Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Proud to Be White

Someone finally said it.

There are African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans, Arab-Americans, Native-Americans, etc, and then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me White-boy, Cracker, Honkey, Whitey, or Caveman, … and that is OK.

But, when I call you Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink … you call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you, so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day. You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You Have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET & Miss Black America.

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) or White Miss America … we would be racists. If we had a White Pride Day … you would call us racists.

If we had a White History Month … we would be racists.

If we had any organization only for whites to "advance” OUR lives, we would be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Who pays for that?

If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships … You know we would be racists.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US, yet, if there were "White colleges,” THAT would be racist.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow, and orange, and you are not afraid to announce it. But, when we announce our white pride … You call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member, or beats up a black drug-dealer who is a threat to society and running from the law … You call him a racist.

I am proud, but you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?