Comments on: Post-Election Racism

By: Maternal Aunt

Maternal Aunt — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:06:48 +0000

All over the world Africans are aggressively engaged in ethnic cleansing — driving out non-Africans from their midst through violence, murder, rape and theft. Despite this, “enlightened” whites show precious little concern (except as it affects their personal safety) for the global threat of violence, genocide and degradation that Africans pose to all non-African peoples. Nowhere do I hear “enlightened” whites demanding that Africans respect the cultural and ethnic self-determination of non-African races. Instead I hear a perpetual condemnation of whites by whites, scorning the desire of the presumeably less-enlightened to preserve their group & personal safety, heritage and identity through segreation — an unjust condemnation that no amount of black-on-white violence or deteriorating conditions seems to mitigate.

Maybe these judgemental “enlighted” whites should take up permanent residence in a majority African environment — like Harlem, south Chicago, South Central LA, Somalia, Haiti, etc. (the more exclusively African, the better). Perhaps in the process these people might become a little more enlightened and less ignorant themselves.

Meanwhile, I find it laughable that a white woman who barely graduated from high school, who has shown complete and utter contempt for her own family’s values while at the same time wanting them to affirm hers, should fancy that she understands what True Ignorance is. It wasn’t enough that your Uncle Sid was courteous and “spoke amicably” with Courtenay. No, you had to judge Sid for being ignorant! Gosh, Rita, if that’s how you treat a kindly uncle — what would you do to people like me? Respond with love, tolerance and understanding? I don’t think so.

By: rita

rita — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:20:19 +0000

hey will. i clicked on your christmas pictures and started reading down. you have quite a way with words. i’m impressed. anyway, i thought i’d comment on this one, just because it brought up an experience of my own. i don’t think you know my dad’s family very well (neither do i, but i see them from time to time) and we’ve obviously never been close on my mom’s side. anyway, my dad’s family is all from new iberia, LA, whitetown USA. i remember racial slurs being thrown around as a child. imagine the shock and disgust they all displayed (in letters) when i was pregnant at 21 with a black man’s child. anyway, my uncle sid came over one day after jaron was born, and jaron’s dad was there for about 15 minutes. sid and courtenay spoke amicably about football, basketball, what have you. so after courtenay left, i vividly remember my uncle sid saying, “Wow, he’s just like me. he plays sports and everything.” at that moment is when i feel i understood true ignorance…anyway, just thought i’d share that.

By: Caroline Fontenot

Caroline Fontenot — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:55:11 +0000

Completely agree, Will. Just saw this post and glad it’s here.