Comments on: Stuff White People Do: refuse to see how things look from another point of view http://racecardpoliticswatch.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/stuff-white-people-do-refuse-to-see-how-things-look-from-another-point-of-view/ Collecting discussions of race in the 2008 elections from the left, right and center Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:05:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: macon d http://racecardpoliticswatch.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/stuff-white-people-do-refuse-to-see-how-things-look-from-another-point-of-view/#comment-505 macon d Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:36:43 +0000 http://racecardpoliticswatch.wordpress.com/?p=2924#comment-505 m, you don't seem to realize that people of color have HAD to understand both their own point of view and that of most white people, for a long, long time, for their own safety and well-being. Whites haven't had to consider the point of views of others, because they're the majority, and because they occupy most positions of power, and because they're very rarely in positions that render them disempowered in relation to people of color. There certainly is, therefore, a racial difference here. It's a difference between a common white unawareness that their "common-sense" perspective is often actually a common white one, and a common black perspective that often understands that common white lack of self-awareness, and because black people, especially, have HAD to see things from another perspective, that of white people. BTW, do you play cards? If so, I imagine you're playing the <a href="http://stuffwhitepeopledo.blogspot.com/2008/11/play-race-doesnt-matter-anymore-card.html" rel="nofollow">"race doesn't matter anymore" card</a> a lot these days? m, you don’t seem to realize that people of color have HAD to understand both their own point of view and that of most white people, for a long, long time, for their own safety and well-being. Whites haven’t had to consider the point of views of others, because they’re the majority, and because they occupy most positions of power, and because they’re very rarely in positions that render them disempowered in relation to people of color.

There certainly is, therefore, a racial difference here. It’s a difference between a common white unawareness that their “common-sense” perspective is often actually a common white one, and a common black perspective that often understands that common white lack of self-awareness, and because black people, especially, have HAD to see things from another perspective, that of white people.

BTW, do you play cards? If so, I imagine you’re playing the “race doesn’t matter anymore” card a lot these days?

]]> By: m http://racecardpoliticswatch.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/stuff-white-people-do-refuse-to-see-how-things-look-from-another-point-of-view/#comment-459 m Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:40:32 +0000 http://racecardpoliticswatch.wordpress.com/?p=2924#comment-459 I really dislike how this post seems to equate racism/ignorance with what it refers to as a "common white tendency." Whites are in no way the only ones who have trouble seeing things through perspectives other than their own and certainly being racist, ignorant, etc is in now way limited to whites, but applies to people of all races, ethnicities, etc. Nor do I know of any evidence that points to the typical white person being racist, ignorant, etc EH is not depicting "common white tendencies;" but she could be said to be depicting typical tendencies of ignorance, closemindedness, racism, disrespect etc .(I haven't watched the whole vid so I can't say personally if she's showing those tendencies but the point is those are tendcies of certain traits not of *white people*.) If this post and this blog is decrying racism and fighting racial stereotypes (as described in its about section), then why is it so blatantly+irresponsibly stereotyping an entire race, and, frankly, engaging in racism itself? (As a side note, I despise everything I've ever heard EH say--granted that hasn't been much as I don't watch The View and don't agree w/anything I heard her say on this vid.) I really dislike how this post seems to equate racism/ignorance with what it refers to as a “common white tendency.”

Whites are in no way the only ones who have trouble seeing things through perspectives other than their own and certainly being racist, ignorant, etc is in now way limited to whites, but applies to people of all races, ethnicities, etc. Nor do I know of any evidence that points to the typical white person being racist, ignorant, etc

EH is not depicting “common white tendencies;” but she could be said to be depicting typical tendencies of ignorance, closemindedness, racism, disrespect etc .(I haven’t watched the whole vid so I can’t say personally if she’s showing those tendencies but the point is those are tendcies of certain traits not of *white people*.)

If this post and this blog is decrying racism and fighting racial stereotypes (as described in its about section), then why is it so blatantly+irresponsibly stereotyping an entire race, and, frankly, engaging in racism itself?

(As a side note, I despise everything I’ve ever heard EH say–granted that hasn’t been much as I don’t watch The View and don’t agree w/anything I heard her say on this vid.)

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