tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7949709039563895554..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: "What white folks say and do"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-15175300336743358112014-03-15T18:37:17.541-04:002014-03-15T18:37:17.541-04:00This reminds me of something I read about the blac...This reminds me of something I read about the black actor Jamie Foxx. In the interview, Foxx was complaining about all of the terrible oppression black people continue to face in America. The example he used was showing up to a photo shoot and discovering (to his shock and horror, naturally) that the snack bar was stocked with Ritz crackers and cheese, something he deemed to be white people food. On the other hand, he also admitted that he would have likewise been offended had they served fried chicken and watermelon, because that would be stereotypical. Foxx is intent on finding offense no matter what the circumstances and no matter how inconsequential the supposed crime.<br /><br />Leon Brown strikes me as the same kind of person. Brown's message to white people here is essentially: damned if you do, damned if you don't. He takes instances of white people who are trying their best (even if the execution is a bit awkward) to be helpful and inclusive, and he criticizes them for it. For race hustlers like Jamie Foxx and Leon Brown, it's never ever good enough; bigotry hides behind every corner. No matter how hard white people try, they're never trying quite hard enough.<br /><br />I'm afraid that my experience over the years has led me to the realization that there are some blacks (perhaps even significant portion of the American black population) who are simply unappeasable. No amount of concessions, apologies, wealth transfers, or special privileges and set asides granted to them by whites will satisfy their resentment of the white man. I don't know if Leon Brown is one of these people, but he sure does sound like one when he writes on racial topics.Username_Unavailablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104310170742581773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-61913260082720258312014-03-07T00:06:52.675-05:002014-03-07T00:06:52.675-05:00On a related note, I think people are more likely ...On a related note, I think people are more likely to commit innocent faux pas when they are made to feel self-conscious in someone's presence. When they are put in a socially awkward situation. At least to judge by his posts, Leon doesn't seem to be the kind of person to put people at ease. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-25384990429289767272014-03-06T23:47:13.177-05:002014-03-06T23:47:13.177-05:00Yeah, I don't necessarily disagree with you. I...Yeah, I don't necessarily disagree with you. I just happened to notice that, contrary to what you said, he specifically pointed out that he chose not to qualify the word with "some" even though he knows it doesn't apply to all. And rhetorically, I can see why he did that. <br /><br />But what I actually found more irritating is not his generalizations, but his lack of charity towards the white people who do say those things. Sure those comments come across a little awkward-sounding, but certainly not mean-spirited or bigoted. It's a normal human tendency to say awkward-sounding, but not unkind, things based on stereotypes to people from outside one's own racial/ethnic/cultural group, and I think the gracious thing is to just overlook it. Being married to an Asian Indian man, I'm often exposed to Indian people, both here and in India, and I could make a list of the kinds of things that are said to me that I could take offense at if I wanted to keep grievance lists, but why would I want to do that? Reehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173588306100422241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62734219066519349212014-03-06T22:25:15.992-05:002014-03-06T22:25:15.992-05:00remingtonscove, Leon doesn't say SOME white pe...remingtonscove, Leon doesn't say SOME white people do this. His language implies ALL white people do this. Why is he able to make generalizations about a race and get away with it, but if I do the same thing, I'm called a "racist"?<br /><br />Or are you one of those "anti-racists"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-61641027453869821152014-03-06T21:39:43.415-05:002014-03-06T21:39:43.415-05:00The problem is not that he thinks "all" ...The problem is not that he thinks "all" whites are like that, but that he chronically stereotypes whites with his hasty Afrocentric generalizations. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-10946917431633271262014-03-06T20:08:40.969-05:002014-03-06T20:08:40.969-05:00"It doesn't even occur to him to include ... "It doesn't even occur to him to include an adjective: What Some White People Say and Do."<br /><br />Apparently, it occurred to him, because later he says, "I can assure you that I am not raising these issues for the purposes of reopening a wound, attempting to be purposefully offensive, nor suggesting that all white people think/behave this way (despite the title not being qualified by the word, "some")..." Reehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173588306100422241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-17893717763963337642014-03-06T08:49:50.942-05:002014-03-06T08:49:50.942-05:00Mike,
That's not parallel to what Leon said ...Mike, <br /><br />That's not parallel to what Leon said at all. Leon pointed out statements white people make that can come off as racist or irritating. The parallel thing to that would be to point out statements black people make that can come off as racist or irritating.<br /><br />All you did was make yourself sound like a racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71496978694801143252014-03-05T22:02:40.656-05:002014-03-05T22:02:40.656-05:00As a white guy, Leon, I can play this game.
Five...As a white guy, Leon, I can play this game. <br /><br />Five annoying things Blacks do:<br /><br />1. refuse to work for a living<br /><br />2. live off welfare checks.<br /><br />3. commit crime non-stop<br /><br />4. constantly reminding white people how "raycis" they are<br /><br />5. draining the world's supply of fried chicken and watermelon. <br /><br />If Leon can play this game, why can't I? <br /><br />They say they're anti-racist. What they really are is anti-white. Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com