January 30, 2008

Un-Businesslike

One of my pet peeves: people who use their business email lists to send jokes and other email forwards (many of which turn out to be untrue)

This morning I got one that pushes that even farther, from a local teacher. There isn't anyone on my email list that I would sent this to, certainly not to just the whole general group.

What was he thinking?

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UPDATE: I failed to note that this particular piece was attributed to Michael Richards, though I don't actually believe he authored it. I imagine he will get saddled with this type of thing for many years. There is no doubt he is an idiot and he got caught up and went off the deep end with the N-word at a stand-up gig. I don't, however, think he would be stupid enough to expand on the concept, particularly after experiencing the fall-out.

Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc.
And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You Call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman' ... and that's OK.

But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink ... You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the UnitedNegroCollege Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month , we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives we'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that?

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships you know we'd be racists. There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US. Yet if there were 'White colleges' THAT would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud.
But you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?


Posted by Vox at January 30, 2008 11:30 AM | peeves
Comments

That teacher better start updating his resume, and fast.

Posted by: ExUrbanKevin at January 30, 2008 11:37 AM

To: ExUrbanKevin
From: Whitey

"Cracker, please."

Posted by: Bob at February 1, 2008 10:44 PM

OMG! A teacher sent that piece of racist crap!? How in the world can someone who's supposed to be educated, buy into something so stupid? I ask myself something similar every time one of my contacts turns dingbat and sends chain letters of any sort, but this example takes the cake!

Posted by: Capri at March 6, 2008 05:21 AM