This post is for those who I've made feel uncomfortable about my passion for #SocialJustice.
If you never read another thing I post, please read and discuss this post by Michelle Denise Jackson, via the wonderful blog For Harriett. It expresses my sentiments exactly.
There are many people in the world who believe that “social justice” equates to being anti-white, anti-wealth, and anti-male. (I’m not saying who those people are, but you can take a guess.) And if you dare try to have critical conversations about racism—especially the impact race plays in nearly every aspect of daily life in the U.S.—then you are just “trying to make white folks feel guilty for being white.”#nojusticenopeace
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What do you mean by openly embracing being white? Please provide an example.
Wearing a proud to be white shirt in public.
Is that all you have, wearing a proud to be white t shirt in public?
This article explains it far better than I could about the issues with anybody being proud about being white.
http://www.racefiles.com/2013/09/30/the-problem-with-white-pride/
Whites are told we should not be proud to be white but rather we should be proud to be Irish or French or German. I am 75% German. If I wore a "Proud to be White" T-Shirt, I would be seen as a racist because racist groups have used and still use that term. I'm not sure if being proud of my German hertitage is allowed because of World War I and World War II.
You can tell if a person is a racist by the t shirt they wear?
No, but people will make assumptions rather than stop and talk with you to find out.
As the article I linked talks about, white power is associated with white supremacy. The term white power is inherently seen as racists unlike black power or brown power.
I don't judge people by what they wear or don't wear. I judge people by their words and actions.
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