Have you ever crossed the street to avoid passing a group of young black men? [X] Yes [ ] No
Have you ever stared at a woman to the point of rudeness? [X] Yes [ ] No
Have you ever sat across from an "Arab-looking" man on the subway and, for a fleeting moment, wondered if he was wearing a suicide vest? [X] Yes [ ] No
Have you ever laughed along when someone told a racist, sexist, or homophobic joke? [X] Yes [ ] No
Have you ever realized that having values and principles is the easy part but living up to them is a whole 'nother story? [X] Yes [ ] No
Short, sweet, sharpened to a fine point. However, it's not only "stupid white men" who can carry admirable beliefs and yet not have the stones to live them. That can be anybody. But I agree that that one is a very important one.
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Nezua (42 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 93 comments)
on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 11:05:20 PM
No, it is not only "stupid WHITE men" who fail the quiz. But is not just "anybody" either. Not to put too fine a point on it, but it is MEN, of whatever stripe, who fail the quiz, which itself fails because it stresses racism rather that its prerequisite: Sexism. White men, of course, deserve the focus since they are the biggest bullies in the schoolyard.
Because women are responsible for socializing the young, they are more attuned to the importance of walking your talk, teaching by example. They also realize they only have a few short years to try to instill the values of love, compassion, etc., before their sons are told to cut those apron strings and are taught to do so by reviling everything related to being female.
Sexism is not just one more little social ill that should be dealt with. It's the "ism" that is going to end life on this planet unless men face themselves in the mirror and stop trying to get the dirt off their faces by polishing the mirror.
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Mar (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 155 comments)
on Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 12:25:19 PM
Do you continually blame males for every problem in the world?
(X) YES
( ) NO
I am a white male. I get so tired of having every ill in the world placed at my feet. Men are NOT the only racists in the world. Look at Barbara Bush's insensitive remarks about the blacks in New Orleans now having a better chance because of Hurricane Katrina. Is that not racism? Look at Anne Coulter. Is she the shining star of free thinking, free love, and the glorious view of the earth mother, or is she a raving, right wing, lunatic guilty of every kind of bigorty that exists?
Sexism cuts both ways, my friend! Bigotry knows no preference for sex. By posting an article such as this, you are behaving in an incredibly sexist manner. What's worse is I am assuming you are a male. I could be wrong, but if I am not, why on earth would you want to slam members of your own sex?
I have heard many women make racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes. I have seen and heard women act in a most sexist, racist, and homophobic fashion, both in the media, and in my own personal life.
And still, white males are continually forced to carry the cross of all the ills of the world because of our sex. I am frankly tired of being persecuted and PROSECUTED for no better reason than the equipment between my thighs (sexism towards the male), and the melanin content of my skin (racism towards whites). Perhaps you should think about this before you go off and stir the shit pot!
Oh wait, I am a white male. What do I know? Maybe you'd think I knew more if I also added that I was gay. If that was the case, then you can add another dose of sexism to your own holier than thou self. But, you might go the other way, the homophobic way and say, "what does a faggot know anyway?"
With all the shit in the world, and all the concerns about the upcoming November elections, do you really think such a hair-brained "quiz" is helping our country's situation, or is just throwing in another wedge that need not exist?
Blessed be (but not really)
Pappy
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Pappy (61 articles, 0 quicklinks, 11 diaries, 863 comments)
on Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 3:48:45 PM
