Anti-White Speech

What's right is right even if it's white.

Opinion page by Duane Alan Hahn.

This subject has probably been talked about a million times before, but here's what I think anyway.

We are all supposed to be living in the years of political correctness, tolerance, and acceptance, so the horrible and ignorant things done by white people in the past don't apply here. This page is about the entertainment industry and mainstream attitudes in the 1990s and beyond.

For many years, especially throughout the 1990s, black people have been saying things about white people on TV and in movies that would get white people in trouble now if things were reversed.

Here's an example from the debut episode of The Bernie Mac Show :

"What am I supposed to do, allow those three kids to go to the State or some foster home or some white couple? Ah-ah, hold on, this ain't about race. It's not about race. I just don't want to hear them talking all proper like that. You know what I'm saying?" [Text in bold spoken in an offensive nasal tone.]

If a white man would say that he doesn't want three white kids to go to a black couple for any reason, the 'politically correct police' would be all over him. They would say that it is about race and how dare he say such a thing. And just let that white man imitate the stereotypical Ebonics style of speech that many black people speak in the United States and the PC police would try to get him expelled from the planet.

A black person can say, "white men can't dance," "white men have no rhythm," "white men can't jump," and so on without raising an eyebrow, but if a white person would say that black men can't do something, there would be all kinds of uproar.

You may be thinking that black people can get away with it because they've been murdered, enslaved, oppressed, excluded, and picked on over the years and now it's their turn to do the same to white people. But when will things become balanced so that this kind of speech is frowned on no matter which race it's about?

There may always be exclusion because there are more white people in the United States which naturally means that there are more white people in powerful positions. When they create things such as magazines and TV shows, these products reflect their class and culture. Most of these powerful white people have no clue about how other white classes and cultures live, so don't expect them to know one thing about black classes and cultures beyond stereotypes.

These days, there's always pressure for white endeavors to include minorities without exception. If it's OK for black people and other minorities to have race specific magazines, web sites, TV shows, cable networks, beauty pageants, award shows, and so on with no objections, then it should be fine to have white in the title of things that are geared towards mainstream white people without any controversy. It seems like minorities are saying, "what's yours is mine and what's mine is mine." I thought the separation and racism from much of the 20th century was frowned on, but if it's OK to be openly proud of your color and culture in an exclusionary way, then all races should be allowed to join in.

As I said before, there are more white people in the United States, so it can seem like everything on TV is made just for white people, but how would you react to a cable channel called White Entertainment Television? And does the statement, "support your white community, buy from white businesses" offend you? If it does, why? Does the statement "support your black community, buy from black businesses" offend you? If not, why? If we're going to learn to be a multicultural society, either all statements of that kind should be accepted or all of them should be rejected.

And don't tell me that these inequalities are OK because white people get special treatment. Only certain classes of white people get special treatment and the rest get treated like scum. It is true that some lower class white people may get a better seat or are treated a little friendlier by other lower class white people who work at lower class white businesses, but that's because most people tend to be more comfortable with people who are similar to them. Don't think that the same thing doesn't happen to minorities when they visit minority businesses.

There are many other problems that still exist such as police harassment and brutality and anti-black redneck hate groups, but separation will only increase these problems. What's needed is understanding and awakening.

If you feel that you have a duty to "support your community," it may be a great idea for you to only buy from people of your own race, just don't be shocked, outraged, and offended when people of other races do the same.