tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post532571224050727487..comments2024-03-06T08:29:13.333-08:00Comments on stuff white people do: blame problems caused by white people on non-white peoplemacon dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-57080856290780752412008-10-12T12:50:00.000-07:002008-10-12T12:50:00.000-07:00I always interpreted white people's reluctance to ...I always interpreted white people's reluctance to rebel against mostly white corporate greed, is because many white people honestly believe the prevailing American Horatio Algers myth, that one day they will be sitting behind that desk and raking in the dough. In addition, they dare not criticize a system of which they tacitly benefit from, even if it endangers the integrity of the system as a whole. Blacks are thus, the convenient scape goat as to why the economy has tanked, again being stupid and irresponsible with bad loans, while white people are exempt and are victims of poor credulous Blacks. <BR/><BR/>I also think this explains whites rage at the supposed socialist tactics being used to bail out the economy---this may mean sharing or being polluted with Blacks who they believe are largely the culprits. As usual the meme of not being able to control their bestial urges, the intellectual inferiority, and reckless spending.Dark Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051316480970381291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-57073289923878010302008-10-12T10:02:00.000-07:002008-10-12T10:02:00.000-07:00spot on.good post.chauncey devegaspot on.<BR/><BR/>good post.<BR/><BR/>chauncey devegaLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-36046337903379966282008-10-05T18:54:00.000-07:002008-10-05T18:54:00.000-07:00You're welcome, Ortho, and thanks for the link. Pa...You're welcome, Ortho, and thanks for the link. Pathological indeed.macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-85317172136773809702008-10-03T17:47:00.000-07:002008-10-03T17:47:00.000-07:00Macon, thank you for calling racists, like these, ...Macon, thank you for calling racists, like <A HREF="http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2008/09/30/smoking-gun-the-affirmative-action-financial-crisis.html" REL="nofollow">these</A>, out. The tendency of whites to displace blame on non-white people is pathological.orthohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475048083814392914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-23669697113319649592008-10-03T06:54:00.000-07:002008-10-03T06:54:00.000-07:00Sad but true, "people in the sun," sad and terribl...Sad but true, "people in the sun," sad and terrible and dangerous and retrograde and hateful and self-denying and more that's vile and obscene, but true.<BR/><BR/>Right, aka lynn, most of us have been socialized into ignoring the omnipresent reality and influences of corporate greed. However, I was hoping that the current economic earthquakes would shine a light on it, and then when I heard that a primary reason the bailout-vote initially failed was the widespread lack of support for it among voters, who called and emailed their anger over a bailout for corporate "leaders" instead of for people like themselves to their congressional representatives (many of whom listened to their voters, for once, because the congressional elections are coming soon), well, then I realized that a lot of ordinary people ARE aware of corporate greed and its significance. At the same time, though, they're easily distracted from that understanding, and from their collective power to do something about it, by the dark specters of xenophobic shibboleths.<BR/><BR/>I very much agree with you, social justice communicator, that a sociological imagination, and understanding, can do so much to help a person discern the threads that comprise the artificial fabric of "reality," as well as the ways they've been trained to remove the quotation marks from around that word. One blog I like in this regard is <A HREF="http://contexts.org/socimages/" REL="nofollow"> Sociological Images: Seeing is Believing</A> (though if it were my blog, I would have made the subtitle "Believing is Seeing"). Your blog looks like it was a good start. Can you recommend any others?macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-71970944394575230572008-10-03T06:11:00.000-07:002008-10-03T06:11:00.000-07:00The more I learn about social theory, the more I t...The more I learn about social theory, the more I think people need to be sociologists. Or at least have some kind of sociological imagination. It's a powerful tool to understanding the world, and it helps the individual see beyond people and see the social institutions and social structures that affect our lives. Although I might add we cannot deny the individual the ability to be an actor (if that's even possible).<BR/><BR/>I am scared to see what will happen if the economy does fail.Tom Gladys Vancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251289585080351134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-48181692610227480602008-10-02T19:11:00.000-07:002008-10-02T19:11:00.000-07:00Friends of mine perceives the decline of America a...Friends of mine perceives the decline of America as the result of Mexican immigration, Muslims, and though unspoken, I'm sure amongst a majority white crowd they pass the buck onto blacks as well. Rarely, if ever have I engaged in a conversation with them in which they thoroughly dissect reality only to see white corporate greed staring back at them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-54382451434161524202008-10-02T12:15:00.000-07:002008-10-02T12:15:00.000-07:00To be fair, sometimes they blame gay people.To be fair, sometimes they blame gay people.People in the Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961234839608654790noreply@blogger.com