While I admire everything you wrote, this post is directed towards self-proclaimed "social justice activists" on tumblr (or anywhere on the internet) who see nothing beyond their networks of hateful feminists who feel the need to put anyone who they deem unfit in their place, i.e., white people, straight people, cisgender people, and men.
I do not dismiss the injustice that exists on the streets, nor do I suggest by any means that these people go die in vain. At the end of the day, not you nor I can correct the foul deeds inflicted upon these people. The solution is understanding and equality, and seeing as this community has absolutely no regard for such, it is failing. Just as the person I've addressed below felt the need to call me a fuck face, it has become apparent to me that all that these people are fighting for is to perpetuate more hatred, violence, and discrimination. You honestly cannot expect people to see your point of view objectively if you cram it down their throats.
I really appreciate how you just called me an ignorant fuck face because I see things differently from you.
I don't think people realize the message that I was trying to convey, and after some reflection and upon re-reading this, I realize that I am at fault. I cannot empathize with minority groups that are being shafted because I'm not living in their situation. I acknowledge that I get the benefit of the doubt in numerous situations because I look white. I don't deny the existence of social privilege. All I am saying is that it's quite a bit more complicated than it is portrayed. I was racially profiled as a kid living amongst the wonderbread community because I had an olive complexion and my Spanish last name. I am of mixed heritage. I was born darker than I am now. I was bullied consistently throughout my childhood by both white and black kids, but mostly white kids. Because I was "Mexican." I'm not even Mexican. My father is from Guatemala. Of course, that probably means nothing to you, because I am white now, and my privilege is just too apparent for you to see me for who I am, as an actual human being.
I've come to realize my choice of words was poor, and I apologize for that. In the end, it's a pointless argument. The fight for minority rights is a pointless one, because it is a perpetual battle between groups of people who are blinded to one another. I am a humanist, and unlike many social justice advocates on Tumblr, I am more concerned with human beings as an entity, than specific groups of people individually. I am not going to be any less appalled that a white man who is murdered as opposed to a latina trans woman who is murdered, because I am not going to be the first to cry out "Discrimination!" simply because she is latina and trans. I wouldn't deny that be the cause, if it were so, but it's getting to be a bit ridiculous how easily people are willing to assume that the rest of the world is out to get them. There's no hope any more.
You can't do the whole world justice when you continue to divide it. We all discriminate. It's how we know this from that. What we do with it, is what makes a difference. And blaming white people as an entity for all of your shortcomings is not only incorrect, but incredibly irresponsible and immature. What white imperialism did to the world decades ago can be blamed. But blaming the white suburban mom driving a mini-van because she is "privileged" is really not the way to go about it. Invalidating her opinion of the world doesn't bring equality, because you now see her as less because she is white. Pr
But thanks for calling me a fuck face, anyway. You do the world great justice.
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