Racism Rant

I was listening to the radio one morning and I heard a rather racist joke on the radio. Now it wasn't the most offensive joke I've heard and it wasn't even directed towards my own race, but it pissed me off enough to write the first rant of 2005.



Racism is in most cases, ignorance.



A typical racist wants to seperate themselves from other races, and think their race is better so they can have a sense of superiority.



Everyone is special and your race doesn't define who you are.



Also some people joke about racism and say racist things even though they don't mean it and that enables people that don't know it's a joke to think it's true.



It's weak, it's easy to be an idiot. It's easy to run away from the truth. It's easy to shut out everyone from a group, race, gender, etc, just because someone did something to you.



It takes real courage to put your heart and yourself on the line, Some racists just learned it from their fathers who themselves either wanted an excuse to make themselves feel like they are better than somebody else so they picked something arbitrary and visually obvious (race).

Of course some fathers learned it from their dad and never got the courage to face the truth, parents are supposed to guide their kids to the truth and through life but they aren't perfect and these particular parents that pass down racism unfortanately passed down a belief that is not only very inaccurate but also very damaging to not only to the person but to eveyrone around him.



The people who are racist and hate gays and anything that's not like them are just afraid.



Afraid of the truth, the fact that we aren't all that different and race doesn't define who you are. Afraid of the idea that there are people out there who don't share their religious beliefs. They simply label anything that is different as wrong and avoid thinking about it as much as possible, they just can't accept that someone might think differently than them (heaven forbid!).



ALL racists I've ever known usually hate themselves and their miserable little lives, but instead of aknowledging their own faults and work on a way to fix them they go for the most obvious scapegoat.



It all goes back to tearing others down to make yourself look better and feeling better about yourself (bully). When you are with your own race and you're talking shit about some other race it's easy to feel "special" and "powerful" because you're with your own "kind". These people (if they are enabling you) aren't going to stop you because you aren't talking about them and may even be feeling better about themselves because you're basically saying "All of us are better than them" and in a way you are saying "You are better than them" to that person. But of course it isn't right and it's 100% bull shit.



In short:



1) Don't let the actions of a person of a group , race or gender make you think that they are all the same.



2) Don't run away from your problems and try to make yourself feel "big" by tearing other people down and basically making up arbitrary shit so you can feel like you're better than them.



Be honest with yourself, face the truth and see things for what they are.



Now I know this sounds like some hippie "let's all get along" bullshit, but the truth of the matter is, I do NOT like racists. I don't like anything about them. I don't tolerate their prescence, their opinions or beliefs. Why the hell should I like someone who is so fucking small minded and cowardly, that they actually hate somebody solely based on skin color. There are so many other creative reasons to hate people and THIS is the best they can come up with? Pathetic.

I might sound like a hyporcrite, and usually I do the turn the other cheek thing, but this is the exception. If you want to do the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" and "embrace thy enemy" crap, call Jesus. I'm NOT your man.



I'm also not too fond of people who tolerate racism. Tolerance is a form of acceptance and I feel that this is something that should NEVER be accepted. Once again this is just another example of enabling. Even if they don't agree with what the racist in their life is saying, they are still condoning their actions by not speaking up. They too are cowardly and weak and I have little respect for them.

Actually, I don't know who is worse... it's like trying to decide who disgusts you more when a kid burns a puppy to death while the mother stands there and watches.



Now I'm not saying that it's impossible for a racist to reform, in fact, I know a few who have, but that's only possible if they gain the courage to WANT to reform. That means forsaking everything they've ever been taught, everything they've grown up with, everything they've ever known and pretty much start from scratch. Unfortunately, this is a huge task for most of them, being the cowards that they are. You may as well ask them to walk on water.



I'm a pretty laid back and accepting kind of guy, but I just cannot and will not accept any of this kind of behavior. I don't care what color you are, you're either a racist or your not. There's no in-between...



Oh, and DON'T get me started about the hideous double standard when it comes to racism from non-whites. Oops! Too late!

Okay, it really pisses me off when I hear black people or any other minority for that matter spout all this racist shit about whitey this and whitey that and blah, blah, blah. But when a white person makes just ONE remark about minorities suddenly it's RACISM!!! HE'S A RACIST!!! TAKE TO THE STREETS!!! Why is this so accepted by society???

I'm sorry, but you reap what you sow. If you can't take a taste of your own medicine, shut the fuck up!

I've called a lot of people out on this and it has made me... unpopular to many of the people in my "community", but I don't give a damn. I'd rather stand alone with eyes open than march blindly with the sheep.



Okay, Just had to get that off my chest.