Michael Harriot praises white people who aren't racist, presidents who didn't own slaves and other people who want to be acknowledged for doing the least.
I'm a white bodied person and I agree with every point here. I've come to believe, (whether we like it or not), we all have some degree of an inner "Remmick"from "Sinners." We need to carry around small wooden stakes & vials of holy water to check ourselves (& allow those harmed to do the same of us). Sure this hurts & is ever humbling, but it's better than being a f-ing demon. This is not the world we should be handing over to children. Thank you for sharing your work and challenging many of us to do better.
I was once told by a person of color who identifies as Afro Latina that she tells participants in her workshops “everyone is racist.” I responded that a statement like that is designed to make white people feel better.
What I’m getting at is that if a person is, in good faith, is attempting to provide a safe space for the members of a group they’re facilitating, they have a responsibility to clarify what white supremacy is and how the institutions and systems that have been established in the United States were built with white supremacy at their foundation. And it’s crucial to point out that although all of us have to live and move within these systems and structures, their infrastructure affects each individual differently. So, it’s not about “everyone is racist,” which to me doesn’t begin to support awareness because it’s an empty slogan (to me). This person told me she was facilitating groups in which awareness was being built between participants. Based on her statement, I’m guessing that the groups consisted of people of varied backgrounds. But I don’t know as I was not a participant in any of her groups. I’m just using the context of a 3-way conversation I was in with her and another person.
I was in a book club this week and the topic was the troubled history of Texas. One of the ladies recounted a racism her people committed in the 1920s and said it was “ not racism, it was different times.” I muttered, “ and it was racism…” and I got the looks from the other ladies. I blame Michael. 😆
Blacksplaining was so good! Both the current information about IP, licensing, streaming, and the historical situations were eye-opening. I loved learning about the woman who got tossed off the streetcar in NY, roughed up by the cops, and afterwards sued either the streetcar company, the city, or both. Learning about Black people who shared/invested their wealth to benefit the Black community was valuable. Where else would I learn this? I look forward to reading Ms. Davis’ book.
Black Americans have amnesia while white americans are suffering from persecutory delusions and a bit of hit dog hollerin’.
Their fear reminds me of the words to a classic that goes a little something like this:
“'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller”
😏🤣🤣🤣🤣 (imagine Vincent Price laughing at the end)
I don’t know if it’s amnesia or if Black people are just going about their business; but what Black people do know is that white people will be their own undoing.
Do you not, Mr Madison, “reap the benefits” of our Native American slaughter? You don’t want to get stuck with the Saul Goodman lawsuit for that one either, do you?
“Killadelphia” is a trippy, supernatural take on the founding fathers (some who still live among us as vampires), created by Rodney Barnes (The Boondocks) & Jason Shawn Alexander (Spawn)
Thanks for making this clear to those who don't understand that Black people in the United States do not always share the same context for anti-Blackness. For the very reasons you outlined, I don't like what Obama said, yet wasn't surprised.
Keep it all coming, Michael, it's all deserved, all witty beyond belief and is a source I turn to regularly. The "moderate" with " numerous" friends who are tiny crystals of snow doesnt know she is a MAGA yet, and the amnesia and forbearance shown her is a true act of heroism. 🫡
Well said on all points. If we returned in kind treatment to White people it would be mutually assured destruction with Black Folks getting the worst of it. In my mind " Fear of a Black Planet" keeps popping up when I think about White folks ambivalence about totally letting go of racism.
I'm a white bodied person and I agree with every point here. I've come to believe, (whether we like it or not), we all have some degree of an inner "Remmick"from "Sinners." We need to carry around small wooden stakes & vials of holy water to check ourselves (& allow those harmed to do the same of us). Sure this hurts & is ever humbling, but it's better than being a f-ing demon. This is not the world we should be handing over to children. Thank you for sharing your work and challenging many of us to do better.
I was once told by a person of color who identifies as Afro Latina that she tells participants in her workshops “everyone is racist.” I responded that a statement like that is designed to make white people feel better.
What I’m getting at is that if a person is, in good faith, is attempting to provide a safe space for the members of a group they’re facilitating, they have a responsibility to clarify what white supremacy is and how the institutions and systems that have been established in the United States were built with white supremacy at their foundation. And it’s crucial to point out that although all of us have to live and move within these systems and structures, their infrastructure affects each individual differently. So, it’s not about “everyone is racist,” which to me doesn’t begin to support awareness because it’s an empty slogan (to me). This person told me she was facilitating groups in which awareness was being built between participants. Based on her statement, I’m guessing that the groups consisted of people of varied backgrounds. But I don’t know as I was not a participant in any of her groups. I’m just using the context of a 3-way conversation I was in with her and another person.
I was in a book club this week and the topic was the troubled history of Texas. One of the ladies recounted a racism her people committed in the 1920s and said it was “ not racism, it was different times.” I muttered, “ and it was racism…” and I got the looks from the other ladies. I blame Michael. 😆
Blacksplaining was so good! Both the current information about IP, licensing, streaming, and the historical situations were eye-opening. I loved learning about the woman who got tossed off the streetcar in NY, roughed up by the cops, and afterwards sued either the streetcar company, the city, or both. Learning about Black people who shared/invested their wealth to benefit the Black community was valuable. Where else would I learn this? I look forward to reading Ms. Davis’ book.
Hearing you speak on 15 year old Sally Hemings with such clarity is healing to me, @Michael. Thank you.
Not all white people is equivalent to not all men.
As young Black men and women end up dead, hung at LEAST monthly and women are dying across the country due to lack of access to Healthcare.
Same shit different day.
How can anyone, especially Obama, admire any slave owner!!? That’s just crazy
I agree 100! My “team” is all black women as well.✊🏾🤎
“GOOD DAWNING “ ..
I’m not either.
Black Americans have amnesia while white americans are suffering from persecutory delusions and a bit of hit dog hollerin’.
Their fear reminds me of the words to a classic that goes a little something like this:
“'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand years
And grisly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller”
😏🤣🤣🤣🤣 (imagine Vincent Price laughing at the end)
I don’t know if it’s amnesia or if Black people are just going about their business; but what Black people do know is that white people will be their own undoing.
Do you not, Mr Madison, “reap the benefits” of our Native American slaughter? You don’t want to get stuck with the Saul Goodman lawsuit for that one either, do you?
Possible theme for the show
Storytelling to Educate, Illuminate & to Culitivate
What do you think?
White guy here: “I have ZERO friends who are tired of being called racist at every turn”
I have a lot of friends and family who are tired of being called racist slurs.
I think that emailer is telling on their friends.
“Killadelphia” is a trippy, supernatural take on the founding fathers (some who still live among us as vampires), created by Rodney Barnes (The Boondocks) & Jason Shawn Alexander (Spawn)
Thanks for making this clear to those who don't understand that Black people in the United States do not always share the same context for anti-Blackness. For the very reasons you outlined, I don't like what Obama said, yet wasn't surprised.
Keep it all coming, Michael, it's all deserved, all witty beyond belief and is a source I turn to regularly. The "moderate" with " numerous" friends who are tiny crystals of snow doesnt know she is a MAGA yet, and the amnesia and forbearance shown her is a true act of heroism. 🫡
Well said on all points. If we returned in kind treatment to White people it would be mutually assured destruction with Black Folks getting the worst of it. In my mind " Fear of a Black Planet" keeps popping up when I think about White folks ambivalence about totally letting go of racism.