A perfect lesson in anti-racism
Feb. 28th, 2007 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yelosonWhen someone says something foolish AND hateful, instead of hemming, hawing, and giving excuses to defend such ignorance, saying "they didn't mean anything", or "that's what's crazy, they're not racist", "Stop being so sensitive", etc.
Maybe you should simply check their dumb ass and admit where you fucked up.
See, unlike Michael Richards or Rosie O'Donnell, etc. instead of excusing or protecting racist behavior, or standing by silently, several folks stepped up to criticize and question the institution which supported him, and get a policy change in little over a week.
What happened here wasn't pressure from outside. Black folks didn't have to TELL asian folks that this was fucked up and that we should do something, and PUSH us into giving a half-hearted effort. For the same reason public defecation isn't a -common- problem in our society- all we did was see crazy behavior and say, "What THE FUCK is wrong with you?!?"
Is Kenneth going to learn anything? Probably not. But we saw the problem wasn't Kenneth's craziness, it's whoever the fuck thought that this was good to spread around and publish as "The Voice of Asian America". It's when people protect and promote the crazy that you have to wonder about the society you're living in.
So please. Check your people shitting in public. It's only civilized.
Maybe you should simply check their dumb ass and admit where you fucked up.
See, unlike Michael Richards or Rosie O'Donnell, etc. instead of excusing or protecting racist behavior, or standing by silently, several folks stepped up to criticize and question the institution which supported him, and get a policy change in little over a week.
What happened here wasn't pressure from outside. Black folks didn't have to TELL asian folks that this was fucked up and that we should do something, and PUSH us into giving a half-hearted effort. For the same reason public defecation isn't a -common- problem in our society- all we did was see crazy behavior and say, "What THE FUCK is wrong with you?!?"
Is Kenneth going to learn anything? Probably not. But we saw the problem wasn't Kenneth's craziness, it's whoever the fuck thought that this was good to spread around and publish as "The Voice of Asian America". It's when people protect and promote the crazy that you have to wonder about the society you're living in.
So please. Check your people shitting in public. It's only civilized.
