Cadaverous Pallor |
01-21-2009 04:57 PM |
Leo - first of all, you said you had never heard of him. As if that is a valid point, somehow. I'm still rolling my eyes at that one.
Also - I'm pissed at everyone who takes offense at something like that, no matter which race is targeted. Hello, America? Get over yourself. Grow a thick skin. We're going to need it.
Know what? He's got a reason to hate white people. I'm no history buff, but seeing the basics about his past means that he saw American whites during their ugliest moment in the 20th century - fighting against equality and freedom for blacks. I'm sure he had things thrown at him, got spit in the face and had death threats against him and his loved ones. If you translate his words to mean that racist whites need to be more accepting of minorities, you think he means YOU? How laughable!
If this is the mildest thing he says in reference to the struggles that HE HIMSELF faced, never mind the struggles all minorities have and continue to face (however diminished, they are multiplied by the multitudes around us) then we are to consider ourselves lucky.
Personally, I think he meant something different. I am a White person and I want to do What's Right. As in, truly getting on board for equality, for all, even if it's not my own self that is subjected, as in Gay Rights, as in anything else that comes our way. That's what he meant by doing What's Right. I'm happy to hear the wakeup call, and I hope others heard it as a wakeup call as well.
In fact, I'll repeat it. Hey, Whites! If your rights are secure, fight for the rights of others! Do What's Right!
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