I guess everyone on here who knows me, knows that I try to back up my beliefs with
my outspoken criticism of things that I feel are wrong. I went to school with a girl
in the 60's. I guess I have also said that I am sorry for being a kid and not marching or making a stand during the civil rights movement. My excuse. I was a kid. I am no longer a kid. I have no time for hate and no tolerance for predjudices.
The girl I went to school with sent me an email. I opened it with great enthusiasm as she sends me some really great emails with jokes that are funny and usually about us growing older. Her emails are usually beautiful scenery, or butterflys or things like this.
I was quite shocked to read the email I received yesterday, which ended up in a bitter
exchange of my ability to call racism what it is. The emails go like this and I wanted to share it with you guys because I feel we have push back on hate and instead of
making a face and hitting the delete button, we need speak up. Here are the exchanges and I suggest any and all of you do this to enough of ignorant people and maybe just maybe the radicals and people who have a problem with our president or people other than white will know, they are standing on shaky ground with folks who wll not put up with their "Oh I am not predjudice but remarks and emails".
The email that set it off"
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From: XXXXXXXXX
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 7:12 PM
To: Steinberg, Selda, Nixon, Joyce, Miracle, James, Hutchison, Joan, Howard, Vicki, Ellison, Glen & Mary, Campbell, John, Burnell, Betty, Brewer, Nancy, Belter, Janice
Subject: Fw: okay to be proud to be white
----- Original Message -----
From: XXXXXXXXXXX
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 8:49 AM
Subject: Fwd: okay to be proud to be white
-----Subject: It's okay to be proud to be white
Yep, this sure is the truth!
This is very interesting!!!
Be Proud To Be White.. ( There is a good point made here)
I have been wondering why Whites are racists, and no other race is ...
Michael Richards makes his point ... and whether we like it or not, he is telliing the truth.
Michael Richards, better known as Kramer from TV's Seinfeld does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act.
He makes some very interesting points ...
Someone finally said it. How many are actually paying attention to this?
There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab 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,' 'Caveman' ... and that's 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....
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month, we'd be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that??
A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships ... you know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US ...
Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college.
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're not afraid to announce it.
But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.
You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us.
But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.
I am proud ... But you call me a racist.
Why is it that only whites can be racists??
There is nothing improper about this e-mail ...
Let's see which of you are proud enough to send it on.
I sadly don't think many will.
That's why we have LOST most of OUR RIGHTS in this country.
We won't stand up for ourselves!
BE "PROUD" TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime YET... but getting very close!
It is estimated that ONLY 5% of those reaching this point in this e-mail, will pass it on.
I DID!!
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My response:
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON EARTH IS COLORED OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE TRANSPARENT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
SHADES AND GOD MADE US THIS WAY. I WOULD NOT PASS THIS GARBAGE ON TO ONE SINGLE PERSON BECAUSE IT IS RACIST AND GOD DESIGNED US ALL TO THE SHADES OF HIS PLEASURE. HATE IS JUST SOMETHING IN LIFE I HAVE NO TIME FOR.
HOW MANY ON HERE WHO THINK THEY ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHER RACES CLAIM CHRISTIANITY? CHECK YOUR HEART....AND IN THE MEANTIME THINK ABOUT ETERNITY AND IF YOU WILL BE LIVING FOREVER WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, THERE IS NO COLOR IN THE WORLD OF JESUS AND IF THERE IS, IT WOULD BE BROWN JESUS WAS A JEW A MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOLOMAN WAS BLACK AND THE BIBLE SAYS THE ONE WHO CARRIED THE CROSS ON THE DAY OF CRUSIFIXICATION WAS BLACK NAMED SIMON.THINK ABOUT IT ARE YOU SURE YOU THIINK THIS KIND OF TALK IS CORRECT EVEN IF THEY THE ONES NAME CALLING DOES IT DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT AND ISI IT CHRIST LIKE? THERE IS NO COLOR TO GOD AND MAN JUST IS SHADES OF HUMANITY. WE ARE ALL THE SAME IF TURNED INSIDE OUT PASS THIS ON
AMANDA KATO
----- Original Message -----
From: Lxxxxxxx1001@aol.com
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Fwd: Fw: okay to be proud to be white
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Her Response (Must have hit a nerve)
AMANDA,
SORRY IF SOMEONE STEPPED IN YOUR OATMEAL THIS MORNING AND I OFFENDED YOU...THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT....THIS WAS JUST 'FOOD FOR THOUGHT' ON HOW DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE U.S. IS.SORRY YOU TOOK IT PERSONAL....
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My response back ! As you can see we are yelling. All caps. I decided to quit yelling and go back to regular print.
This was indeed racist and things have not changed that much in America. The Redman (my husband's people) were ran off the
land and sent on a trail of tears. Why? HIS PEOPLE WERE RED. No Tish, you did not say the word hate but every little bit
of innuendo spoke volumes of hate filled and instead of fighting with the Muslim or the black man or Asian, we should be trying to
get along. All ghettos are not black and not all mansions are filled with whites. It is a state of mind and some people can't get past
the Civil war or having a black man for president. By the way......you passed it on..you did not write it but the NAACP was started by white people as Blacks vote was only considered half of a vote. Read the history on the NAACP. Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center
is a White man.. I do believe that the black, red, and every other color but white has had to fight for the right to even be counted or dignified as a human being. I was offended because I think there are bad people and it is not based on race. Same for good. Just because someone lives in a ghetto does not mean they are trash. It means they are economically disadvantaged. I did take it personal. I am white married to a redman.
I go to a church that is primarily black. I vote democrat. I am not any better or worse than any of those races just because I am white and even though I agree that many people are proud to be black with their Negro Funds and things of this nature, it is not because of race but because of a minority status. We have Womens Clubs and Women organizations. According to the tv guy's speech, it is because of race. White is soon to become the minority and at that point people can start their own segregationist doings but not before. I personally think the native americans and blacks and japanese should be compensated for their treatment by the so called superior white man.
I was not mad at you. I was ashamed of you. I just do not agree with the proud to be white stuff. Most of the time, I am ashamed to be affiliated with such a hateful race of people. I have my big girl panties on...I am not that easily angered but I will speak out and against any type of thing I perceive as
predjudice. I suppose, that may be why I received an award from the Southern Poverty Law Center standing strong against hate and my name is in Montgomery regarding civil rights. I actually do care. I did not know I would be recognized as an advocate for civil rights but spoke up because it is the right thing to do. Every time I see it. Deal with it or don't deal with me.
Peace
Amanda
Peace
Amanda
----- Original Message -----
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: xxxxxxxxx.com
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: okay to be proud to be white
DID I SAY HATE ANYWHERE IN THIS....AGAIN, SO SORRY THAT YOU TOOK IT THE WRONG WAY, THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT.
The last exchange was above on my displeasure with the email. She has not written
back.
This is not about me getting into a shouting match. I am posting this as a reminder
that we deal with hate from people we have known all our lives and the reason they get so bold is because too many of us don't fight back. We don't call em out.
I did and will continue to do so. This kind of words and food for thought is precisely how the Becks and Palins and hate groups get their ammunition and we ignored them and now look how far up the ladder they have climbed. No more. Enough !