We've heard a great deal of pontificating about racism in America from President Obama and the usual suspects (Jackson, Sharpton, etc.) after the Michael Brown and Eric Garner incidents. Unfortunately, they've ignored the real racists among us. The iconoclastic Fred Reed has taken it upon himself to set the record straight.
White Americans are in denial about racism in the United States. It exists. It is intense. So are misogyny and homophobia. Do not be fooled: While these evils are seldom openly expressed, they permeate society in the form of institutional racism and code-worded discrimination. To bring these to the attention of the public, I offer the following examples of subtle racism and discrimination.
Headline: "Farrakhan green-lights violence, calls for racial holy war at massive rally."
Rap lyrics: “Kill the white people; we gonna make them hurt; kill the white people; but buy my record first; ha, ha, ha”(“Kill d’White People”; Apache, Apache Ain’t Shit, 1993, Tommy Boy Music, Time Warner, USA.)
Headline: “New Black Panther Leader With ‘Kill Whitey’ Face Tattoo Busted on Gun Charge” His real name is Maruse Heath.
Rap lyrics: “These devils make me sick; I love to fill them full of holes; kill them all in the daytime, broad mother******* daylight; 12 o’clock, grab the Glock; why wait for night”( “Sweatin Bullets”; Brand Nubian, Everything Is Everything, 1994, Elektra Entertainment, Warner Communications, Time Warner, USA.)
Racial profiling is an undeniable fact in racist America: "Stunning 'dirty secret' " about racism in U.S, quoted from the San Francisco Examiner “In 85 percent of (300) physical assault crimes, the victims were Asian and the perpetrators were African American,” the newspaper said recently, citing a police study."
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And so it goes. In all of these cases we see with shocking clarity the hatred that lies within the Caucasian soul. Here, laid bare before all the world, is White Privilege at its worst, the disrespect for women, the hostility, and the innate barbarism of European "civilization." We must make a clean breast of it, repent, and offer what reparations we may to those we have harmed.
There's more at the link. Politically incorrect to the max . . . and true.
Peter
Rap lyrics: “Kill the white people; we gonna make them hurt; kill the white people; but buy my record first; ha, ha, ha”(“Kill d’White People”; Apache, Apache Ain’t Shit, 1993, Tommy Boy Music, Time Warner, USA.)
ReplyDeleteWhich you do know was a satirical song on Saturday Night Live?
@ Mr. Broucek: Yes, I'm aware of its so-called 'satirical' background. How anyone can find such sentiments 'satirical' (particularly when so many other rap 'songs' say similar things in an emphatically non-satirical manner) is beyond me . . . but maybe that's why I don't watch SNL much.
ReplyDeleteReed also wrote "Black Power" (#624 - his "Entrenched Racism" essay, which Peter references above, is #630 on his "Fred on Everything" web site), an essay which also accurately, and very non-politically-correctly, describes the situation.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what the right answer is, but I know what it isn't, and what we're doing now isn't.
"I'm not sure what the right answer is, but I know what it isn't, and what we're doing now isn't."
ReplyDeleteConcur.