sex, art, and politics

I’ve said it a thousand times, here’s one more.

If you’re white you’re racist.

It’s not the end of the world. Shhhhhhh….. Calm down.

But you me and all our white brothers and sisters is raaaaaaccccciiiissssstttttt.

We’re not all cross burning crackers telling n****r lovers that they’re going to hell. That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that we all have issues based on our enculturation that makes us respond different to people based on their perceived race. Most often we respond more positively, with more trust and more compassion, to people with lighter complexions.

It’s not that we’re inherently bad people, just that the system we’re brought up in is inherently racist.

So the next time a person of color starts talking about white people and you feel like chiming in “we’re not all the same!!!!!!!! I’M A SUPER WHITE PERSON WITH NO RACISM WHATSOEVER” take a second to breath, gather yourself, and think about what kind of implicit associations you have with skin color and how your enculturation into a white supremacist society might have something to do with that.

And please… don’t bring up affirmative action as a way you’re discriminated against. It hurts my feelings and makes me sad.