tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post4975572909073254108..comments2017-10-15T23:38:27.714-07:00Comments on Postcards from Scotsylvania: You kids get off my lawn!DeppityBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03739975299662947480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post-83984220545612445912010-10-03T07:51:52.803-07:002010-10-03T07:51:52.803-07:00Good Deppity Bob:
My ability to reason is clouded...Good Deppity Bob:<br /><br />My ability to reason is clouded by, well, fact, logic and personal experience.<br /><br />The more the notion of White Male Supremacy is endorsed, the less those "afflicted" are willing to take that First Step (if you will) to personal recovery: accepting the responsibility for their own actions.<br /><br />I have been followed in stores, without having done wrong. I have been treated with neither respect nor dignity due to my gender, skin color, sexual preferences, religion and political beliefs. Having "suffered" from that foolishness, I am responsible for my response, but not the enabler (for wont of a better term) behavior.Mr. Miragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973542092053935154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post-79744386914356544142010-10-02T10:21:30.534-07:002010-10-02T10:21:30.534-07:00To Mr. Mirage: You and I think we don't enjoy ...To Mr. Mirage: You and I think we don't enjoy the patterns of the dominant white male paradigm (I loathe academic-speak even when it's accurate), but we do. Think about it: when we turn on the TV, we are reasonably certain that we will see white males represented positively. When we ask to see the person in charge, we're very likely to see a white male. When we go to the mall, we're not likely to be shadowed by mall cops or store cops who think we're going to shoplift. And so on. We do enjoy benefits of being white males, even if we also enjoy some of the detriments of our political economic status and upbringing. <br /><br />What I've learned is that no one can truly empathize with anyone else. We can sympathize, and we can try to translate our experiences into a simulacrum of theirs, but we just don't have the common frame of reference. I don't totally dismiss academics on this because the people who do studies are just as human as you or I, and with any luck are aware of their own biases. It's not a matter of being sensitive as much as just accepting certain realities.DeppityBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03739975299662947480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post-65511188904741445322010-09-30T17:04:51.877-07:002010-09-30T17:04:51.877-07:00And so it goes... Indeed. I always love hearing ab...And so it goes... Indeed. I always love hearing about the infamous White Male Supremacy which is much like The War On Drugs.... which, really, should be The War On SOME Drugs: The Supremacy White Male Of Certain Very Rich White Males While The Rest Of Us Are Out In The Field...Mr. Miragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01973542092053935154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post-60692649808053160902010-09-30T13:17:48.255-07:002010-09-30T13:17:48.255-07:00A very thoughtful post.A very thoughtful post.Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3145245885758209612.post-17105764743675309762010-09-30T13:13:39.801-07:002010-09-30T13:13:39.801-07:00I like this a whole lot.
It's not the main po...I like this a whole lot.<br /><br />It's not the main point, but kudos for the way you phrased "I wish for the wistful days when kids could play outside forever and we didn’t worry about strangers." Many would have said "... when we didn't HAVE to worry about strangers." Child abductions don't happen any more now than they did then. Parents are just more freaked out about them.<br /><br />On another note, it's true that some of the younger generation is learning that rage is the path to coercion and dominance. But others learned that one man rose to power without pandering to rage and fear, and without playing the race card either. :)cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.com