Thursday, February 17, 2011
In case you still weren't convinced...
Video found at We Are Respectable Negroes where Chauncey lays it all out better than I can. The video - What a let down. When the red dress white lady shows up and starts talking, I start thinking, "Yessss! Finally! She's going to say it! Say it! Alllmossst, alllmosst...." Thennnn comes.... "I wish you would just stop asking about this and talking to me! [burst into tears]" (Whiteness would like to put in an urgent request that she be removed from having to witness racism second hand or be involved in any discussion thereof, as soon as possible. You got it, Whiteness!) Then for the kicker.... "I'm so glad this isn't real!"
Nope, don't worry, Whiteness, it's all just for pretend. A few further observations:
1.) At 3:20 the white dude asks (when asked why he didn't defend the black woman), "Would you have defended me?" Apparently, Whiteness can envision a scenario in which he is followed around a shopping center because of his race (white). Sorry, no.
2.) Watch white privilege at work at the end of the film when the white woman "inspires" all the white folk to walk out by her one comment in response to the racism. When the black dude says the exact same thing but in a more compelling fashion, no white boycott then. I can't imagine how frustrating this must be.
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