tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post8539541177064215636..comments2023-10-26T03:26:53.959-07:00Comments on Suebob's Red Stapler: Typical White PersonSUEB0Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-5705058043223255902008-03-29T08:22:00.000-07:002008-03-29T08:22:00.000-07:00I've been meaning to comment for days, but haven't...I've been meaning to comment for days, but haven't had enough time to sit and formulate a thoughtful comment - and I still don't!<BR/><BR/>As a bi-racial person, though, this is certainly an issue that I have been on both sides of, and both actively and passively, and I don't have any sort of answer for any of it. But I do think if every person came right out and said, "I have a prejudice about (blank), and this is how that makes me feel..." we'd all be better off. So, you go, girl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-65991117721068643772008-03-26T15:56:00.000-07:002008-03-26T15:56:00.000-07:00I agree with one smarmy mama. I bet if you walked ...I agree with one smarmy mama. I bet if you walked down the street and passed a black man wearing a white shirt and tie and carrying a briefcase, you'd feel nothing close to fear. And yet, like NaTAA said, we fear the unknown, with a dash of media embellishment. If you see a black man with a red/blue bandana, tattoos and big baggy jeans, then you feel fear.<BR/><BR/>But then, put a couple white men in those outfits, and I bet you would feel the same thing. So maybe it's still prejudice, just not racial prejudice.Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-87419304894022285002008-03-25T21:38:00.000-07:002008-03-25T21:38:00.000-07:00So now that you've given me a context, I'll have t...So now that you've given me a context, I'll have to write this story about myself that I've planned to tell one day -- I'll link to you rather than filling this comment space because it won't even be a "concise" blog post, let alone could I turn it into a concise comment!the mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536278508991059301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-38623588343984770042008-03-24T13:39:00.000-07:002008-03-24T13:39:00.000-07:00I thought about this post since yesterday when I r...I thought about this post since yesterday when I read this. I've not come up with a better response than the one below. This is a sticky issue for me....<BR/><BR/>I hated having to deal with my outwardly racist family members so I pretty much just ditched them.<BR/><BR/>Yet. I still have my own issues that I have to battle every.single.day. It's how we were raised. And how they were raised. I had to make a decision to end it with me. <BR/><BR/>My kids will never see it because I'm very aware of it. And I'm wrong.<BR/><BR/>When I go to the polls to vote for Obama(hopefully), I will bring my kids. I'll carefully explain to them why I think he is the best person for the job.Day Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287486337770132645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-27807970280117724472008-03-24T12:42:00.000-07:002008-03-24T12:42:00.000-07:00I've been circling around this one in my head sinc...I've been circling around this one in my head since I listened to the speech. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I fit in this "typical white person" mold, but it's close. And everything he said resonated with me - if it wasn't exactly me, it was a large majority of who I grew up with (family and friends). Midwestern lower to middle class, yep yep yep.<BR/><BR/>I was talking with my husband about it briefly this weekend and complaining about the conservative radio response to the speech. He said something interesting. He thinks the conservatives are afraid of Obama.<BR/><BR/>I think they should be afraid of him. I think there's a chance we could take some huge steps forward in a lot of ways if we're brave enough to elect him.Jhiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961562933937294762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-12452317902414944862008-03-23T11:28:00.000-07:002008-03-23T11:28:00.000-07:00I thought this about myself a few years ago after ...I thought this about myself a few years ago after a date I had with a black man. He was so hands on and sexual and I was very offended for a first date. My friends told me it wasn't prejudice but bad date. I recently had a falling out with my best friend who is korean. Only because she called every racist as a joke. I grew tired of it and she quit calling. I wonder who the racist really was in that scenario?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10456938547000992066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-72502621510324935112008-03-23T09:54:00.000-07:002008-03-23T09:54:00.000-07:00Excellent post Suebob. The best way to put this w...Excellent post Suebob. The best way to put this whole race thing we all have is to put it right on the table and examine it honestly. Not hide from it. I hope his speech started a conversation we all need to have.LittlePeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890731735785145148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-56263495773956673702008-03-23T08:04:00.000-07:002008-03-23T08:04:00.000-07:00I'll have to give this one more thought before I c...I'll have to give this one more thought before I come up with a reply that will do it any justice, but I wanted to tell you I enjoyed the post, and bravo for having the guts to write it. Only by facing and knowing our faults can we work to change them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-63608301280795480362008-03-22T19:02:00.000-07:002008-03-22T19:02:00.000-07:00We often fear the unknown. We're influenced by med...We often fear the unknown. We're influenced by media, and our own experiences.<BR/><BR/>It's one thing to be prejudiced. It's another to say them out loud, to know our own biases and to question and fight them.<BR/><BR/>We ALL have them. Maybe not ethnic bias, but as your pp said, class, culture, religions etc. <BR/><BR/>I don't fault Obama for his statements. I just don't think he needed to defend his grandmother. She was shaped by her own experiences as well. <BR/><BR/>I just appreciated the irony of the situation. <BR/><BR/>Maybe there is a typical white person. But here's to us fighting that definition of "typical."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-48775381484930423352008-03-22T18:51:00.000-07:002008-03-22T18:51:00.000-07:00This is something I think about a lot. I think it'...This is something I think about a lot. I think it's interesting......I was born where you live and what I know of it is Mexican. Anyways......yeah, so I've been thinking about this and my experiences and I think for me, I'm more class-ist. The first thing I tend to see is if they are dressed ghetto or if they are dressed like they can afford to shop where I shop. I think I make more assumptions about a person based on their social class than their color.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com