tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post1689731915328254746..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "About Race"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-83954920384424046122016-01-04T13:34:09.204-05:002016-01-04T13:34:09.204-05:00Aw gee I'm so tired of having to play this rid...Aw gee I'm so tired of having to play this ridiculous role. <br /><br />"The Black Guy"<br /><br />As I say in the piece I just wanna be some guy minding his own damned business walking along chewing gum. Ya know it's like being an actor trapped in a role. For ya whole damned life you're 'that' stupid character.<br /><br />Everywhere ya go folks call out hey...fill in the blank.<br /><br />You can never be just a person. You walk into a room, and a whole history of twisted assumptions walks in with you. I walk down a street, and i hear the locks of car door click...thinking since I'm a Colored guy I'm gonna car-jack the moron. <br /><br />People won't get on the elevator if the see me.<br /><br />On cab nearly ran me over so quick was he to get away from letting me in...really happened not once, but several times. Haven't been in a cab since sometime in the 1990's.<br /><br />20 years there about.<br /><br />On the up side,....humm. I'll have to get back to you on that one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-79521191807165379282016-01-04T03:48:17.924-05:002016-01-04T03:48:17.924-05:00My fave example of this sort of thing is a guy on ...My fave example of this sort of thing is a guy on Pacifica who insisted that it's impossible for anyone black to be racist. Sure is a relief to know that. <br /><br />Garvey does kinda look like a wannabe Idi Amin. All that's missing is the mirror shades. But I've never read his stuff so I don't know exactly where he's coming from. I kinda have a hunch his POV isn't too aimiable, though. As for black reps, there IS Barbara Lee, who as far as I know was the *only* member of Congress to vote against invading Iran. She gets major kudos from me for that. <br /><br />(By the way, have you noticed this country doesn't seem to have an anti-war movement any more? What's with that?) <br /><br />Oh, yeah - I don't want you to get shot at either. That can really ruin your day. <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com