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@Skülly
gad that website is like NYC bikesnob, completely unavoidably true, yet very hard to take by a middle class white person such as myself. Actually , talking of me ...
Winston your name is kinda West Indian-sounding. I guess you already know that.
Umm the post about 'if this was done in reverse and all the stereotypes were black people's things, would it be racist?' is kind of obvious... I mean, yes both are racist. This blog is racism. Racism is normal. Most people are racist on some level (whatever racist means - wtf DOES it mean?), whether they admit it or not. Deal with it. (Where's Tynan when you need him?)
I was recently at a screening and Q&A of Ma'afa, this film about the enslavement of Africans made last year to counter the unquestioned 'celebrations' of the 'abolishion' of 'the slave trade'. (I would never hve put any of those words in quotes until I saw this film!). Some pink-skinned girl said to the brown-skinned people who made the film ''How can we make a difference, as white people, to repair the damage of enslavement?'' And the producer said a really fucking good thing. Basically, she said Fuck Off, work it our for yourself, why should I try and make you feel better about what your ancestors did to my ancestors? Don't make me responsible, take responsibility.
Flip I used to call myself Wilderness for a reason... where am I?