Yes, being gay makes you an oppressed minority. Now that we have that established, I would like to point out that you are white. This may seem confusing for you, but you have a dual life. You’re a minority who also enjoys white privilege. I know this is a lot to take in, and I know that you feel frustrated anytime anyone accuses you of being racist, and I know that there are a lot of things you want to say to defend yourself, and let me guess—all of them get you in more trouble. That’s because you’re doing it wrong. Here are the most common reactions people like you throw at people like me when I point out that something you’ve said or done is racist.

“I’m gay, how could I be racist?”

Homosexuality is not a race. I am black. I am also gay. I am not gayack or blagay. Being in one minority group doesn’t excuse being insensitive to another minority group. If I were to walk around dressed in a kimono with my eyes taped back for a slantlike effect, it should not come as a surprise if any and all Asian persons took offense to it. I promise you, none of them would stop and think to themselves, “Oh wait, he’s black. It’s totally cool.”

“I have a good friend that is [insert
ethnicity].”

Categorizing your friends based on ethnicity is a racist act in itself: There is no quota to fill when it comes to the diversity of your group of friends, and constantly announcing their ethnicity causes them to be more of a novelty than the individual people they are. Also, your friends should definitely not be your first line of defense when someone calls you out on being racially insensitive. Your “friend” doesn’t represent an entire race. Last I checked, we don’t elect representatives for each race to confirm what is and what isn’t considered racist. As a matter of fact, each race has millions of people who have their own experience with racism and how they respond to it.

I am an African immigrant; my experience with racism is different than someone who is black American, even though we have similar skin color. Because of my background and upbringing, there are some things that I would not immediately acknowledge as racist. For example, I know all the lyrics to the song “Pick a Bale of Cotton.” If you’re not familiar, it’s a jovial song about the joys of picking a bale of cotton. There is a lot of jumping, turning around, and exclaiming, “Oh Lordy!” I was taught this song by my white music teacher while I was part of a predominantly black fifth-grade class in Fresno, California. I am not upset at said music teacher, because she was genuinely a nice woman who taught in inner-city schools and probably just loved that repugnant slave song without thinking too deeply about the lyrics. However, I would hold no qualms if a fellow classmate decided to call her out for subjecting descendants of slavery to the Uncle Tom of Negro spirituals.

However, there are also some things that come off as blatantly racist to me (e.g., Disney’s The Lion King, Popeyes chicken commercials, and everything Tyler Perry) that others may just brush off.

“But I voted for Obama.”

Are you admitting to voting for the president based on his race?! Please, from now on, vote for our leaders based on merit and experience. You got lucky this last time, but I can’t promise that the next black president you blindly vote for won’t start a “beheading all white people” initiative the moment he or she steps into office.

Or are you trying to tell me that because you voted for Obama, a supposedly nonracist action, everything you do/say from that point on could not be deemed as racist?! Have you not been paying attention the last three years? Obama has been on the receiving end of some of the most finely executed subtle racism I have ever witnessed (seriously, medals should be given out for excellence in the artistry of subtle racism, and winners should be shot afterward). And some of these practitioners of subtle racism are former/current Obama supporters. If I had a nickel for every time the phrase “he’s one of the good ones” was uttered with regard to Obama by the population of this country over the last few years, I would send a thank-you note to the magic nickel machine that made me a gajillionaire. The most annoying part is that Obama, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, can’t do anything about these comments except take them in stride.

“Get over it.”

I will give you a moment to collect your teeth now that I’ve punched you in the mouth. You got them all? Good. Now sit.

Exactly what do you mean by “Get over it”? Am I getting over your racist actions? Am I getting over my own personal history with racism? Am I getting over the centuries (yes, CENTURIES!) of oppression that my ancestors endured? “Get over it” is something you say to a 13-year-old who is angry at his parents for not allowing him to have an unlimited texting plan. “Get over it” is not something you say to an adult who has suffered a lifetime (yes, a LIFETIME!) of being victimized by racism.

“Okay, I’m out of excuses. What should I really do?”

Apologize. Yes, it’s that easy. I know you’re upset and you believe you had good intentions. Unfortunately, intentions are not visible. I know it sucks being called racist when you feel you’re not, but I promise you that it is far worse being on the receiving end of racism.

Just remember that the person upset with you is projecting from a place of suffering and endless frustration. Take a moment to listen, let them vent, and apologize. I know it’s not fun to deal with misdirected anger, but sometimes proving that you are not racist is hearing people out and letting them have their moment to release that anger. It’s something we should all do in these circumstances, because that’s what grown-ups are supposed to do.

“What if the person accusing me of being racist is white, too?”

You lucky bastard! You know another white person who is in tune enough to stop you from looking like a jackass in front of a group of minorities. You should stop reading this right now and go hug this person.

“Seriously? I know I’m not racist. There are just too many overly sensitive bleeding hearts in the world.”

Oh, well in that case… GO FUCK YOURSELF, YOU RACIST PIECE OF SHIT! recommended

Solomon Georgio is a comedian and a member of the comedy production group Children of the Atom (www.childrenoftheatom.net).

180 replies on “Racist Queers”

  1. @ “death makes some of us happy” I can understand ur screen name, you are so full of irrational judgements, hatred, and bitterness, it would only make sense that u would welcome death as a release from ur sorry existence. Your life makes lots of us sad.

  3. @176 – actually, one more thing. You say “whites” in your pathetic screed but you stormfront types are the only ones who “believe” that. You don’t speak for me and it sickens me when people like you lump me into you asinine ranting.

    Next time, in place of “whites,” use the word “I.”

  5. Wow, looks like this article did its job! Brought people together, fostered understanding, helped communities understand each other… Oh wait it did nothing like that. In fact it did just the opposite.

    Wait, wait, I missed the point. The guy is a comedian. So this is a joke, right? It’s supposed to be funny? Or maybe it’s only funny if you’re black?

    NO! NO! NOW I GET IT! It’s like performance art, except in blog form. See, instead of writing an article the guy skipped writing an article all together and just started with the trolling comments right off the bat. And it worked! Oh you got me sir, I totally fell for it. Look! I’m even commenting at over 180. Touche’

  6. Great piece! I just want to direct people to this video by the always-amazing Jay Smooth:

    http://www.illdoctrine.com/2008/07/how_t…

    It’s about how it’s more productive to call people out on racist behavior than it is to call them racists. After all, we’re all products of a racist society. I freely admit that I have at least a few ingrained racist responses to things. What makes me not a racist, I think, is that I know those responses are wrong both morally and factually, and I work to check them–and, ideally, eradicate them.

  7. This is an unwinnable argument. It’s much easier to accept and use the privilege than hang around negativie nancies hating me or themselves for it, and it pisses them off soooooo much more when you don’t start or buy into the baiting.

  8. What a pile of whiny bullshit. Minorities in this country need to stop being so damn sensitive. Racist terms. Words only have the power that you give them. I’m an equal opportunity hater and all my friends from whatever minority group don’t mind if i use whatever slur relates to that group because they don’t let those words bother them. Have a fucking spine.

  9. Get over it. I acknowledge that as a member of multiple minority groups, you have a steeper slope to climb than the average Joe, but it has nothing to do with me. As a decent human being, I would help you out in any way I can to overcome your own obstacles in life, should you ask for it. However, I nor any white person I respect would, upon discovering this article, ever feel or act on a compulsion to verbally kiss your back side, as it seems you so desire for them to do.

    As for the ancestry argument, why in the world would I apologize to you for what people I don’t know did to people you don’t know? I have a clean conscience on this matter, as should most modern decent whites. Why should white kindergartners be disciplined at school for saying that they’re proud of their color, when their classmates are patted on the back for doing the same? If we’re trying to do away with double standards (and it’s a long an arduous process, as you are well aware), then doesn’t that apply to every variety? I don’t think you truly think so. I think you have a vendetta against white people. But let’s pretend that you don’t for a sec (I know you know how to do that). It really hurts your argument to sit here and say tell white people what they can’t say while your bilious words are threatening to burn a hole through my computer monitor.

    Your lumping together and stereotyping of whites, while not offensive to me, does constitute an absurd double standard that only serves to dissolve the ground that your already feeble argument stands on. Stop whining. Try being positive for a change. See if you don’t get along better with white people and everybody else, for that matter. It’s an interesting topic that I love to discuss, but I don’t need to talk to you about my friends, the subtext of any comments I may make over the course of a day, or what minority groups I belong to. If you weren’t a bigot, none of that would matter. I believe in affirmative action, I grew up in and spend time trying to resurrect a terribly impoverished neighborhood, and most of what I do is to help people.

    So as a bleeding-heart democrat and someone who does actually want people to get along, I’d be remiss not to point out how divisive and bitter and misguided your column really is. You’re telling people that they are acting like 13 year olds for speaking their mind and offending someone who is plainly easier to offend than the average person by some order of magnitude. That’s not to say that you’ve never been subjected to actual racism, but, if this piece is any education, yours is hardly the barometer to go by. A 13 year old is very likely to tell everyone who disagrees with him (reasonable or not) to “Go fuck themselves”. Know anyone else like that?

    Have a good one.

  10. Get over it. I acknowledge that as a member of multiple minority groups, you have a steeper slope to climb than the average Joe, but it has nothing to do with me. As a decent human being, I would help you out in any way I can to overcome your own obstacles in life, should you ask for it. However, I nor any white person I respect would, upon discovering this article, ever feel or act on a compulsion to verbally kiss your back side, as it seems you so desire for them to do.

    As for the ancestry argument, why in the world would I apologize to you for what people I don’t know did to people you don’t know? I have a clean conscience on this matter, as should most modern decent whites. Why should white kindergartners be disciplined at school for saying that they’re proud of their color, when their classmates are patted on the back for doing the same? If we’re trying to do away with double standards (and it’s a long an arduous process, as you are well aware), then doesn’t that apply to every variety? I don’t think you truly think so. I think you have a vendetta against white people. But let’s pretend that you don’t for a sec (I know you know how to do that). It really hurts your argument to sit here and say tell white people what they can’t say while your bilious words are threatening to burn a hole through my computer monitor.

    Your lumping together and stereotyping of whites, while not offensive to me, does constitute an absurd double standard that only serves to dissolve the ground that your already feeble argument stands on. Stop whining. Try being positive for a change. See if you don’t get along better with white people and everybody else, for that matter. It’s an interesting topic that I love to discuss, but I don’t need to talk to you about my friends, the subtext of any comments I may make over the course of a day, or what minority groups I belong to. If you weren’t a bigot, none of that would matter. I believe in affirmative action, I grew up in and spend time trying to resurrect a terribly impoverished neighborhood, and most of what I do is to help people.

    So as a bleeding-heart democrat and someone who does actually want people to get along, I’d be remiss not to point out how divisive and bitter and misguided your column really is. You’re telling people that they are acting like 13 year olds for speaking their mind and offending someone who is plainly easier to offend than the average person by some order of magnitude. That’s not to say that you’ve never been subjected to actual racism, but, if this piece is any education, yours is hardly the barometer to go by. A 13 year old is very likely to tell everyone who disagrees with him (reasonable or not) to “Go fuck themselves”. Know anyone else like that?

    Have a good one.

  12. #62: OK, here’s one:

    No white presidential candidate will ever be asked to PROVE he was born in this country.

  13. #186 what an even BIGGER pile of bullshit. My fellow white people need to stop being so INsensitive. It’s not as if anybody has to have the right to be a vicious, bigoted jerk just to express their opinions.

  14. As long as hateful, petty dipshits like Mr. Georgio hold the bullhorn for progressivism, we’ll continue to get nowhere. Thanks for nothing.

  15. Wow. jkwoftw, you said what was on my mind and more. Only you left out the part where- according to the writer- if someone says something you don’t like, you just punch them straight in their mouth hard enough to cause tooth loss. Violence is the answer! That’s how I’m gonna solve my problems from now on, especially to teach people an ethics lesson.

  16. Thanks for writing this! I’ve met a lot of gay white men who are racist and the fact that Dan Savage is racist and completely blamed black voters in the state of California for the passing of prop 8 is not only racist it’s idiotic since like usual Dan Savage just runs his ass (mouth) without doing any research on a topic and wants to think and wish with magical thinking that whatever he writes and thinks to be true simply MUST be true.

    Yes people who are not white or of other races can be racist as well. If you don’t know that you’ve spent too much time around rich white gay men in the gay ghetto.

  17. It’s MADLIB TIME!

    If it weren’t for the fact that every time I say “Not every [insert minority category here] is [insert negative minority bias statement here],” I tend to hear “But you’re a [insert minority category here], and you don’t see that at all because you’re [insert majority category here], and thus you’re part of the problem not the solution,” I’d be okay with this rant on how much those [insert minority category] people hate being the [insert metaphor of downtrodden and smacked-about people here].

    I don’t even bother with the conversation any longer, because if you intend to take up the mantle of [insert expertly oppressed minority here] and bemoan the fact that [ignorant / noncaring / actively oppressing majority] is trying to keep the [insert previous oppressed minority] in their place, there’s not a chance that I can even convince you that not everyone in my shade of [religion / skin tone / sexuality / gender / priviledged racial group] is a [insert derogatory term that equates to puppy-raping bigot here].

    No, quite honestly, I can do nothing to converse with you when you’re up on your high horse about this [insert scatalogical reference] so when you demand that we open a dialogue about conflicts between [insert majority group here] and [insert minority group here] and bitch and moan about how six generations ago [insert majority group] relentlessly visited [insert heinous act and/or atrocity here] upon [insert minority group], it’s not that I’m ignoring the [heinous act]s or the [other heinous act], it’s just that you don’t want to TALK. You want to make [insert majority group here] a demon that excuses all the [scatological reference] behavior that [insert minority group here] does as a justification or rationalization for WHY it occurs.

    But hey, what do I know? I’m just someone who is a [scatological reference]headed [insert majority group][negative label], while you can wrap yourself in the flag of the expertly-oppressed [insert minority group] and point to my lack of interest in your self-centered rants, raves, and ego-centric [rude term for abrasively ignorant, socially awkward person with limited foresight and personal responsibility for one’s actions] attitudes.

    And on the other side of the dice, being a member of [Insert primary minority group here] AND being a member of [Insert primary minority group here] to use a [Online Roleplaying Game] reference, doesn’t stack. It doesn’t give you the right to claim more validity simply because you happen to be [insert minority group here] AND [insert other minority group here]. It sure as [scatological reference] doesn’t mean you get to be a [excessively vocal] [irrationally behaviored individual] about it simply because you get to claim two or more badges on your belt of oppressed [insert identifying group here]s. You could be a [minority group 1], [minority group 2][minority group 3][minority group 4][minority group 5] with [minority group 6] sympathies and [minority group 7] background from [minority group 8] and it still wouldn’t make your [English UK swear word] opinion more valid than someone who happens to be just a [Minority group 9]. If anything, assuming that your opinion is somehow MORE valuable because you’re a [minority group 1-8] is probably doing more to create a breach of understanding. Nobody likes a [smarmy childhood suckup reference] who’s smugly claiming to be more equal than others based solely on their [minority group] identity.

    Isn’t THAT the basic problem that surrounds [majority/minority conflict] relation theory in the first place?

    In other words, you may have a legitimate [conflict of interest verging on problem] but your [scatological reference] toward [insert majority group here] has moved past defensive and into offensive tactics. You’re no better than the [insert violently vitrolic individuals or groups] who [insert immoral / unethical evangelism tactics] against [insert oppressed minority] – you’re just on the other side of the fence, screaming at the people of [insert majority group here] that they’re all [highly inflammatory noun].

    And in all honesty, if you truly think this is the way [insert majority group] sees you, perhaps it’s not because they label all people of [insert minority group here] with the [insert bias statement], but rather that they see you cheerfully blasting away over and over again about how much of a bunch of [insert inflammatory houn here]s they are.

    There’s always going to be [inflammatory noun here] in the [insert majority here] but you really, REALLY need to stop adding more [opposing inflammatory noun] rhetoric as a “solution” to the issue at hand. It turns off your allies and it just further intends to reinforce the perspective of the [insert majority group] [inflammatory noun]s.

    And by the way, many of [insert majority group here] DO have [insert minority group here] friends. But if you keep this [scatological reference] up, you’ll probably find that your attitudes make those friends look at you and edge away from you, nodding and smiling and hoping like hell they next time they see you, you won’t corner them with some [insert psychologically deranged organization] tracts.

  18. Ahamefule J. Oluo:

    Hi. I understand that this is random, but I’d really like to speak with you. I don’t meet many people on a day to day basis who are particularly engaged in discussions about race beyond cheap, easy stereotypes. And certainly not people who are interested in analyzing the historical and sociological aspects that are implicit in racism.

    I suppose the reason I’d like to talk to you is because you clearly are engaged, and I think it might help me organize my mind when it comes to the racism I struggle with as a white woman. And I’m tired of discussing racism with other white people (who I’m primarily surrounded by). I’d like to hear your thoughts because you and I have such different perspectives and upbringings (I grew up privileged in a “liberal/diverse” suburb of Chicago).

    I just went through the back and forth between you and “death makes some of us happy.” I think she’s a dick, and I primarily agree with you, but she did (in a horribly offensive manner) raise some points that I can relate to. I was hoping you might be willing to have a constructive discussion about race with a stranger who tries really hard not to be an asshole.

    If you are, my e-mail addy is headlock.betty@yahoo.com. Rather not do it over threads. Have a good night.

  19. racist, blah blah blah, racist, blah blah blah, racist, blah blah blah. keep on tossing that out there because soon enough it will be so played as to lose any power it had and then where will you be? without your fearful ace in the hole i suspect. brace for the coming judgement based on…*gasp*…the content of your character and the outcomes of your actions! gonna be a rough day when the victim shit no longer resonates. then what you got? nothing comin’ convict.

  20. Good article, unsurprisingly dim comments. I am so used to seeing a steady stream of the same defensive, angry reactionary crap from homophobes and islamophobes who insist they aren’t or are well justified in being so. And of course this stuff anytime someone starts an honest online discussion about racism.

    I do think that in such articles it’s helpful to distinguish between conscious, deliberate racism and the much more common unconscious, indeliberate racism of mental laziness and not bothering — or seeing the need — to deconstruct the lingering racism of our culture. Still the cluelessness of it all is a bit boggling.

    Even more boggling to me is the utter lack of empathy. White gay men should understand from experience how straight people need to listen to queers and be educated about homophobia. Then doesn’t it make sense that we need to listen to people of color and learn about racism? Yeah, being discriminated against SHOULD teach us about other kinds of discrimination, but the first lesson really needs to be: you’re not me. you don’t experience what I experience. if you really care about this you need to shut up, listen, and learn.

    This should be obvious to Gay men who insist they aren’t racist and are shocked, absolutely shocked at black homophobes. Yeah, baby, the shoe is often on the other foot and sometimes its a glittery pump in size 15.

    There are SOME valid points of comparison between homophobia and racism, but mostly they are very different. The strategies for fighting them are much more similar, but that’s largely because the gay rights movement learned so much and copied so much from the civil rights struggle. So if white homos ask, what did black folks ever do for us, the proper answer is: They taught us everything we know, so shut up, queen, and start looking at the unconscious racism you’ve internalized.

  21. Hey, “I like to read”!
    I like to read too.
    Yes, there was and is quite a lot of warring, and not nice behavior between different African cultures. That is true! You do like to read!

    The biggest problem with your argument, is that, although you like to read, you forgot that Africa is a continent, not a country!

    Europe is a continent! And there has been a whole lot of warring there too! But (ignoring the Reformation) most of the warring is between people of different countries, which means, different languages, and cultures!

    Same as the continent of Africa. Nobody ever claims that white people hate themselves because during WWII Germany attacked France. Or because the Nordic Vikings would rape and pillage the (Roman) British Isles. They are all Caucasian cultures, doing icky things to each other.

    People from different African cultures, with different languages, and religions, and beliefs did have wars. And the winner of these wars did take prisoners, and used them as slaves. And they sold those slaves to the European slave trade. Because they were not from the same culture of people. Just like Caucasians have been cruel to other Caucasians, killing each other, raping the women, etc. Not nice behavior!

    As a white woman, who ACTUALLY LIKES TO READ!, I have to always bring this up to people with your argument. Which usually makes those people STFU.
    😀 Keep reading, honey. Keep reading.

  22. What a ridiculous piece of rabble-rousing drivel. My skin pigmentation has nothing to do with my character. It certainly doesn’t make me a racist. Being offended by this article doesn’t make me racist either.

    The author comes off like a prejudiced, whiny tool. All different kinds of people encounter all kinds of bigotry and injustice.

    I just don’t get the point of this article, other than to be negative.

  23. Wah, wah, wah, da’ po’ po’ black man!

    You use very manipulative guilt tactics in your article- not to mention the violent threats and menacing (and deranged) outbursts (“I will give you a moment to collect your teeth now that I’ve punched you in the mouth. You got them all? Good. Now sit.”). Was that supposed to endear you to people? Was that supposed to be amusing? Well it wasn’t. And I might add that it adds to the impression people already have of blcks as being violent out of control Rottweiler’s. Your writing tactics are typical of the blck community- the more you cry foul the more you take (and take and take and take) from this country.

    Yes, “Get over it”. Nay, get the F’ck over it…

    Until Blks can stop being their own worst enemy (violent crime, illegitimacy, STD’s, low test scores, vandalism and crime in general) things are not gonna change. You are 12% of the population yet you make up the highest percentages in said violent crime, illegitimacy, STD’s, low test scores, vandalism and crime in general…

    P.S. The reason you are rejected by your fellow gay brethren may have nothing to do with your skin color but because you are a f’king whiny a$$hole. And after writing such a whiny, manipulative, “no one loves me cuz you’re all racist’ article, I doubt you will ever get a date here in Seattle again.

  25. Yes, it’s true, some gays are racists and some black guys are homophobes. But the patronizing tone of this entire piece is incredibly irritating. Just because some idiot gay guys have idiotic arguments about their bigotry doesn’t mean gays en masse need a lecture. Let racist fuckheads be assholes. I think most intelligent gay guys are smart enough to pick through them and toss them out.

  26. I’m a white guy and I’ve never ever ever used any of those excuses because I’ve never had to. And no, it’s not because all my other racist white friends just think I’m a hoot when I make all my racist jokes. Fact is, I’ve never had to make excuses for racist things I’ve said because I just don’t say them. And no, I’m not perfect, but I’ve been on the receiving end of racism, so I know better than to use that kind of language.

    Every white person should live in Hawaii, arguably one of the more racists states in the union. What!?! Hawaii!?! Yes. I heard comments like “That stupid blonde” or “That fucking haole” or “Hey, round-eye” every single day I lived there for over four years. You get used to it, and maybe it’s easier to take when you’re white and liberal, thinking that its somehow some kind of payback for the generations of crap whites have heaped on every other ethnicity under the sun. But still, it’s racism, and it’s interesting to get it hurled at you. As a white guy, it makes you get a sense of how it might feel.

    I don’t think Solomon is saying that every white person who enjoys white privilege IS racist. He’s saying that, when we bring race into the mix in a negative way in our conversations, that we are being racist, should apologize for it, and should learn not to do it again.

    As a middle-class white gay guy, when given the chance, I’ve enjoyed living in lower-middle class black neighborhoods. No, it’s not so that I can feel better about myself or superior to those around me. It’s that I feel like the people there are more real and more like me than in traditionally white neighborhoods. Right now, I am living in one of the last black neighborhoods of San Francisco, where I’m once again a minority (as I was in Hawaii). I have a heightened awareness of issues that not just blacks, but poor blacks, have simply by glimpsing their struggles every day. Do I completely understand their plight? Of course not. Do I feel their pain? No, I don’t. But can I see the effects that hundreds of years of racism has had on the psyche of a people? You bet. I see the Asians and whites in my neighborhood riding the train to work each day, leaving their unemployed, mostly black neighbors behind. I see environmental racism. I see lack of education, motivation, and stimulation, and only an smattering here and there being done about it.

    That all said, I’d like to see a greater emphasis placed on breaking the ‘poor me’ cycle. Why with a black man as president do we not see more people in the poor black communities becoming inspired to get themselves out of poverty, off welfare, and stay out of jail? Maybe people look at Obama and say, ‘see, a black man is in the top job and he’s still being put down by the white man (Boehner et al) who resent him being there because he’s black, so if he can’t even do it, then why should I even try?

    I say you should try so that there is yet another and another black man or woman (or person of color, for that matter) in a top job somewhere, making us all realize that when everyone’s talents are fully realized, regardless of race, we all do better.

  27. I find it somewhat amusing and also offensive that some White folks commenting find it so easy to disparage Black culture, while in some cases praising the “good” Hispanics and Asians. What is it that makes these people think that they have the natural right and capacity to evaluate other racial groups? What is the yardstick being used? Why is the White privilege inherent in these statements so easily embodied, and so invisible?

    These kind of statements, perhaps naively, make me wonder whether the white commenters who have written them know very much about white people as a race. When whites are evaluated, do they pass the test of racial goodness? If so, why? Who made the yardstick that white people measure up to so well?

    To add some weight to this argument, I will be more specific. To me, white-collar crime is atrocious; millions of dollars paid by the citizens are lost to favoritism, corrupt bidding processes, ridiculous bonuses, etc. Millions… billions of dollars. Dollars that could be used to save lives– so we’re talking, in a way, about statistical murder. Overwhelmingly, white-collar crime is committed by white people. They do not generally go to jail. Sometimes they get a slap on the wrist.

    Yet the people who fill the jails are dark-skinned. Guilty of the crimes of the poor, almost invariably– drug selling, theft, assault, being Black in public, drug possession; sometimes guilty of nothing at all. I’m not arguing for pure victimhood on the part of all Blacks who are incarcerated; but there is significant victimization.

    Beyond white-collar crime, there is the huge contingent of white drug users who rely on Black/POC dealers, who also bear the burden of arrests and incarceration.

    Lastly, growing up among poor white people (rural Maine, a racially homogenous place) I have never been all that impressed with white people’s life choices. White people are pretty flawed, like every other race! If you haven’t noticed this, you might try a little harder.

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