Racism isn't just "a card" some people "play"

[bcholmes]

Blaming people of color for Prop. 8 passing in California is racist. So cut it the fuck out. Ditto for veiling your racism with "this is because of turnout for Obama" or "you know how conservative those immigrants can be."

sparkymonster states one of those things that I wanted to believe was obvious, but which apparently is not.

Edit: Here's another good response to the "let's blame the brown people" phenomenon.

Edit the second: Here's a statistical analysis of a white election.

Edit the third: Daily Kos has a good analysis, too!

Comments

[griffen.livejournal.com]

What she said.

What I'm pissed off about is that significant numbers of various groups (not just racial groups) voted to strip me, my husband, my father, my mother, many of my friends, and many of my co-workers and co-students of our rights. Any excuse for that pisses me off, because there is none. Don't give me lame crap excuses about traditions or beliefs. NOTHING excuses what happened yesterday. NOTHING. It was un-American. It was a dog-in-the-manger, fuck-you-Jack-I-got-mine behavior that NO minority should have exhibited.

Don't you dare tell me I'm racist when there is factual evidence that many groups are homophobic and bigoted. Don't you dare.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

It was a dog-in-the-manger, fuck-you-Jack-I-got-mine behavior that NO minority should have exhibited.

So minorities should be held to a higher standard?

I get that you're angry. When Bill 167 failed in Ontario 10+ years ago, I was similarly angry. But I think that important parts of your response aren't appropriate or helpful.

[griffen.livejournal.com]

EVERYONE should be held to that standard. But any minority, any member of any minority, who has experienced discrimination should know better than to inflict it on someone else. How about some damn empathy?

My response may not be helpful, but at least it's honest.