Quote from Thunderdog:
The sheets don't quite cut it anymore as they once may have out in the open, so that leaves other, perhaps more subtle, alternatives. A coy cartoon does very nicely. Free speech and all that.
You don't feel bad about the country's history of slavery and an anger towards the people who participated and profited from it, irrespective of color? That's funny, because I feel bad about it. I also feel bad about the genocide and ethnic cleansing that continues to this day in other parts of the world. I don't have to be responsible for it to feel bad about it and for those who have suffered. That's empathy, not guilt.
Sharpton is and will be Sharpton. However, that doesn't take away from the thinly veiled racism depicted in that cartoon.
White sheets are still worn by KKK members, but as a tradition. Not out of fear of public identification.
Why should blacks now be mad at white people for what happened 150 years ago? I don't hate Japanese people just because their people bombed Pearl Harbor in the 1940's. Why should I?
So at this point, are you saying it's okay for me to hate Japanese people because some of them attacked my ancestors and conducted sick torture on their American POWs? You should read about some of the shit they did..made them Germans look like little bitches in the torture arena.
So it's okay for me to be angry and hate them for that, even though pretty much everyone responsible for those atrocities aren't even alive anymore...I should just hold the entire race accountable for all eternity?
Why don't you ever stand up and attack Sharpton for his racist comments when he makes them? Are you white? If so, do you hate yourself for it?
I agree, it's easy to see how someone with confirmation bias could construe that cartoon as racist.
BUT- If you are going to attack someone for something you consider racist, then make sure you keep it fair and unbiased. Pipe up when you see ignorant black leaders making racist remarks as well, not just whites.
Instead of saying I don't feel bad about slavery..I should have said I don't feel guilty. I feel extremely bad about the atrocities around the world. I think all races of humanity are all equally worthless, with a few good representatives here and there. Humans in general are fucked up. So you are right, I should have clarified. I do feel bad about any unfair and fucked up situation in the world, but I DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT SLAVERY BECAUSE I DID NOT PARTICIPATE.
You can't go throw someone in jail just because their dad did something illegal. You can't blame me just because SOME (and I mean relatively very few) white people owned slaves 150 years ago. So I don't owe any black person shit and they don't owe me shit. People need to STFU and focus on the real problems we are facing like disease, possible nuclear war, etc.
It sucks that it happened, but remember- white people are no more guilty than the black African chieftans who sold them the slaves.