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Jason Whitlock hits this one out of the park!
Posted on 12/9/21 at 6:58 am
Posted on 12/9/21 at 6:58 am
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The next quote from the article, may be some of the truest words, ever written in modern-America:
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Jussie Smollett destroyed his career and reputation trying to live up to a racist expectation of “blackness.” It’s the same mistake former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made.
The next quote from the article, may be some of the truest words, ever written in modern-America:
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Jussie Smollett destroyed his career and reputation trying to live up to a racist expectation of “blackness.” It’s the same mistake former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made.
Popular culture’s puppet masters — academia, Big Tech’s social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left — have established victimhood as the highest form of blackness. Attaining victim status is the primary expectation placed on American black men.
Meeting this expectation is especially important for mixed-race, wealthy celebrities. In the culture created by the left, victimhood is their rite of passage into the fraternity of blackness.
As much as I despise Smollett for the 2019 racial hoax he staged in Chicago, the alleged crime that currently has him on trial, my disdain for the culture that baited him into the act far exceeds my disgust for Smollett.
Tuesday night, I had dinner with two friends. We engaged in a debate about white privilege. What is it? Does it exist? Can it be fixed?
I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They’re expected to master the English language. They’re expected to have good credit. They’re expected to show up on time. They’re expected not to use the N-word. They’re expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They’re expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.
Do all white people meet these expectations? Absolutely not. But being born into a world that expects you to adopt principles and behaviors that lead to success is a privilege that puts you far ahead of people who don’t have those expectations on them.
Black people, as a collective, don’t have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We’re expected to excel at football and basketball. And we’re expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.
The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America. It’s far more racist than Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck and back. Had George Floyd entered a world that expected him to achieve beyond the athletic field, he would have been much less likely to find himself needing to be restrained by police.
This post was edited on 12/9/21 at 7:00 am
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:03 am to greygoose
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Popular culture’s puppet masters — academia, Big Tech’s social media apps, the executives running the TV, movie, music, and sports industries, and the political left
He was this close to naming them.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:03 am to greygoose
Hits the nail on the head.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:03 am to greygoose
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:04 am to greygoose
The racism of low expectations! The DNC says out loud that certain demographics aren’t able to make the right choices on their own so we will tell you what to do.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:04 am to greygoose
There's no white privilege, not anymore than other racial privilege. I'm more concerned about political privilege. The fact we have had two high profile political appointees commit perjury with no repercussion.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:09 am to greygoose
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The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America.
And it's imposed on black people by black people and miserable white libs.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:11 am to greygoose
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The lack of expectations imposed on black people is the most racist act in America.
By who?
Oh yeah. F’n black people.
As a white male, when it comes to anyone else…much less, black people, I have zero expectations.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:12 am to greygoose
i wish whitlock didn't go full troll because he's pretty smart, articulate, and makes a lot of good points. his takes on "halfrican americans" (his phrase, not mine) are always interesting.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:12 am to greygoose
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White people are expected to achieve academically. They’re expected to master the English language. They’re expected to have good credit. They’re expected to show up on time. They’re expected not to use the N-word. They’re expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They’re expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.
So now it’s white privilege to be educated, speak properly, be financially sound, be responsible, not disrespect others and be held accountable for our actions??
So white privilege is basically means someone is being a decent human being?
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:14 am to carhartt
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white privilege is basically means someone is being a decent human being?
It also means you’re racist.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:14 am to greygoose
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I argued that white privilege certainly exists in America and that the greatest white privilege is expectations that align with success. White people are expected to achieve academically. They’re expected to master the English language. They’re expected to have good credit. They’re expected to show up on time. They’re expected not to use the N-word. They’re expected to make an effort to avoid racist thoughts and actions. They’re expected to wed the mothers or fathers of their children.
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Black people, as a collective, don’t have those expectations on them. Popular culture, as controlled by liberals, removes virtually all expectations from black people, particularly black men. We’re expected to excel at football and basketball. And we’re expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.
Wow! Well said.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:14 am to greygoose
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And we’re expected to meet the liberal standard of blackness. Anything we do or achieve beyond that is considered a bonus.
Agree with all of it except this. It’s not considered a bonus. It’s considered a detriment. When black people think for themselves, participate and succeed in the Western capitalist society, and maintain the nuclear family, they’re questioned for their blackness. As one mother once put it to me in a parent-teacher conference: she didn’t care about her kid getting “white people grades.”
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:15 am to RollTide4Ever
quote:Can you remind who these two were? I know of this but cant remember the names.
The fact we have had two high profile political appointees commit perjury with no repercussion.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:16 am to greygoose
I mena, he's right you know.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:17 am to greygoose
We need more Jason Whitlocks in this world. Everything he described is a cultural change, perpetuated by the those with influence in this county which ultimately keeps the black culture where it is.
Posted on 12/9/21 at 7:20 am to STEVED00
the most frustrating part of our society’s push of ‘racism of low expectations’ is that there are AA’s within that segment of the population who aren’t pointed out as shining examples of actual stand up people with families, with careers, with an education, and who are responsible and have done something with their lives instead of using their skin color as a built in handicap like the media and politicians suggest they should.
This post was edited on 12/9/21 at 7:22 am
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