Dale Smith
Platinum Member
Far too many times in this section of USMB whites decide they can tell us as blacks how they know more about being black than we do. That our opinions on things are not based on observation study and fact finding, instead we were told things. Of course the usual outcome us expected. Seems the only way to have a decent discussion in this section is to lie and say what we face is because of our own failure. We cannot tell the truth.
Why?
White fragility.
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"Usually, signs of whitesplaining include a condescending tone and a paternalistic assumption that a person of color doesn’t know enough to accurately articulate their own experience.
The term doesn’t apply to every instance when a white person talks about racism, just like mansplaining doesn’t apply to every instance when a man talks about gender oppression. But whitesplaining is a result of the power white people hold as part of the dominant culture in the US. So recognizingwhen it’s happening is one of the everyday ways you can help dismantle the oppressive system of white supremacy.
Like with other forms of privileged explaining, including mansplaining, people who whitesplain have been conditioned to believe that they’re somehow more qualified to speak about a marginalized group than a person who belongs to that group.
That’s why there’s no equivalent like “blacksplaining.” When a Black person talks about race with a white person, they don’t have the same institutional power as a white person who belongs to the dominant culture.
And that’s the problem with whitesplaining. It’s not just harmlessly discussing racism, but implicitly acting on racist ideas that say that people of color are ignorant and wrong, even about their own experiences."
6 Ways Well-Intentioned People Whitesplain Racism (And Why They Need to Stop)
Unless you are a part of the .001 percent, you are a bonded debt slave regardless of the tint of your skin. The establishment types of both political parties don't give a shit about any of us because we are simply considered a "human resource" and surety against the debt via the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of 1933. Have my black brothers and sisters had a tougher row to hoe than whites? Absolutely and I am proud as to how far we have come because of "white people" such as myself that had a father as an excellent role model.
One day in 1970, my family was eating at a drive-in that was so popular back then...like a Sonic but not as fancy. Two young blacks went up to the window and tried to place an order. The lady at the window said "We don't serve ******* here" and when they persisted, she said it again. Right behind them was a group of high schoolers that were catcalling them that were sitting at a picnic table. My dad was a cop at the time (but off duty) got out of the car and flashed his badge to the punks sitting at the table and told them to shut their mouth and told the lady at the window to serve these two citizens or else. That smirk she had on her face was removed and they busted their ass to fulfill the order while my dad stood watch.The look on the face of those young people that stood their ground and got support from someone like my dad was something that always stuck with me. My dad didn't do it out of sympathy or pity....he did it because it was the right thing to do.
We are all equal in the eyes of our creator. This "divide and conquer" paradigm using the tint of one's skin, country of origin, religious or political affiliation has been used all through the ages. Demonizing, marginalizing someone because they are not like you? WTF? We all bleed the same color of blood. Start looking at people as people and become color blind because if we don't unite together and fight what is coming towards us, we are doomed. I am not trying to scare people but what the elites have planned for us, the weapons that they have had developed to enslave what is left after the "great culling" is horrific.