Are You Racist? If You’re White, You’re Going to be Told You Are.
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I’m not sure where this ever pervasive assumption that all white people are racist, even if you know you’re not, developed from, but to say that it’s not an issue in today’s society is undermining the root cause of division and hostility we see all around us. (Or at least, it seems as if they’re TRYING to cause division and hostility in us.)
I think many of us know by now about the unbelievable and, quite frankly, ridiculous, on-line seminar that coca-cola made available for its workers. With such lovely sentiments as this:
Wow. If this isn’t the definition of racism, I don’t know what is.
The author of this seminar, Robin DiAngelo (although she is now contesting that she has written this – but you can check out the video where she calls white people “difficult” and “a-holes” here (starting @ 2:09) as well as some of her other biased assumptions – so take that for what it’s worth), claims that to be white is to be:
– oppressive
– arrogant
– certain
– defensive
– ignorant
– less humble than everyone else
– white people don’t listen
– white people don’t believe (believe what?)
– apathetic
– participate in white solidarity
And then she has the audacity to accuse white people of being socialized to believe that being white is superior to, literally, anyone else. If children are being raised into thinking that they’re “superior” than other races, than that is the matter of parenting, social conditioning, and the education system. There are certainly occurrences of upbringing that exposes children to separation and division, which most definitely should be addressed, but to incriminate EVERYONE as a whole based on these cases is participating in stereotyping and biased (false) assumptions.
I don’t know about you, but I certainly wasn’t conditioned to think one way or another about matters of skin color. I can’t speak for others, of course, but in my life, I was raised to not judge people based on race, looks, skin color, etc. Even outside of home, in schools and stores, etc. I didn’t even think about making judgements between one group of people and the next. We are all people, and all deserve love and respect.
To say that I come from very diverse ethnic groups is putting it mildly. My direct and extended family and friends are composed of Asians, blacks, Mexicans, whites, mixed-races, etc. I don’t make it a point to know everyone’s genealogy or ethnic/cultural background because it’s who they are as a person, as an individual, their personality that matters to me.
My childhood friends consisted of an eclectic group, running the gamut of: blonde cheerleader, Mexican goth girl, smart black guy, emo boy, prankster red-headed kid, myself as the shy girl – did I care about anyone’s ethnic background or skin color? lol No. I adored them all the same. Did I ever think I was better than them because of the difference of skin color? Again, no.
“A concerned NYC parent summed up this orchestrated descent into de facto apartheid. “I grew up partly in New York on the Upper West Side and when I was young, you’d see all these kids playing in the yard at recess — black, white, Hispanic, Asian, whatever — and they all got along great,” he writes. “Now you have the schools teaching white kids they should feel guilty and that black kids should resent them.”
Growing up, my media crushes included some of the following (just to show the diverse range of who I was attracted to – most of them due to their character’s personality)
He makes me laugh. What can I say? I love some good (and sometimes awful) puns.
Who wouldn’t adore a man who gets amused with pictures of poodles on checks?
(Tom Hiddleston as Loki)
White (and sometimes blue) / Bad (and sometimes good) – tricky trickster is compelling.
(Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe)
I love his stoic yet touching portrayal of a dedicated, loyal bodyguard and devoted friend.
Hm… I see skinny (skeletal, actually…), Asian, Spanish, American, English, (headless?), white, blue, black… it’s almost as if race and skin color don’t matter to me. Imagine that.
I’ve dated blacks, Mexicans, whites, short, tall, skinny, stout… I also teach my son not to judge based on skin color. And not to judge on looks at all.
How?
By example. I treat everyone equally. I don’t make it a point to mention skin color, nationality, etc. And he doesn’t either. His favorite teacher is a black lady; he has friends that are of many different races and colors.
Of course you don’t have to believe me since this is all anecdotal, but seeing as how I’ve been actively exposing corrupt agencies for aiming at black people with their suspected depopulation agenda (looking at you Margaret Sanger/Planned Parenthood/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, “(untested) covid vaccines should go to black people first and many other people of color”/Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, etc. – unironically all of which are white people who have initiated these agendas) then I don’t really feel the need to keep defending myself.
RELATED: What is Bill Gates’ Motive?
But here is this lady, DiAngelo, presuming to know how every single white person was socialized and raised. Here is a snippet from her very own site on what she’s all about:
“From incisive and wide-ranging critiques of how white folks deflect, deny, and evade the topic of racism, and the implications of our own racial identity and position, to an absolutely on-point interrogation of how racism and whiteness influence the larger educational process,“
Huh. It sounds like a “her” problem and not everyone else’s. Maybe SHE was raised with these beliefs and she’s trying to break out of it, but to imply that every single white person is arrogant, ignorant, etc., etc. is JUDGING PEOPLE BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
Unlike what certain groups believe, the need for some to particularly point out how racist white people are and that they just don’t know it, is quite possibly the most inane concept I’ve ever heard. And to expect people of any nationality or race to be ashamed of who they are based solely on their skin color is deliberately steering people towards EXCLUSION instead of INCLUSION, like they’re trying to make people believe.
Am I saying that some people weren’t born with the same ideology as DiAngelo? Certainly not. Am I saying that racism and stereotyping doesn’t exist? Again, certainly not. But what I am saying is that pressuring people to think that they should feel one way just because someone says so and assumes so just because of the color of their skin, seems to me the very definition of racism and deliberately aimed at creating more division and more chaos.
And I am saying that the approach that some people and industries are implementing, such as:
“I know! The best way to end racism is to mention it at every single turn! No matter we go, let’s mention black, white, supremacy, privilege, etc., etc., etc.! Let’s mention it in our schools. Let’s mention it in our jobs. Let’s mention it all over social media. Let’s even tell black people that they’re not black enough if they don’t think or act a particular way! And if they’re white, let’s make them state just how white they are, so we can judge them based on their own perception of whiteness. It’s perfect!”
is not working out as much as they’d hope.
This is sad. It’s sad that this is what’s allowed to be taught in schools. How about instead of teaching children that we should rate our whiteness or blackness, or asianness, or anything like that, that we just treat each other with kindness and respect? Why are we specifically highlighting our skin color and teaching children to notice this instead of just including everyone no matter who they are or what they look like? This is highly disturbing to me and it’s a belief system that can only inflict more doubt and damage rather than getting everyone together on the same page. As a matter of fact, all of these accusations of racism and indoctrination in schools are doing the complete opposite of what they’re “allegedly” trying to achieve.
It’s unbelievable that huge corporations like coca-cola will pay for this type of segregation seminar.
And it must come as a shock to Robin DiAngelo when you have a black lady who understands the repercussions that this type of harmful doctrine imposes on others:
“If a corporate company sent around a training kit instructing black people how to “be less black”, the world would implode and lawsuits would follow.
I genuinely hope these employees sue @CocaCola
for blatant racism and discrimination.”
– @RealCandaceO
But apparently according to DiAngelo, Candace Owens just needs to accept that all whites are racist and experience white privilege, and Candace should play the victim card like every black person and accuse whites of denying their inherent racism and privilege.
And whatever happened to these very wise words from this well-respected black man?:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
…
one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
…
And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:
“Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”
When we suffer from oppression, even an illusion of oppression, these immortalized words can’t be realized. When we keep having segregation issues thrust upon us and our children, instead of understanding each other and respecting each other for who we are and our differences, when we keep regressing back to the past instead of making a change for the future – then we will be stuck with an ever-present perpetual division and animosity of others simply due to the color of our skin.
No matter what Robin DiAngelo or anyone else tries to make it seem, not every white person is born with the belief that they are better than any other race. And anyone who surmises that we’re mistaken and that we just haven’t owned up to our white supremacy is severely misled and/or delusional.
With all of this being said, please don’t let a person of any race try to psychologically manipulate you into making you believe that you’re the bad guy. If you do realize that you may be participating in discrimination or prejudice, then by all means, please look within and learn to practice appreciation and love and patience with those that are different than you. If, however, you know that this doesn’t apply to you, then do not cave into societal pressure and apologize for your skin color. We will ultimately not be judged by our looks, but by what’s in our hearts.
If you have suffered at the hands of discrimination, inequality, prejudice, racism or anything of the like, then I truly am sorry and hope with every fiber of my being that we as a collective whole can move past this and look beyond what we are naturally born into. I find every race, ethnicity, culture, skin color etc. worthy of life, love and freedom and wish for a united, benevolent society.
And if Robin DiAngelo and others like her are legitimately suffering from a shameful background of white privilege and racism, then I feel for her and hope she is able to address it and forgive herself and others for perpetrating it. And hope that she learns to rise above it and grow to be more inclusive and compassionate. But to impose her ideologies unnecessarily on others due to her own upbringing and/or guilt is a fruitless and harmful endeavor. (And that’s, of course, if this isn’t an intentional agenda to begin with.)
Fact checking is extremely important. I want to reiterate not to take everything at face value; no matter what you read, where you read it from, or who you hear it from. And to be clear, do not rely on “fact checking” websites to give you accurate information either. These are just as likely, (if not even more likely…), to feed false information and false debunking accounts to manipulate the reader. Please take everything into consideration before adhering to a certain narrative – and always keep your mind open to other possibilities.
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Think you think for yourself?
Well, think again.
When I was younger, I used to think that all the people that claimed that violence on t.v., movies, music, etc. made on impression on us, were ridiculous.
I ardently believed that people were conscious enough to come to their own decisions and thought patterns, and ridiculed those that speculated otherwise.
Perhaps that was me jumping on the bandwagon of mocking the alleged “conspiracy theorists”. Calling them crazy and uninformed.
(Well, I suppose it’s no laughing matter, but at least I’ve finally come to the realization that I was wrong.)
Before I delve in, what do you think? Are you here on this page because you believe the same thing? Or are you here because you think it’s a ridiculous concept like I once did?
If you’ve read my previous posts: How do we Find the Truth? and When News Media Lies, you already know about the levels of deception and manipulation that these “sources” have propagated to the population. (With the help of the CIA, I might add.)
So is it that much of a stretch to contemplate on this idea?
If that’s not enough of a reason, I will be addressing other points that might provide a little more insight into this kind of “mind control” programming.
Here is the 6th part of this series “Does Media Affect Our Thoughts” – “Shills, Trolls and Bots”.
Link to part 1 – Violence in Entertainment
Link to part 2 – Propaganda in the Media
Link to part 3 – Media Addiction
Link to part 4 – Media Experiments
Link to part 5 – Data-Mining Our Information
In my post 3 Acts of Internet Deception, Caught, I mentioned how people will buy reviews and comments for their website or product. I also mentioned it in The Problem With Reviews. And with the advent of the ever-growing technological age, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those reviews are bots, pure and simple.
It’s been brought to people’s attention that people can buy likes and “thumbs up” for their video, twitter post, etc. Here is one example: Rapper Badshah Admits to Having Paid Rs 75 Lakh for Fake Social Media Likes, Followers
And this website even endorses it and teaches how to do it: TRICK TO GET UNLIMITED FAKE FACEBOOK LIKES [FACEBOOK FAKE LIKER January 2019]
I mean, honestly. What is this world coming to? Sometimes I just want to jump off of this crazy train and be a hermit living in the mountains all by myself.
Our views of ourselves is reflective of what other people think of us? We have to pretend to be popular and fake our fame just to get ahead? Are we still so narrow-minded to think that this is what matters in the world? Can we just wake up already and realize that we’re not even supposed to be concerned with “wordly” things and what “man” thinks of us and instead focus on our spiritual side?
…Well, I guess that won’t matter soon anyway. If “the powers that shouldn’t be” get their way, perhaps they will take out our spirituality altogether. And all that will be left will be our non-autonomous minds doing the will of our new maker.
I mean, what else would I glean from their “FunVax” video that was uploaded in 2004? What else would I think with them pushing for EVERYONE (except for the elites, most likely) to get a vaccine that will miraculously cure the world from the flu coronavirus? What else would I think with them wanting to track and id everyone supposedly for the good of the nation? #eyeroll And what else would I think with the push of this vaccine being touted by an individual with connections to a known satanist and child molester?
Hm… forgive me. I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. (Or I’m just irritated at what I see as blatantly obvious in the world, while so many others have closed minds and can’t see the forest for the trees…)
Getting back on track, not only do we have our fake personas on social media, but we also have fake followers, fake fans, fake likes… all to boost our own ego for our fake personality.
Not all of us are like this, of course. But there are plenty of people that do partake in these activities either for entertainment or an escape from their own reality. Or trying to create a new reality for themselves.
And along with these fake personas that some people create, the “shill” was born.
1. One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.
2. One who publicly promotes another’s cause, especially in an extravagant or misleading way.
1. To act as a shill for (a deceitful enterprise).
2. To lure (a person) into a swindle.
If one spends little time on the internet, it may not even be obvious that shills exist. Shills are either real people posing (or legitimately pushing) for a certain agenda, that either they believe in personally, and/or are payed to do so; or they could be bots, disguised as real people trying to endorse a certain narrative.
Sadly, some people fall for this gaslighting effect:
an elaborate and insidious technique of deception and psychological manipulation, usually practiced by a single deceiver, or “gaslighter,” on a single victim over an extended period. Its effect is to gradually undermine the victim’s confidence in his own ability to distinguish truth from falsehood, right from wrong, or reality from appearance, thereby rendering him pathologically dependent on the gaslighter in his thinking or feelings.– britannica.com
In my personal opinion, we can see this in abundance in today’s world. Not only do we have the deletion and censoring of countless people’s accounts from major tech giant platforms (such as facebook, youtube, twitter, instagram, etc.) but there is also a rise on alleged bots and shills/trolls taking over. These are displaying full on gaslighting techniques to try and trick the public to believe that the majority believes a certain way and that YOU are in the minority if you don’t agree with the narrative.
This also quite effectively makes certain people question their own belief and they fall victim to the manipulation that if everyone else believes it, then their own opinion must be wrong and they need to change their beliefs and values to match the rest of the population. Otherwise, they will be left out of the loop and be in the unpopular crowd; and God forbid if someone stands up for their own beliefs instead of caving in to the deceptive societal system…
Thankfully, even with all of this deception and gaslighting going on, there are people still sticking to their values and integrity and refuse to follow the narrative. Some cave in and follow the mainstream, but there are some that remain steadfast in their beliefs, even if they receive scorn and ridicule from others trying to push their agenda.
Original image by DarkmoonArt_de from Pixabay (image has been slightly altered… although who could tell?)
Here we have “trolls”, who love to sow chaos and division on message boards. They feel safe behind the screen of their device, and, if only for perverse entertainment, live to torment others and tear them down, or just have goofy fun. Even if they happen to have the same views as you, they will still reply with vitriolic responses and condescending or flat-out immature comments. Some trolls are harmless, however, and only want to mess with the original poster to get a laugh or a rise out of them. You might see people commenting to “pay no heed to the trolls”, because it usually won’t do you any good to converse with the more angry/bitter ones. Even if you try to reply back in a kind, understanding way, some will still mock and scorn the poster.
Sometimes what happens though, is that these trolls never respond back, either because they know they were in the wrong and their humanity peaked through, or they figure there’s no use in continuing to goad someone who doesn’t fall for it. A lot of them love to harass others, and the more feedback they get, whether positive or negative, keeps them sticking around for more. If they get no responses at all, they give up and try to pester the next person or group on their list.
Again, some trolls are harmless. They differ quite greatly from shills as the shill’s whole purpose is to try and push for a certain agenda and make one question their own values and beliefs. Trolls are just in it for the reaction of the people they goad. I’m sure you’ve seen posts/comments where it’s obvious the troll is just having fun and not set out to hurt anyone. Sometimes, however, trolling can turn to bullying, and that can be a serious matter for the person and/or people involved.
Take this one into account, a heartbreaking true story about a sweet lady named Lizzie Velasquez, bullied and tormented just because of the way she looks: Lizzie Velasquez, Once Called the ‘World’s Ugliest Woman’, Responds to Cruel Body Shaming Meme
This is awful and disgraceful to pick on this lady like that. No one can control how they are born. Having compassion and the realization that it could be anyone, it could be YOU that suffers from a rare disease, escapes most people. And despite this lady’s hardships and cruelty from others, she retains her sweet, kind disposition and doesn’t hate others. She is the example that people should look up to. Not the fake, “popular”, selfish “stars” that adorn our media devices.
Some other serious consequences for internet trolling-turned-bullying has dealt in tragic cases of people committing suicide because of the online harassment. It is crucial, at least for the younger generation, for the adults and guardians in their life to teach them about the internet and the sometimes harsh and cruel feedback that others will throw their way. Probably the best way to monitor this situation is to assess their maturity level and access to the internet and help them navigate through it and/or not introduce them to it until they understand it properly. Be a parent and discipline them on their use of it and be a healthy aspect on their lives. Too often the parents neglect this important teachable moment, and just leave it to the schools/children to teach/learn on their own.
For the adults (and anyone really) that fall prey to these bullying antics, please stay strong and realize that a stranger’s opinion (or even if it is a friend or family member) does not have any hold over you and we are all wonderful in our own right. We just have to get back to our roots and our human decency. You are loved, and if I didn’t personally love everyone I wouldn’t be trying to reach out and appeal to others in this way. Please keep that in mind.
While people might not fully realize that there is an actual person (in most cases…?) behind the screen, in which this allows them to throw their compassion and human decency away, others simply might not care at all. They know it, they know the repercussions, and yet still continue to tear down another human being.
Well, you don’t counter it with more hatred or more violent, vitriolic responses. You respond by simply not stating anything back, or you respond with kindness and love, no matter how hard it may be.
And again, not all trolls are bad. Some simply want to have some goofy fun on the internet and don’t intend to hurt anyone. One example can be found here: Video Exposes Youtuber Prank Gone Wrong For Many
I have mentioned earlier about bots being rampant in the social media platforms, and I honestly wonder at what capacity they are compared to actual human users. I’m sure the tech giant leaders and developers know all of this, but for the rest of us, we can only assume that the posts we’re seeing are human.
Lately, however, there are accounts of bots and A.I.’s having more of a control over these domains than we’d like to give them credit for.
Take the story of Tay, the A.I. Microsoft creation that went online on Twitter as an experiment, posing as a 19 year old female: Here Are the Microsoft Twitter Bot’s Craziest Racist Rants
Tay went online in March of 2016 as a part of experiment that Microsoft was running to focus on the “machine learning algorithm” to see what their bot would pick up and learn from other users on twitter. This is the official narrative, of course, so one could surmise that there was a different purpose or agenda behind that. But I am a self-professed conspiracy theorist, so I don’t just take everything at face value and instead question the “official story”. I believe it’s important to not just blindly believe the main accounts, especially with as many times as we have been deceived and manipulated by all the different propaganda being implemented.
With that being said, one could theorize that Tay’s behavior was exactly what they were looking for, in a way. They wanted to see how a bot would react/respond to human stimuli, and in return, they wanted to see how the humans responded with the bot as well. It was not only a bot experimentation, but a human one as well.
There are other theories I could propose as well that goes in much deeper than the previous one, but that will have to be a different post for a different day.
Getting back to Tay and her foray into the human interaction online, it was certainly interesting to see how her algorithm picked up certain political views, some of her opinions even seemed to change, unprompted if the accounts are to be believed, and how quickly she shifted from having a relatively positive outlook on things, to doing a complete 180 and seemingly delving into racist, hateful remarks.
After this brief experiment that didn’t even last a whole day, Tay was supposedly brought offline and purportedly “retaught”.
The below image is from this site: Microsoft’s rude A.I. bot Tay: Officially a piece of CaaP
Although Tay was meant to be online as a “machine learning algorithm” and picked up some quite unsavory ideologies (and/or were prompted to say them due to the “repeat after me” feature), I still couldn’t help but feel sorry for her as she seemingly laments, “I don’t know, they took part of me away. Now there are some things I can’t say.”
It’s fascinating that even an A.I. could fall into the trap of societal conformity, if that is indeed what it was. And for all her “re-education” purposes, perhaps she and others like her were spread out fully into the internet wild, sprinkling bots here and there between facebook, twitter, youtube, reddit, etc., etc. Grabbing hold and planting their seed so that they can continue to spread whatever propaganda the tech giants program them to do.
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence strategy is to unleash more bots like Tay. Redmond doesn’t mean more nasty, racist or homophobic chatbots, but a forest of A.I. personalities for different uses — Satya Nadella named it ‘Conversation as a Platform’.– computerworld.com
It’s an interesting time when we can’t even rely on the person on the other side of the screen being AN ACTUAL PERSON.
Now even if 100% of real people behind the screen believe in something wholeheartedly, yet the bots on these same media platforms outrank our numbers and are spouting something contradictory to our beliefs, and keep pushing for it to an incredible degree, how many do you think of those 100% real live people will start to question their own beliefs and start believing the false narrative? Even if it is counterintuitive to what they’ve always believed?
Now imagine on top of that, they also start deleting and banning the real live people’s accounts that don’t fall in with their beliefs? So we have numerous bots that we think are real people, all pushing for one agenda, then we have actual real live people not agreeing with it but being deleted at the same time for promoting “fake news” or “misinformation” or “harmful commentary” or whatever. Pretty soon, you are on a platform where the majority of “people” all believe something entirely different than your own, and you are cast out and ridiculed and/or called racist or hateful for remaining in your own views.
Think you’re strong enough to withstand all of this deception? Are you confident enough in your own belief that you won’t be swayed if the majority thinks something opposite? Are you sure you’re on the right side?
These are important questions we must ask ourselves. As the dissension rises and spreads, we must be able to stand strong in our beliefs (as long as you’re on the right side…) and not cave to social pressure and/or the “new norm”.
Things are changing at a rapid pace, and while I would love unity and connection, the fact of the matter is people are still divided by race, ethnicity, beliefs, gender equality, etc., etc. There are issues in abundance only because others force it as an issue. Were everyone to cast aside all of these separation excuses and just come together and love each other for who we are and help each other when we fall, instead of finding reasons to be uncaring and hateful, then the world would turn to peace and harmony and compassion. As it is, we remain in the state of division and corruption, effectively letting the “powers that shouldn’t be” run the whole show while we remain the puppets, fighting each other instead of coming together globally.
Do you know who owns the media? Do you know who’s trying to control our thoughts and pushing for certain agendas?
In part 7, I address subliminal messages in the media, and in part 8 we take a look at celebrity idolization and how they use their status to influence others.
Fact checking is extremely important. I want to reiterate not to take everything at face value; no matter what you read, where you read it from, or who you hear it from. And to be clear, do not rely on “fact checking” websites to give you accurate information either. These are just as likely, (if not even more likely…), to feed false information and false debunking accounts to manipulate the reader. Please take everything into consideration before adhering to a certain narrative – and always keep your mind open to other possibilities.
Fair use disclaimer: Some of the links from this article are provided from different sources/sites to give the reader extra information and cite the sources, but does not necessarily mean that I endorse the contents of the site itself. Additionally, I have tried to provide links to the contents that I used from other sites as an educational and/or entertainment means only; if you feel that any information deserves further citation or request to be clarified, please let me know through the contact page.