tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post2857573606074527587..comments2024-03-06T08:29:13.333-08:00Comments on stuff white people do: wonder why there's no "white history month"macon dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-88576995139888487982012-09-18T08:57:44.624-07:002012-09-18T08:57:44.624-07:00White people who complain about Black History Mont...White people who complain about Black History Month and what they think of as "special attention" given to minority groups should detest white privilege more than anyone. It's the overarching ideology of whiteness that limits your ability to engage in cultural discourse.... don't blame the racial groups trying to overcome the very same power structure that limits YOU. If we didn't have a white power structure, then there would be no need to complain, right? Generations from now, perhaps there will be white hair care products on the shelf, along with hair care products for every other body type - and maybe by then people won't even think of race when browsing the hair care aisle of their local drugstore. But right now, that kind of society is pretty far off, regardless of our current POTUS, who is still unfortunately regarded as one of the "exceptional individuals" allowed into the power structure of white privilege. So direct your hate where it should go. We don't have white hair care products because we don't yet live in a truly multicultural society. That's my two cents as a white person.ricesrippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12470274370616408380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-83466539885854442142012-07-23T01:16:38.412-07:002012-07-23T01:16:38.412-07:00I'm very late to the party. I'm also white...I'm very late to the party. I'm also white. So feel free to completely ignore my contribution.<br /><br />If a white person makes an "innocent" blunder and a PoC reacts negatively, I consider that justified retribution. PoC have been receiving the brunt of our ignorance and downright hatred for generations, so if we have to end up on the business end of an angry rant or two, que sera. We cannot walk around every day inhabiting our privilege and on the rare occasion that something does not go our way, or, gasp, someone misunderstands our intent, cry foul. How many times have PoC experienced that very thing *that same day*, never mind in their lives? <br /><br />Furthermore, as a white person, I don't believe there is such a thing as "innocent" blundering on the topic. There's no excuse for ignorance anymore; the only sort left is of the willful variety. If you belligerently refuse to extend yourself willingly to learn about the reality of your neighbors of color, then you really deserve to learn the lesson the hard way. I count a rebuff or two as the basic admission price for the treasure that is my more informed (if not totally aware) perspective.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278436892961024136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-86364782273841903862012-02-13T09:45:06.652-08:002012-02-13T09:45:06.652-08:00i believe that the 100% black owned hair care prod...i believe that the 100% black owned hair care products are great for ethnic hair. i am white and couldnt tell you the first thing about taking care of ethnic hair what type of products to use or anything so good for that company. for that girl getting mad saying its racist she is retarded its the same concept of walking into a chinese restaurant and saying why dont white people work here or cook the food ummm because no would can know their food as good as they do. just like no one can know ethnic hair as well as a person of ethnic background. everyone disregard the ignorant white people that ask why is there no white history month they have no clue what they are talking about, in most school you are only tought about american history which is consisting of mainly things about white people. i went to martin luthurn king elementry and we had 2 history classes american history and african american history i dont remember many things from either class im not that big into history but i think that it should be in every school not just as an elective but as a mandatory class maybe the white people that say these stupid things about no white history month would quit saying that because they were taught at an early age about both not by their parents because most parents grew up at a time where blacks and whites werent at the same school yet. my mother had not even seen a black person til she was 13, because there were none who when to her school or who lived in her neighbor hood luckly my mom turned out the way she did and i wen to the school i did and i learned these things. (oh and btw this is for the people that come to the club i work at im not racist for telling you that you are to drunk to come in. I say it to everyone who has had to much to drink)courtneyb24https://www.blogger.com/profile/01746677607472084595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-26010640119168359302012-01-26T19:48:42.181-08:002012-01-26T19:48:42.181-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-4569174484400291902012-01-11T20:39:55.487-08:002012-01-11T20:39:55.487-08:00I have an even more probing question. Why do I alw...I have an even more probing question. Why do I always see White people telling the history of the cultures of non-White peoples? I watch the history channel, for example, and all I see are so-called White scholars in Egypt digging up stuff and telling to the world of an ancient culture that is not theirs. I see them deciphering an ancient writing (hieroglyphs)that no one in their lineage wrote. Why are not the Egyptians doing the telling? I see Whites digging up stuff and telling of stories that is not theirs to tell. This is arrogant. They are in everyone backyard except their own.<br /><br />I believe that many so-called White scholars who spent time digging up stuff in Egypt in Egypt discovered who really built the Pyramids, the Sphinx and discovered to had an ancient form of writing. I am certain of it.<br /><br />They spend time in Egypt not to dig up stuff to reveal, but to conceal the truth about what they find.<br /><br />As anyone ever wondered why the Egyptian government allowed the building of the Aswan Dam? This dam backed up the Nile river creating a man-made lake called Lake Nasser. Lake Nasser covers an area of over 2000 square miles.<br /><br />Nasser covers over the evidence of a highly organized and civilized people who built the Pyramids, the Sphinx and who created the ancient writings found over there.<br /><br />If the Egyptians of today (Arabs) ancestors really occupied that land long ago and built the great structures and created the ancient writings, why in the world would they disrespect their ancestry and allow over 2000 square miles of ancient history to be covered over by this Lake?<br /><br />Because it was not their ancestry. It was the descendants of Cush (Kush) who occupied that land long before the Arabs and Europeans came into it and usurped it. It was a dark-skinned people who lived in all of that land.<br /><br />This is what is being covered over.<br /><br />They know this. We see mainly the European in Egypt spinning incredible lying stories about who built the Pyramids, Sphinx and created the hieroglyphs. It was not the ancestors of the "Arab Egyptians."<br /><br />Look at the Sphinx itself! One can see the disrespect and outright hatred of Blacks directed at it. French and British Soldiers in past times used it as target practice and notice that it was the nose and lips that they largely targeted: the most pronounced features of Africans.<br /><br />Rather than let the truth be known, and attribute such great accomplishments to a dark-skinned people, The European and his descendants and Arabs would rather cover it up and cover it over.<br /><br />Moses and the Pharaohs looked nothing like what is seen in the movie "The Ten Commandments.'e-Prophetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182399268471873848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-42931779858274619672011-02-28T15:53:10.502-08:002011-02-28T15:53:10.502-08:00http://www.youtube.com/user/WabashCollege#p/c/0/oE...http://www.youtube.com/user/WabashCollege#p/c/0/oEt7FtQ0IoYsamrochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819664824559433157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-27827335689449065542011-02-28T15:22:16.216-08:002011-02-28T15:22:16.216-08:00There IS White history month!!!
Seems like everyo...There IS White history month!!! <br />Seems like everyone is asking...what is White History Month? Well the answer is July! Seems to make sense...our independence day, the birth of this great nation...<br /><br />Here is the official website for White History Month: http://www.thewhitehistorymonth.com/ <br /><br />Note, there is an event this July in Washington - should be good!<br /><br />It's about time a white history month is out there...a great opportunity to celebrate the country, its foundation, noted icons, contributors, and fascinating events of our history!<br /><br />Regardless of your race, gender, or ethnicity...you can find pride in the events and people celebrated during July...White History Month!D. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772067936012211891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-29304057575895549622010-12-22T16:34:13.729-08:002010-12-22T16:34:13.729-08:00Is black history month a different month in Americ...Is black history month a different month in America? Because in England it is in October??chippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335556376824290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-50815358707145485482010-07-31T07:08:59.109-07:002010-07-31T07:08:59.109-07:00vb, I think YOU should stop and think. I already h...vb, I think YOU should stop and think. I already have, so I know what I'm talking about.<br /><br /><i>Which African Tribe do you claim as yours during Black History Month?</i><br /><br />None. Since I'm a white American, I identify racially first and foremost as white. Yes, I have specific European roots, and like everyone else, my ancestry does indeed go all the way back to Africa, but no one looks at me and sees anything but "white," and that means so, so much for who I am, how I think and feel, and how I act. I have what this blog has taught me to see as "common white tendencies." And so, surely, do you. Think about it, hm?AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-74499029116710373702010-07-31T00:13:25.757-07:002010-07-31T00:13:25.757-07:00AE:
I have one question to ask you:
Which Africa...AE:<br /><br />I have one question to ask you:<br /><br />Which African Tribe do you claim as yours during Black History Month?<br /><br />Now, Stop and think.<br /><br />You just bagged on me for not picking a single tribe of fair skinned people and claiming them as my own.<br /><br />Maybe, you should think before you talk, hm?vanilla brohamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-78391456500305447452010-07-23T12:09:32.714-07:002010-07-23T12:09:32.714-07:00@vanilla..
This thread is not about your heritage...@vanilla..<br /><br />This thread is not about your heritage. But its cool to see you centring it all on YOU.<br /><br />But then, just like you did with Dumas history, you might just be making yours up too. I'd correct you on it. But i can't be bothered to investigate it and tell you your actual history, like you shock horror! tell those people who don't know that Dumas is a ....... should we just call him Haitian, since his French grandfather lived in Haiti?.<br /><br />ecuse me, I'm munching on some old school licorice.. hmmm yumsoulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-66900743573626156172010-07-23T10:52:16.717-07:002010-07-23T10:52:16.717-07:00Oh Vanilla, you're so . . . Vanilla!
Look:
I...Oh Vanilla, you're so . . . Vanilla!<br /><br />Look:<br /><br /><i>I am what is known as a European mutt. I have a bit of all fair skinned persons within my line. Now, racially speaking? I am too mixed up to claim one ethnic identity. But, all of them are fair skinned races. All of them are 'white'.</i><br /><br />No, all of them are NOT "white." White is what your American ancestors became <i>when they gave up their ethnic identities!</i><br /><br />So you're not answering my question. You begin by claiming, or at least implying, that you're a proud white person, and then when asked what it is about your specifically "white" heritage that you embrace, you instead hold up that which existed <i>before</i> your ancestors embraced whiteness. As I said, that's very "vanilla" of you. To be white is NOT to be ethnic, and yet, when whites talk about a proud past, they talk about (erased) ethnicities (or as you put it, their "heritage" and "roots").<br /><br />I'm not surprised you're having trouble explaining what it is, specifically, about being 'white' that you're proud of. As the historian David Roediger <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/04/12/100412crbo_books_sanneh" rel="nofollow">puts it</a>, "Whiteness describes, from Little Big Horn to Simi Valley, not a culture but precisely the absence of culture. It is the empty and therefore terrifying attempt to build an identity based on what one isn't and on whom one can hold back."<br /><br />You say you're a history buff, but you seem entirely unaware of the many, many recent histories written on "whiteness" (Ignatiev, Painter, Roediger, Frye Jacobson, Haney Lopez, etc.).AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-54068525209100388782010-07-23T10:26:40.808-07:002010-07-23T10:26:40.808-07:00Ok. Now. My Heritage, is that my maternal grandmot...Ok. Now. My Heritage, is that my maternal grandmother's line is a far cried descendant from Mary Queen of Scots. Also a lesser known, later noble known as Sir Jon the Horse Thief.<br />My maternal grandfather's line? Pioneers.<br />My paternal grandmother's line? Pioneers and sharecroppers. Somewhere in there i have a grandfather that helped lay the trans cont railroad.<br />My paternal Grandfather? Cast off cousins and descendants of a renowned millers.<br /><br />All of this is *my* heritage. I am proud of where I come from. I am proud of my roots. Anyone who says I shouldn't be, is nothing more than a hypocrite.<br /><br />I am more than the color of my skin. I have running in my veins, the blood of kings, the blood of slaves. All the way back to Adam and Eve. Just like everyone else here.<br /><br />Your lashing out at me, telling me i should be ashamed of who I am and where I come from, is a very sad thing. Rather than me read this site, mayhaps you all should look at yourselves.<br /><br />Alexander Dumas was a man of color. While he wasn't treated as badly as a post emancipation slave, he wasn't given all of the privileges of a white person, until later in life.<br /><br />@Jane: Your comment was by far superior to AE's. More thought out. So let me tell you.<br /><br />I am what is known as a European mutt. I have a bit of all fair skinned persons within my line. Now, racially speaking? I am too mixed up to claim one ethnic identity. But, all of them are fair skinned races. All of them are 'white'.Vanilla Brohamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-86325539213810826302010-07-22T02:49:22.594-07:002010-07-22T02:49:22.594-07:00@Vanilla
You might be a history buff but your kno...@Vanilla <br />You might be a history buff but your knowledge of Dumas is full of <b>FAIL</b><br /><br />Alexandre Dumas:<br />paternal line - French Aristocratic grandfather + French African Grandmother<br />Father - mixed race<br />Mother: French.<br /><br />I guess you like that one drop rule much, right?<br /><br /><i>Most people don't even realize that The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo were written by a Black Man.</i>soulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-86801773098888644692010-07-21T20:30:13.966-07:002010-07-21T20:30:13.966-07:00@Jane Laplain,
clap
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clap!!!!@Jane Laplain,<br /><br />clap<br /><br />clap<br /><br />clap!!!!AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-65804500888817576312010-07-21T20:22:24.398-07:002010-07-21T20:22:24.398-07:00@Vanilla
Whenever I take pride in my heritage, in...@Vanilla<br /><br /><i>Whenever I take pride in my heritage, in my roots, I am near immediately looked at by any person nearby as if I have grown a second head, unless they themselves are educated.</i><br /><br />Please tell me you mean by heritage/roots you mean your Dutch, or Welsh, or German-American ancestry, or something. <br /><br />If that is the heritage you wish to celebrate, I con't understand why anybody would be freaked out by that.<br /><br />If you mean white heritage as in you wanna celebrate being a white guy in america and all the cultural privileges that implies...? Umm you're on the wrong damn blog.<br /><br />Perhaps you haven't heard. <i>White Heritage = Legacy Of White Supremacy </i>. White is NOT just another word for Caucasian. White means those who hold the greatest amount of power in the COLOR-CODED RACIAL CASTE SYSTEM called...you guessed it... WHITE SUPREMACY. <br /><br />Let me say this a few more times. You can't be White without WHITE SUPREMACY. WHITE SUPREMACY isn't just an extremist militia movement for rednecks who like burning crosses. WHITE SUPREMACY is the FOUNDING PRINCIPLE of the Race Concept. <br /><br />You dig? White. Black. Red. Yellow. Race exists solely because the people calling themselves The White Race created it. For no other reason than to dominate all the other "races" and try to take their shit from them. <br /><br />Is that what you're proud of, Vanilla? Cuz that's what your White Heritage is all about, dude.<br /><br />I suggest you do ALOT more reading here before you comment. I mean, damn.Jane Laplainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-27155202222795675952010-07-21T19:40:41.932-07:002010-07-21T19:40:41.932-07:00Vanilla,
Good idea on educating all people about ...Vanilla,<br /><br />Good idea on educating all people about their roots all year round, but white people <i>already are</i> educated about their "roots" all year round. <br /><br />Are you saying that you're proud to be white? And that's why you'd have a "white history month party"?<br /><br />If so, what about being white are you proud of? <br /><br />Wait -- if so, don't answer that. If you're proud of being white, just go away, plz.AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-44247295563381312322010-07-21T17:49:58.172-07:002010-07-21T17:49:58.172-07:00Ok. I am a white dude that grew up in the deep hoo...Ok. I am a white dude that grew up in the deep hood. I come from a rather socially diverse, if not segregated city north of the mason-dixon line, and well, I have one thing to say.<br /><br />Whenever I take pride in my heritage, in my roots, I am near immediately looked at by any person nearby as if I have grown a second head, unless they themselves are educated.<br /><br />I am a true history buff, and I can tell most ethnic people more about their history than they can.<br /><br />Truth be told, you shouldn't take just one month to study your roots, but should do it all year round.<br /><br />Most people don't even realize that The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo were written by a Black Man.<br /><br />Anyway, my two cents are this. Instead of defending Black History Month, How about starting a campaign to get rid of the Government established Black history month, and try to educate people about their roots year round.<br /><br />And P.S.: Regardless of whether or not I invited my mixed group of friends to my 'white history month party', I could guarantee that I would be boycotted by quite a few people that don't take it upon themselves to educate themselves about their roots.Vanilla Brohamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-78228343050378389322010-05-31T12:24:43.132-07:002010-05-31T12:24:43.132-07:00Hm. I wonder what Black History Month is going to ...Hm. I wonder what Black History Month is going to look like in Texas elementary schools now?Willownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-55539860983705924592010-05-31T11:58:10.950-07:002010-05-31T11:58:10.950-07:00[Anonymous, I'm not black. I'm white. You ...[Anonymous, I'm not black. I'm white. You are right, though, that I'm not going to publish your comment. ~macon d]macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-31659635528008953562010-05-17T10:45:28.150-07:002010-05-17T10:45:28.150-07:00["White Guy," if you want to get taken s...["White Guy," if you want to get taken seriously here, you clearly need to read <a href="http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2009/10/derail-dialogues-on-race-with-arab.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> before submitting more comments. ~macon]macon dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795547197817128339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-10364615713762525912010-04-26T23:41:49.903-07:002010-04-26T23:41:49.903-07:00I am in my fifties and wish that people other than...I am in my fifties and wish that people other than middle-aged white men would have been mentioned and given credit for their accomplishments in my school text schools as I was growing up. (I'm not against the middle-aged white men in the history books, but they aren't the only ones who have accomplishments. That stands to reason). I did not know that a black gentleman created the traffic light system until about ten years ago. I like John Wayne movies and also found out that there were a lot of black cowboys who tamed the West. I did not find very much to read about in regard to women's contributions to society neither in my school textbooks. I am actually very glad that we have Black History Month. Knowledge is Power. I happen to be white and I like reading about people's accomplishments and contributions no matter their race. Every child, no matter what background, should feel that they, too, can make a positive difference. History needs to include all peoples, not just a chosen few!GardenDivanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-22362698610847585962010-04-07T14:14:56.509-07:002010-04-07T14:14:56.509-07:00I live in Virginia, who just approved April as &qu...I live in Virginia, who just approved April as "Confederate History Month". I've read the articles on various local news sites, and a majority of the posters love this because we already have Black History Month. <br /><br />It's the same thing with BET (although I have my issues with that channel), and why there's no "White Entertainment Television". Hell, you have how many cable channels out there, and 90% of the time, the shows never feature people of color. The NAACP fought that very issue about 10 years ago.<br /><br />Can't have it both ways.BGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-72731585101433322242010-04-06T19:33:12.398-07:002010-04-06T19:33:12.398-07:00first of all, thank you for this blog. as a half w...first of all, thank you for this blog. as a half white, half south african-indian muslim, i've been pondering race and what it means for most of my life, and it's wonderful to see so many people talking about it here. the generally civilized tone is especially heartening.<br /><br />being of mixed race, I can tell you that when minorities get together, they're usually trying to maintain something, (a culture, religion, language). when the majority gets together it's often about excluding the minority. <br /><br />additionally, white is not in the same category as indian, african american, korean, etc, (especially in america, where white also means majority). because of this, there are many things which it's not ok for white people to do as white people, but which they could do as whatever ethnicity they may belong to. the problem lies in the broadness of the term white. nobody would mind a proudly -fill in white ethnicity here- company. a german basketball team would be fine. an all irish company selling shamrocks probably wouldn't bother too many people. nobody ever complains about the italian american festivals or the hungarian picnics.<br /><br />on a seperate note, am i the only one who can't stand the word ethnic as meaning non-white? since when do white people have no ethnicity?<br /><br />i hope i've added to the discussion, i'm more of a talker than a writer.shimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-528074983146803930.post-44360444426794108712010-03-19T17:09:57.378-07:002010-03-19T17:09:57.378-07:00"What I am doing is arguing against the conce..."What I am doing is arguing against the concept of race, not against the concept of racial history."<br /><br />I think the idea of race not being 'real' is a given, but the thing is people see race, and if affects the lives of POC constantly... so I'm curious as to how on a blog that delves deeply into racism you think "Wait everyone! Race isn't real! You can all stop being annoyed/angry/whatever" is genuinely adding to the conversation is a positive way.bettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229408042270752010noreply@blogger.com