Dixon White’s compelling explanation of racism in America is amazing.
It is spoken from the heart with passion and guts. This self-described redneck will change how you view racism and the good people who are fighting it.
His voice is compelling. His explanation is spot on. Listen and see. It’s a call to action that can not be ignored.
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This is not a new topic. Ask yourself a simple question… If you could choose a race to be born into, which race would that be? The next question is, why did you choose what you did? Dwell on that answer for a while… How do we overcome racism? The answer has always been, “treat everyone as you would want to be treated”. It’s that simple. No, it won’t change the world in the short term, but it would in the long term… The problem is that many people in many cultures cannot bring themselves to conduct their lives this… Read more »
Here’s my personal issue with the whole ‘white entitlement’ complaint. It presumes that the people that benefit from this entitlement have life easy and those that don’t have life hard. Which is patently false. With exception to the fortunate few that have a ton of money or are very well connected, both politically and socially, we are all getting screwed by the system in some way or another. Yes, some of are getting screwed by the system more than others. And yes, this is unfair, unjust and and all things being equal I really wish it wasn’t that way. If… Read more »
mgm531, The man is saying when you see someone being a racist, let’s say, Bob, at the water cooler, making a joke about a Mexican man who works at the company, call him on it. How about that for a start? A real big important start. We all just roll our eyes too much and speak up too little. Its time to change that one part of the equation. And as for you seeing no evidence of privilege in your life, you need to understand that if you were a black man, some cop may well have beaten or murdered… Read more »
First of all, I never said that there was no evidence of privilege because clearly there is. What I did say is that everyone is privileged to some degree regardless of there social status, culture or race. The real issue is the degree to which some are more privileged than others and what that privlige means. Your absolutely right in that if I get stopped by a cop I far less of a chance of getting shot as a white person than I would as a black person. I won’t deny that and I think it is patently unfair and… Read more »
There are exceptions to the rule. I personally grew up in a housing project that was mostly white, myself included. There was alcoholism, drugs, domestic violence, burglary etc. When people tell me to check my privilege, and I can tell they’re more privileged than I am to begin with, I grin and bare it, and sometimes it sucks, and part of me really wants to speak up, and tell the anarchofeminist from Providence with wealthy, loving parents to go fuck herself, but I’ll take her as an ally before any racist or MRA libertarian douchebag ANY day of the week,… Read more »
mgs531, “Everybody benefits from our society just as everybody is oppressed by it.” Yes, but not to an equal degree. And this is the thing that must be acknowledged. Being white is not equal. It is a better starting point. You may still get screwed by our system, but whites have clear advantages. And since you have left me the opening, I would toss in here that many of the power elites in our political system take a divide and conquer approach to keeping us all down. Pitting whites against blacks is one very clear way they do that. God… Read more »
The taggers and graffiti artists that voted for Obama say black crime is a logical response to racism. The non-community organizers say racism is a logical response to lopsided % of crimes committed by black males. It’s like the chicken and the egg and everyone starting from the POTUS down are dug in on their positions, not gonna change.
The chicken evolved from a Jim Crow and laid an egg. Quandary solved.
Charlie, to bring up crime here implies that a discussion about racism is a discussion about crime. It is not. Its is about African American families being denied home loans based solely on their race. It is about millions of African American voters who are being intentionally and systematically deprived of the vote. Its about billions of daily interactions that imply African Americans are second class citizens. And Charlie, its about your need to talk about millions of god fearing law abiding African American people through the lens of crime. Those those who commit crimes make up a minuscule percentage… Read more »
This message is so important for all of us white people in America. We have been complacent for far too long and it is time for us to take some f’n responsibility, just like the man so eloquently said. We can talk a good talk but until we actually start taking action, it is all just talk.
And what action would you suggest? Not trying to be devils advocate here, but everyone says we need to ‘do something’, but as an individual trying fix a systemic issue such as this, rarely do I hear about things we can actually do to fix it.
This is something that needed to be said. Coming from someone who is a self-aware Red Neck this video had much more impact than if it came from me.
Why is that? Why is it more impactful from him?
Because he sounds like the voices we all grew up with (if you grew up in the South.)
You don’t see a problem with that statement? Antipathy towards rural southerners as a group ain’t pretty.
Stop looking for a problem that isn’t there. I love the sound of his accent. It’s the sound of the guys I grew up with and am still friends with. Your position is false, fake and annoying.
I don’t agree with this guy and he doesn’t speak for me!!! I have not seen any this “white privilege” that he that he so passionately speaks of. I have experienced the racism from being white. I was not allowed to get certain jobs because they were only hiring black or Hispanic, now how is that not racism? Hiring quotas, we shouldn’t have them, we are supposed to be evaluated on the content of our character, not our skin color, so tell me how that is fair? As far as being harassed by the police, I’ve been harassed many many… Read more »
I would share this: Whether or not I’m personally prone to racist acts or ideas, I still benefit from the flow of resources to my community. A flow of resources that is based on my community’s dominant racist position. The nasty white guys? I benefit from their actions. Whether I want to or not. The system is racist and the benefits flow to white guys and white gals. That’s privilege. So, yes you got beat up by a cop. That sucks and I’m sorry it happened. Had you been a black man he might have simply killed you. Yes, you… Read more »
That is the perfect response
Is that why Asians share the same socioeconomic status, education levels, healthcare outcomes, and arrest rates as white people?
What is your point Asian Man? Are Asian’s having a racism free experience in America?