Racism

racism is a frequent topic in my daily speech, or at least lately it has been.

the other day i found myself being racist, but probably in a way that is surprising. i made the statement that "i love black people" and that "i'd rather hang out with black people than with white people." this said by a girl who is always saying that "people are just people; color has nothing to do with it." i was being racist b/c i was prefering blacks over whites, when what i really meant was that the sub-culture frequently created by black people is more appealing to me than the sub-culture of white people. well, let's take a closer look . . .

technically, color has nothing to do with people's differences. what makes us different are our experiences. since people tend to hang out with people that they most readily identify with, humans tend to first separate themselves by color, thus developing their own sub-culture with one another that is most easily labeled by color. but, color doesnt really have anything to do with it. take me, for example. if i had been raised by an asian family, i'd still be white on the outside, but my cultural practices would be different from the ones that i learned in my family with two american (white) parents.

ok, here's what really got me started on this whole racism thing::

"[Reverend Jesse] Jackson questioned why Bush has not named blacks to top positions in the federal response to the disaster, particularly when the majority of victims remaining stranded in New Orleans are black: "How can blacks be locked out of the leadership, and trapped in the suffering?"

are you ****ing kidding me? if george bush is a racist and hires based on race (which would be against the law), then "reverend" jackson is just as much of a racist for saying that there should be more blacks. is jackson saying that white people are incompetent? im not trying to make any sort of political statement here. all im saying is that people are people, and if jackson is all about equality, then he should be colorblind and not care what color anyone is in any position. he wouldnt complain if the entire custodial staff at the white house were white people, but i bet he would raise hell if they were all black.

jackson is upset b/c the "top positions in the federal response to the [katrina] disaster" are not black. well what the hell does being black have to do with anything?? people are people. the victims in new orleans need relief. i sincerely doubt that if the black victims see white people coming to help them that they are going to say, "we're sorry, but you're not black. we don't want your help. could please find some black people to help us? that would be foshizzle. thanks."

im not really sure where im going with this now. i was just really pissed when i read that quote from "reverend" (does anyone know why he has that title??). reverend my . . .