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off course there are racist people in then world but you should realise the title White Proverbs is racist but its very mentioning of white. but off course you feel you are allowed to do this, even though you should understand more than most the feeling of being racially abused.

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Hahahaha.

“It’s racist by it’s very mentioning of white.”

- White Proverb

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"I'm not racist" *creates entire blog mocking whites* "whites help keep race issues alive" *has blog that represents all whites as idiots* it's obnoxious sterotyping like this (from both races) that makes getting rid of race issues impossible -_-

LOL

nope. you’re wrong.

bye! :)

Lets say a large group of people go to a restaurant, a buffet even. Ok so NATURALLY, when they all sit down someone takes a photo, and then the rest of the evening passes without ONE RACIAL SLUR OR COMMENT (ace progress!) However the next day someone points out that in the photo, (of the whole table) one end is where black and POC are sat and the other end is all where white people are sitting. Suddenly everyone is all nervous and shit, we can all see we would rather sit with our "groups"!!

Did you have a relevant question to go with this???

I'm not sure what you're trying to say or what point you're trying to prove.

You say racism is not a numbers game; do you mean that because of historically consistent white privilege, white people have never suffered from it? Are you saying 'institutionalized racism' and 'racism' are one and the same? Just curious! World English Dictionary defines racism as such: "The belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others."

I said racism isn't a numbers game with the context that the white anonymous asker had said they had experienced racism because they went to school with a majority of POC even though it doesn't matter how outnumbered white people are by POC, they still hold institutional power (hello South Africa and apartheid, hello the USA).

No, white people have never suffered from racism. They created it. How can you oppress the group that created the scaffolding for racial oppression?

I sometimes use institutionalized racism and racism interchangeably. Because the difference between say, discrimination and racism is that racism is institutionalized discrimination. So the "institutionalized" part is implied in the meaning.

Lol and you know I don't ascribe to dictionary definitions of anything as complex as oppression.

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Oh my God, I’m almost as dark as you are! LOL I’m blacker than you! I’m practically a minority!

- White Girls Post-Tanning Proverb (via petite-tomate)

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I guess I can’t have an opinion about ANYTHING anymore

- White Proverb (via paranormal-blacktivity)

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I originally hated your blog. There were of course loads of 'proverbs' that I saw and made me think that anyone who had said that was just an embarrassment - but then there were some that I felt weren't particularly offensive. Then I heard some idiot saying one of those proverbs I didn't feel was immediately offensive and with context it sounded horrific. Your blog is amazing and it's important to remind people that it's also a question of context, think before you speak. Thank you for educating

I think if you're a POC and you're reading these proverbs, the context is already a given, because the context is the life you live.

It might be harder for white people to see how these might be offensive. But maybe they'll read these, and like you, run into them as they go about their day and have an 'aha' moment like you just did.

(I just happen to have spent all of my childhood in Asia and local schools were cheaper) I'm not saying racism is merely a number's game or anything, it just so happens that people seem to find it easier to act in a racist way when they are in large groups - but in my case only the teachers were being difficult, all of the students my age had no problem with the way I looked. But please could you answer my question - do you think that younger generations are going to improve?

I don't see what you being in a school of POC has to do with younger generations improving upon their racism, but I will say that it depends.

We know that racism has to be taught by socialization. So as long as older generations are around an in control of the media, jobs, politics the younger generation is getting inundated with these messages of white supremacy. And they will pass it on to their children, even their subconscious discriminations are identifiable by young children.

I will say that the topic of racism is being discussed a lot more than it was say, 10 or 15 or 20 years ago, so that's a positive.

In summary though, younger generations will improve, but only slightly.

Hi… (Your blog is great!) I am genuinely curious - I have no desire whatsoever to be racist (and don't think I am) and have never been accused of being racist - I am white (I know… not a great way to start) but I was bullied once as the only white kid in a school full of East Asian kids though… by the teachers. So would you say that racism is something that older generations are more prone to and that younger generations are developing better attitudes or are we just doomed never to improve?

So many white people always bring up the issue of being bullied in places that are majority POC. I don't know if this is telling of white people's understanding of racism as a number's game (it's not) or if white people make these things up.

I'm inclined to believe that it's both.

Should I tag racial slurs all the time, or does it depend on context? For example I don't tag #racial slur if a black person is using the n word to casually refer to another black person, but I do if a non black person is using it to degrade (1/2)

black people. Should I tag for it in both scenarios? (2/2)

I honestly don't ever tag anything anyway, but you're so sweet and nice. Anyway, if I did tag stuff like that, I would tag the degradation scenario only. If a black person throws out nigga it's usually not a slur or being used to degrade.

But idk, I watch The Boondocks all day. Someone out there is more militant about tagging any variation or form of the n-word. So just do you, friend. Thanks for asking (:

i read your response to my question, and here's my response. First of all white people have been enslaved hence why a certain group of people are called slavs. Secondly i'm saying for your group to "shut the fuck up" i'm just pointing your hypocrisy and racism. Also, isn't it ironic how your group complains about privilege when you have : internet, clean water and food.

Right. Because having access to internet, clean water, and food automatically means your life is A+. Let's ignore not having access to healthcare, or not being afforded upward mobility because of your skin color, or being denied a job to a white man with less credentials and perhaps even jail time. Let's not talk about how schools with high minority populations are underfunded or even shut down (Chicago). Nope, don't talk about the school to prison pipeline or police brutality, the drug "war", or any that.

No. Because we have access to internet and water and food we shouldn't be complaining about oppression. My "group" should just shut up.

You don't care about racism. You only care that I'm calling out white people as the racist bigots they are. And you're the shining lead example. Congratulations.

explain to me to me one thing, how is is racist to to claim " racism applies to all races" or " not all white people think the same", you're ignoring the fact that every race has been oppressed; and let me ask you something why are a group of people called Slavs?

It's not racist to say "racism applies to all races" it's just ignorant of historical context. No one claims all white people are the same, but I do claim, loudly and proudly, that all white people benefit from white privilege. And no, not every race has been "oppressed". There's a huge difference between the trans-atlantic slave trade and indentured servitude, and I suggest you look it up. You can also do some research into why Slavs are called Slavs. It took me literally .5 seconds to research it and I came up with this:

The English word Slav is derived from the Middle English wordsclave, which was borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus orslavus,[45] itself a borrowing and Byzantine Greek σκλάβος sklábos "slave," which was in turn apparently derived from a misunderstanding of the Slavic autonym (denoting a speaker of their own languages).

All that aside, I don't see your point in trying to prove that everyone was enslaved or that white people suffer from racism too. You're basically just trying to tell POC to shut up. So I guess we're done and you can stop trying to justify why POC shouldn't be terribly angry about the state of affairs.

Your blog raises an eyebrow to many in a great way. Anyone can enjoy your blog if they Read and Think, which is how life should be. I see that many people are fuelled w emotion and they blast of a nail into your coffin. Good job teaching them.

Thanks!

I don't have to be a person of colour to understand what it's like to be a person of colour.

White Proverb

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There is one race, one superior race, one race that is above all others: human.

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