I was watching Judging Amy and in it, she and her CSO had to go to a different town to adjudicate (is that the right word?) a case.
Bruce (who is black) was driving and he got pulled over. Amy (the judge - the white female judge) asked the officer for his name. She knew Bruce hadn't done anything wrong.
Anyway, Bruce was just acting like "Same Shit, Different Day" and of course Amy was outraged.
After the cop left, Amy and Bruce had a discussion about the incident. And he basically said "This (racism) is MY battle to fight!"
At the end of the show he apoligized for his reaction to her outrage. But it got me thinking.
Racism hasn't ended.
But the Civil Rights Movement wouldn't have happened without some white people!
If a white person actually notices some racism and becomes outraged on my account, I don't think I'd be pissed off about it. I'd actually be glad that someone other than a black person sees the shit going on.
Another thing that amuses/confuses me is that white people get so outraged about racism.
My best friend gets pissed off if anyone tells a bigoted joke around her. And she hates for anyone to use the words "Nigger" or "Nigga".
Well...I guess it was white people like her who joined the civil rights movement in the first place.
Thank God for people like that.
I don't know if I'd get outraged on someone else's account. I mean, I don't like anyone doing anything to children. But I'm not testifying before congress or marching on their behalf.
I don't know what I think...
Discuss.
Monday, August 07, 2006
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I get mad at people for saying the n-word and things like that. I grew up in an all white rural area, and I listened to racist shit all of the time growing up. I knew it wasn't right even when I was pretty young, but I became even more sensitive to it when I went to college and actually met and became friends with people of other races. So yeah, I guess I'm one of those white people that gets outraged at racism.
ReplyDeleteSo you get mad basically becuase it's not "right"?
ReplyDeleteJust trying to understand.
One of the most devastating incidents that ever happened to me was the time when my friend told me (in 7th grade) that I wasn't black. I still think she was wrong and I'm just high-yellow.
ReplyDeleteYou are NOT high yellow. You are transparent. Evan got his melanin challengedness from you.
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