| Multishanks said: Toni Morrison has an awesome interview about race. she comes to the conclusion that the racist structure of our society has not only limited the disenfranchised but also those who "benefit" from it as well. But it places so much emphasis on something as arbitrary and uncontrollable as skin color that it limits our ability to see and celebrate our individual accolades and accomplishments. Seeing some of the comments section definitely affirms this for me.
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"White people have a very, very serious problem"
Direct quote from her. I don't care if she has a Nobel prize, that is just hypocrytical. Why? Because if ANY white person came and said that "Black people have a very, very serious problem" in public then he'd be crucified. And by all accounts one could argue that, as a race, black people do have a problem. If you want me to elaborate then I will gladly supply murder/rape/violent crime statistics of blacks vs everyone else. Only in Mexico is it anywhere near as bad. I could also show you standardized IQ tests or harp on about the conditions in Africa. Or how there weren't even wheels in Africa when European settlers arrived here.
But that's not the point. And very, very predictably, I'll be called a racist for stating the above facts. Even though I made a tentative statement and said, "one could argue that".
My problem with all of this shit is...
How about these so-called black intellectuals actually contribute something to the knowledge of humanity instead of harping on about the oppression their people are under in modern society? How about they help "their people" develope societies without gangs, drugs, violence and degredation and build something sustainable? Why don't they do that!? WHY!?
I could tell you why, but I doubt you'd want to hear at this point. My guess is you, or whoever might have read this far, is fuming by now.
