Researching the privilege of my rage.
It is impossible for me to understand my own personal rage without understanding the privilege I am allowed by expressing it. It is a very bitter pill for me to swallow. I am so full of internal rage that it feels overwhelming to deal with and also I’m so privileged that I even get the chance to deal with it.
When I was in my 20′s I was in a car accident on Topanga Canyon. I rationalized that the driver in front of me had caused the situation because he cut me off a mile down the road which forced me to tailgate him to express my anger, which caused me not to see the 14 year old kid who lost control of his parents stolen car and smashed into both me and the car in front of me.
The man in the car I was tailgating was Asian, and when he got out of his car (which had just been totalled) I asked him if he “even spoke english”. Because I was a racist asshole who thought she was always the victim and looked to other people as the problem.
I did apologize to him once my adrenaline fell to normal levels, but he had to hear that. Had to see his car totalled, his day ruined, possibly injured but couldn’t tell due to stress, and he had to listen to some entitled white brat ask him if he even belongs here. It’s hard to admit when you’re part of the problem. When your conscious and unconscious bias becomes a weapon used against someone that looks different than you so you can continue to be the victim Always the victim. Never one to just let go or admit fault.
I’m still trying to learn, but now I rage at people who I see acting like I once did. Rage is never the answer. Fighting is never the answer. Conflict does move things forward but it’s possible for conflict to be respectful and kind. I am still learning how to be that...
Brewer, Obama have tense moment at airport
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation.
White Women’s Rage: 5 Thoughts on Why Jan Brewer Should Keep Her Fingers to Herself
2.) White privilege conditions white people not to see white rage. However, it makes them hyper-aware of Black threat. When we do think of white rage, usually we think of it in masculine terms. Gender stereotypes condition us not to see white women as being capable of this kind of dangerous emotional output. We reserve our notions of female anger for Black women. Such hidden race-gender logics allow Brewer to assert that she “felt threatened,” even though she was trying to handle the situation “with grace.” Now look back at the picture: who is threatening whom? Couple white rage with white women’s access to the protections that have been afforded to their gender, and you have something that looks ironically like white female privilege. Yes (yes, yes), the discourse of protection is based upon problematic and sexist stereotypes of white women as dainty and unable to care for themselves, and yes, these stereotypes have caused white women to be oppressed by white men. But remember, gender does not exist in a racial vacuum. It is performed in highly racialized contexts, and history proves that what constitutes oppression for white women in relation to white men, dually constitutes privilege for white women in relation to Black men. (I’m not spoiling for a fight today, so anybody who feels uncomfortable with such assertions should probably go read some Patricia Hill Collins—Black Sexual Politics–and then try again.) What I know is this: 100 years ago (less than, actually) a Black man even standing that close to a white woman would’ve gotten him lynched. (Seriously, I just discovered that even accommodationist Booker T. Washington was beaten in New York in 1911 for talking to a white woman.) And I know that if a Black woman had wagged her finger at Bush II or even Bill Clinton, we would have seen her faced down, handcuffed, with Secret Service swarming. When your race and gender grant you opportunities to be treated with dignities that others don’t have or conversely, to heap indignities on those people, that is what we call privilege. Deal with it.
Let’s Talk About Why White Women Never Get Brutalized For Cursing Out Police Officers
I imagine my mother with all her impressive attributes being pulled over for a traffic violation — and morphing into an angry White woman with f-bombs splattered all over her person.
She would probably not survive such an encounter — and if she does live to tell her tale of woe — her scars will remain raw with the constant reality of re-infection.
The angry White woman can thrive without issue even when they come dangerously close to the edge. They can be emotional wrecks without inciting the rabid appetite of cops who seem to only crave the texture of Black bodies — by any means necessary.
Angry white woman defecates on floor of coffee shop, then throws her feces at employees
While #BreathingWhileBlack continues to become a popular offense worthy of multiple speed dial phone calls to the police leading to jail time and public embarrassment, apparently white women in Canada are out here throwing poop at folks without a care in the world.
Monday, employees at a Tim Hortons coffee shop close to Vancouver found themselves in an awkward situation when they were attacked by an irate customer who chose to throw her feces at them during a fit of rage.
White woman arrested after assault on Black pregnant soldier
the incident started when two active duty officers in uniform were going to a restaurant and crossed paths with Judy Tucker, 72, and her son Robbie. The soldiers grew tired of waiting for the Tuckers trying to get in a handicapped parking spot and apparently briefly got in the way of the Tuckers’ car.
Robbie Tucker then followed the two soldiers into a local restaurant and began verbally assaulting them, calling them “gay Black b—-es” and yelling “does the military let lesbians serve?”
Soon his mother and sister get into the act and Judy decided to try to lay hands on Capt. Mitchell and her pregnant friend. Big mistake because someone was recording the whole incident on their cellphone. When police arrived Tucker and her family told a tale of being assaulted by the soldiers. But when the officers saw the video, it was a sobbing Judy Tucker who was led away in handcuffs for assault.
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