feathersandpaper-deactivated201:

Hello:) okay so here’s the deal. There’s a fundamental misunderstanding in the white community of the actual definition of “racism”. But it all boils down to the fact that white people cannot experience racism because there is no system of oppression working against white people. Throughout history we (white people) have colonized and exploited and enslaved people of color then claimed their land and natural resources, and as white people in the 21st century we continually benefit from our past (and present as in still happening) actions. We, as white people, will never have to walk into a job worrying that we may be turned down for a job because we’re too pasty. But people of color are judged and profiled and discriminated against in a system that is specifically designed by white people for white people making aspects of every day life for them difficult in ways we will never experience.

Now don’t confuse racism with sexism or homophobia, there are communities of people that are discriminated against as well but those are completely different conversations. Bottom line, you can not be racist to white people because there is no institutionalized racism against white people anywhere in this world. Aamer Rahman says it perfectly in his “Fear of A Brown Planet” comedy sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M

Some really great blogs to follow that discuss race issues from the perspective of people of color are:

www.theracismrepellent.tumblr.com

www.whitepeoplestealingculture.tumblr.com

www.angrywocunited.tumblr.com

www.postracialcomments.tumblr.com

www.reverseracism.tumblr.com