Thursday, January 19, 2012

Now I’m Getting PMs About How “Reverse Racism” Exists

shewalkslikethunder:

gailsimone:

Arggh.

The difference, guys?

The entire society is open to white people. Virtually nothing is denied to white people because of their skin color. Incidents of white people being discriminated against for skin color tend to be both fleeting and personal. Incidents of POC’s being discriminated against, violated, brutalized, sidelined, ignored and vilified are INSTITUTIONAL and ONGOING and accepted as the societal ‘norm.’ People sigh wistfully, remembering the days of slavery and genocide, and no one bats an eye. Our history is full of it to its bones, and it continues to this day in our politics, media, and national dialogue.

I am not an expert in these matters. Far, far, far from it. I don’t want to lecture anyone and virtually ANYONE IN THE WORLD probably can speak with more eloquence and authority on this topic than I could.

But conflating some incident, even a serious one, with institutionalized racism that POC people face their entire lives in wildly diverging circumstance, that’s just shameful.

Boom.

Have we mentioned that Gail Simone is perfect? No? Well, here’s one of the myriad reasons why. 

-AM

Posted at 10:13 AM 108 notes Reblogged from shewalkslikethunder

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  1. hatofass reblogged this from youcrashquims and added:
    Joe, if you’re cruising my blog, you might want to check this out.
  2. youcrashquims reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    goddamn treasure.
  3. katgezicht reblogged this from itswalky
  4. meisterj reblogged this from itswalky
  5. sunkenlibrary reblogged this from itswalky and added:
    THIS. I’ve had shit experiences, I’ve had shit experiences caused by the fact that I’m white, but I’ve never been on the...
  6. wrecked-by-a-gigantic-sandwich reblogged this from aportraitoftheartist-asayoungfan
  7. mizmlee reblogged this from kryptoswag
  8. megalanzero reblogged this from itswalky
  9. wecameforyourdead reblogged this from kryptoswag
  10. kryptoswag reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Thank you. No one seems...understand or want to accept the fact that racism
  11. drivewayblues reblogged this from gailsimone
  12. kirailabs reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    There is no reverse racism. There is just *Racism*. There’s no reverse-sexism. There’s just *sexism*. Come on, this...
  13. nebulousappliance reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    Holy crud! Gail Simone Reblogged my reblog! Granted, it was about redundant usage of language. BUT STILL! I am so...
  14. introvertedart reblogged this from gailsimone
  15. drivenbats reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    be a person who believed in reverse racism, but then after much debate and explaining I finally understood. Two...
  16. notanangel81 reblogged this from gailsimone
  17. ffordesoon said: You would be my hero even if I hated every single comic you’d ever written, Gail. That your books are almost uniformly awesome is an excellent bonus.
  18. invisiblelad reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    The reason people use the term People of Color is to speak to the catch all when talking about race. If one said...
  19. gailsimone reblogged this from nebulousappliance and added:
    It is, I see it both ways all the time, but yeah, it’s like saying ATM machine. Will try to watch that.
  20. katpossible reblogged this from averagesparrow and added:
    in march. as far as “reverse racism” goes, i think people are confusing all of society with individual experiences. i’ve...
  21. nebulousappliance reblogged this from gailsimone and added:
    redundant? Otherwise, good point.
  22. flamingzebra reblogged this from gailsimone