a person who does that?
DainBramaged
(39,191 posts)Mind repeating it.
WHY THE FUCK IS THIS SO HARD????????????
JESUS CHRIST.
READ
nenagh
(1,925 posts)The thoughts are so toxic.... It defies imagination that people think this way...
I nearly get a pain around my heart just imagining their thoughts.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)appear in court to defend his outburst.
Response to DainBramaged (Original post)
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limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Let's all post an example of the most racist thing we have ever seen on the internet. That will make DU awesome.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)They are a boil on my butt. They think they're not racist, when reality is they're prime pickings for a hate group.
I posted about it here, not to spread the hate/ignorance, but rather looking for kindred souls.
Sometimes thats what DU is for some of us. A haven in the storm of hate and ignorance.
My point is, different people come here for different reasons. Yet, we're mostly all seeking the same goals.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)which included taking away the right to vote from people on welfare. It bothered me for over a week. I could not believe the hate in that email. It made me so sad.
I am sorry you received this horrible dissertation.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Come on...
Strega Ribiera
(46 posts)So much hatred. It sickens me.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)Because almost EVERY channel is "White Entertainment Channel"
Why isn't there a White History Month?
Because EVERY month is "white history month"
smh, how stupid can these people be
rppper
(2,952 posts)....I have friends who are black/Latino/Indian/middle eastern/insert race here.....
If someone has to use a pronoun such as Mexican/black/Pakistani/etc/etc...to describe a "friend", chances are they will never do more for that friend than drop them off at their house and speed out of their neighborhood....
Someone above me on this post hit the nail
On the head with the "most television is geared toward white viewers" comparison...we have MLK day and st. Pats day and all the other diverse holidays because we are a diverse nation, and the term "American way" does not exclusively mean the WASP way....I'm saying this ad an American who can trace his roots to the 2nd Jamestown boats, my father was a 2nd generation Irish American....we are all immigrants here unless you are 100% native American....jeesh, do we even have a holiday honoring them? Ask your closet racist friend that one....
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)It reads like The Onion and reminds me of my childhood whine "there is Mothers Day and Fathers Day, why isn't there Kids Day?3 to which the response was of course "EVERY day is Kids Day". "no other race is racist"? HAhahahahahahahahahaha. Good person to block.