Are Your Facebook Friends Actually Racist?
Let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Every single race watches the news or follows the news on social media. So if we all see the same articles about Kylie Jenner, Tasty’s food videos, and the latest black person to be killed by the police, why are there only certain races sharing the articles on the latter subject?
I grew up in what started out as a predominantly white area of town that eventually became diversified. I was enrolled in all upper-level and college-level courses in high school with predominantly white students in those classrooms. I attended two PWIs, Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. Throughout my years of schooling, I’ve accumulated a lot of friends …show more content…
At times like these, I know my fellow black people have pondered some of the same thoughts that I have… “Do my “other” friends not see the same Huffington Post article that I saw?” or “Do they not want to share this article because they want to remain neutral and as politically correct as possible?” or “Are my “other” Facebook friends racist?”
I’ve come to the conclusion that no, your “other” friends are not all racist. Let’s keep it a Benjamin, some of your friends ARE racist, but the majority that does not share the articles are willfully ignorant. Some of them are just plain ignorant, but we aren’t going to waste time analyzing them right now! Let’s dissect the willfully …show more content…
These are the people that say they are colorblind, which is actually a slap in our black people’s face. Don’t believe me? Go listen to Jane Elliott explain why being colorblind isn’t a characteristic to be proud of. These willfully ignorant people would like to keep their permanent residence in La La Land intact. It’s easier for them to believe that everyone is inherently great and wants the best for everyone else. They don’t want to admit that certain situations should be deemed racist unless a situation is EASILY viewed as overtly racist. They want to protect their kids from all of the evil in the world so they can have a chance to grow up with their impenetrable innocence intact! They never discuss racism, classism, sexism, and the rest of the –isms with their children because they don’t see their children having to ever be in those type of situations. That is their privilege! They themselves grew up reading and hearing about the horror stories of our parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts. I’m not talking about our ancestors that were slaves, but our parents that had to clench their bladders until they got home from grocery shopping because they weren’t allowed to use the bathroom in the grocery store. Slavery may have occurred a while ago, but the 50’s and 60’s are maybe 2 generations away for a lot of us. We still have our own problems
Let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Every single race watches the news or follows the news on social media. So if we all see the same articles about Kylie Jenner, Tasty’s food videos, and the latest black person to be killed by the police, why are there only certain races sharing the articles on the latter subject?
I grew up in what started out as a predominantly white area of town that eventually became diversified. I was enrolled in all upper-level and college-level courses in high school with predominantly white students in those classrooms. I attended two PWIs, Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. Throughout my years of schooling, I’ve accumulated a lot of friends …show more content…
At times like these, I know my fellow black people have pondered some of the same thoughts that I have… “Do my “other” friends not see the same Huffington Post article that I saw?” or “Do they not want to share this article because they want to remain neutral and as politically correct as possible?” or “Are my “other” Facebook friends racist?”
I’ve come to the conclusion that no, your “other” friends are not all racist. Let’s keep it a Benjamin, some of your friends ARE racist, but the majority that does not share the articles are willfully ignorant. Some of them are just plain ignorant, but we aren’t going to waste time analyzing them right now! Let’s dissect the willfully …show more content…
These are the people that say they are colorblind, which is actually a slap in our black people’s face. Don’t believe me? Go listen to Jane Elliott explain why being colorblind isn’t a characteristic to be proud of. These willfully ignorant people would like to keep their permanent residence in La La Land intact. It’s easier for them to believe that everyone is inherently great and wants the best for everyone else. They don’t want to admit that certain situations should be deemed racist unless a situation is EASILY viewed as overtly racist. They want to protect their kids from all of the evil in the world so they can have a chance to grow up with their impenetrable innocence intact! They never discuss racism, classism, sexism, and the rest of the –isms with their children because they don’t see their children having to ever be in those type of situations. That is their privilege! They themselves grew up reading and hearing about the horror stories of our parents, grandparents, uncles, and aunts. I’m not talking about our ancestors that were slaves, but our parents that had to clench their bladders until they got home from grocery shopping because they weren’t allowed to use the bathroom in the grocery store. Slavery may have occurred a while ago, but the 50’s and 60’s are maybe 2 generations away for a lot of us. We still have our own problems