I want to tell y'all a little story...

[beandelphiki]

When I was seven, there were two black kids in my school. One girl, one boy.

The girl had exactly one friend. Me.

And the boy? Well, he was my first kiss, and in a little-kid way, my first boyfriend. (Actually, one of two - so nearly my last, as well, but that's another story.)

I the spent the next 2 1/2 years being harassed on the playground for being a "nigger lover." Did I resent that? No. I just didn't understand what everyone's problem was.

Now nobody better be lookin' me in the eye and fuckin' calling me racist.

Just because I recognize the reality of reverse discrimination does not make me racist. It makes me socially aware. And it means I don't have a bloody guilt complex.

I AM NOT RACIST. I AM NOT RACIST. I AM NOT RACIST. I NEVER HAVE BEEN. AND I NEVER WILL BE.

Comments

[groovycat.livejournal.com]

who called you a racist? bah.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Well, the subject of "reverse" rascism came up elsewhere. I was defending the position that white people can be discriminated against b/c of their skin color (not often, I know, and it's not backed by the "power structure", I know, I just got lectured at.)

The person holding the other side said that someone who says white people can be discriminated against are basically rascist whiners. That just really bothered me.

[groovycat.livejournal.com]

they're wrong. but you knew that.

[beandelphiki.livejournal.com]

Hmm. What's wrong? The argument against me, calling me (indirectly) a racist whiner, or both?

[groovycat.livejournal.com]

both.