tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post5290360969136930053..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Talking LoudBig Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-26280044103125300982010-05-26T11:47:35.038-05:002010-05-26T11:47:35.038-05:00And yet, when white people get angry and scream an...And yet, when white people get angry and scream and holler (AND SPIT ON CONGRESSMEN!!), they have the privilege (thanks to the dominant group's control over the media) of having THEIR behavior framed as that of "concerned Americans" simply "expressing their 1st Amendment rights." <br /><br />The double standard is nauseating...trufizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10399929948020983917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-30967683173420048142010-05-22T17:53:06.345-05:002010-05-22T17:53:06.345-05:00"You have one group, the group in danger of b..."You have one group, the group in danger of being maimed and murdered by police, expressing suspicion and anger, while another group, the group that sees the police as protectors or a minor nuisance, brushing off that suspicion and anger."<br /><br />I am a member of a message board for cooking. There is a political section on the board, which is filled with mostly conservative, white women. We were discussing the Arizona immigration situation and I mentioned the dangers that people of color ALREADY face from the police, and that they will be exacerbated by the new law. So, I got a bunch of women questioning my motives... almost accusing me of being an illegal immigrant or married to an illegal immigrant. I was told I need to find new friends when I shared the harassment my friends have received from the police. The women on the board wanted to be able to just brush off the idea of police harassment as something MADE UP by people of color. Since they choose to ignore the voices of nonwhite people, they do not have to face the truth. And they expect every other white person to share their same narrow minded focus on their own selves, and will accuse anyone who does not of either lying about the situation OR lying about who they really are.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409225119134162318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-56848578045674624882010-05-19T19:40:35.069-05:002010-05-19T19:40:35.069-05:00Or maybe it's the estrogen AND the melanin, in...Or maybe it's the estrogen AND the melanin, in which case I'm doomed, because Son of Blue is going off to college soon, which will make me the sole male in the house. And I've always been the only "pink person" (Little Girl Blue's version of "Caucasian"). Totally outgunned, man. ;-)<br /><br />- Deacon BlueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-56239830586457613912010-05-19T14:57:07.380-05:002010-05-19T14:57:07.380-05:00Yeah, I was wondering what was going on.
And your...Yeah, I was wondering what was going on.<br /><br />And your wife yells because she's a woman, not because she's black. It's the ovaries, not the melanin. Lol.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-89625221801494469222010-05-19T13:21:48.821-05:002010-05-19T13:21:48.821-05:00Ugh! I hate this comment system (you're not th...Ugh! I hate this comment system (you're not the first blogger I've read to use it)...it always displays me as "holyhell" instead of "Deacon Blue," no matter what I try to do to change that.<br /><br />Oh, well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-21555452729080090482010-05-19T13:20:10.804-05:002010-05-19T13:20:10.804-05:00I do wish my little brown girl would turn down the...I do wish my little brown girl would turn down the volume a bit, at least until she's actually spouting more material approach philosophical or moral relevance. Because I sure don't need someone with the volume set on 12 when she's three feet away.<br /><br />But aside from that, it's an interesting line of thought. Might explain a lot of why my wife not only talks loud in general, but has a tendency during marital disagreements to ratchet up the volume and then, when I ask her not to yell at me, she insists that she's not yelling.<br /><br />Thank God we don't argue much, because that drive me nuts...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-59901286010092319722010-05-19T11:10:30.963-05:002010-05-19T11:10:30.963-05:00I agree 100% with you
I may not be a black man, b...I agree 100% with you<br /><br />I may not be a black man, but as a woman of colour and feminist, I'll keep shouting too. I'm not gonna sit down and be quiet like a polite lady just because a bunch of pansy white guys expect me to. F--k that.Sabina E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14679639206346030919noreply@blogger.com