by jakk » Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:47 am
Some of the things I'm hearing and reading concerning race issues are getting so ridiculous I'm tempted to not even bother with a comment, if you dont have the common sense...anyway,today, in todays world,most everybody is racist-in some form or fashion,and this extends to all people and is not limited to whites. I'll agree that most anti-racist action by whites is probably ill conceived, but not all. For instance, since I'm white, I personally take offense to skinheads,NA, and other forms or representations of "white identity"that is just racist crap.I dont expect "gratitude" its a personal choice,with risks I've been willing to take.I dont care what anybody thinks about that. Creating an atmosphere where being white makes you always wrong and being anything but white makes you right is the most ridiculous,counterproductive,cointelpro couldnt kill anarchism any better if they tried bullshit that I've seen or heard in a long time.I understand people have issues,and that we can trace a good portion of those issues and problems back to european imperialism(and for all those who need high context nit picky language to understand what I'm saying you wont find it here)but as an anarchist I'm absolutely convinced that had any other culture or race had the guns,germs and steal,we would be facing the same problem,the hand of the fist holding the club just a different color.For all those people who think different, your not anarchists,if you think things would be better if say,south america dominated the imperialist landscape,your just a racist.Of coarse,thats not the case,we have to deal with the present time and space,but neither can we completely extricate ourselves from it,I'm not a racist and thats not to say that this predominately racist structure hasnt affected me,its affected us all-and this twisted,hate-based,victim justification culture taking shape,trying to justify or even call it revolutionary to solve problems by attacking someones race rather than their actions,to claim moral or intellectual superiority because of race,or try and frame it different and say,because your white all of your actions are necessarily racist,or to say since I'm a poc I'm always right if I'm talking to a white, is garbage,guess what;your not always right,being a victim doesnt make you faultless, and if you act like an asshole you'll be treated like one...people will always find reasons to hate,people will always find reasons to say you dont count as person,people will always find reasons to justify treating other people shitty...our greatest mistake is legitimizing it. and BTW, most peoples that have walked this planet have had dreads at one time or another,I agree that liberal fetishizing of tribal cultures is retarded, and its going to take awhile before we completely rid ourselves of the strange creature that is modern liberalism-but my ancesters wore dreads and braids and had all sorts of crazy haircuts before they were "civilized",and I could say its in defiance to what "my" culture has become that I have them-or I could tell you of the crazy old scotsman that sat me down and gave me a history lesson that included dreadlocked and braided scots-but mostly I'd have to say I've had dreads since that day,over 15 years ago and no one should EVER have to justify how they wear their hair,plus I'd kick the dog shit out of anyone that tried-and this whole "black mask" subconcious using black people thing is just STUPID,people have really lost their common sense if they take that esoteric liberal crap seriously