Comments on: Racism, Bloggers and Being Black http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/racism-bloggers-and-being-black/ ...writing about work, life, and what-not Sat, 12 Nov 2011 05:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rey http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/racism-bloggers-and-being-black/comment-page-1/#comment-32047 Rey Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:02:19 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=955#comment-32047 Thanks Jeremy. Thanks Jeremy.

]]> By: Jeremy Pierce http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/racism-bloggers-and-being-black/comment-page-1/#comment-32039 Jeremy Pierce Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:18:54 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=955#comment-32039 We need to distinguish between those who adopt the one-drop rule because they think the very nature of things demands it (who are in my mind unquestionably racist) and those who follow it because they think racial classifications are socially constructed and recognize that the social construction has included the one-drop rule. I happen to think we've moved away from that considerably today, especially in the northeast and the west coast, so the social construction of race is no longer exactly along one-drop-rule lines. But those who wrongly think it is are not necessarily racists for getting that fact wrong. That's an empirical question, and they're living in the past. It's not being an anti-black racist to get that wrong. Most non-white academics I've met in their 40s or older have exactly that view about racial constructions in the U.S. We need to distinguish between those who adopt the one-drop rule because they think the very nature of things demands it (who are in my mind unquestionably racist) and those who follow it because they think racial classifications are socially constructed and recognize that the social construction has included the one-drop rule. I happen to think we’ve moved away from that considerably today, especially in the northeast and the west coast, so the social construction of race is no longer exactly along one-drop-rule lines. But those who wrongly think it is are not necessarily racists for getting that fact wrong. That’s an empirical question, and they’re living in the past. It’s not being an anti-black racist to get that wrong. Most non-white academics I’ve met in their 40s or older have exactly that view about racial constructions in the U.S.

]]> By: Krispy http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/racism-bloggers-and-being-black/comment-page-1/#comment-32012 Krispy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:36:58 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=955#comment-32012 Well, I'm a middle-class white male, and as I understand the rules of the current political environment, I'm not allowed to comment on race at all, except to offer pervasive, repetitive, vague apologies. And what's worse, I'm a <i>southern</i> middle-class white male, so obviously their should be a law preventing me from not just talking about race, but also preventing me from talking about <i>anything</i>, talking to anyone at all, breeding, or having an opinion about anything. So, having qualified myself, I'll say that I basically agree with your perspective on this. My advice to non-whites is this: get over the fact that Obama isn't white; or not entirely white, or whatever. Trust me, having a President of your own race is nothing special. Been there, done that. Every time Dubya or Clinton or Bush Sr. did something I thought was boneheaded or just plain wrong, I usually felt some degree of frustration about it. Never ONCE did I say to myself, OK, he's saying and doing things I dont' agree with ... but at least he is white. Well, I’m a middle-class white male, and as I understand the rules of the current political environment, I’m not allowed to comment on race at all, except to offer pervasive, repetitive, vague apologies.

And what’s worse, I’m a southern middle-class white male, so obviously their should be a law preventing me from not just talking about race, but also preventing me from talking about anything, talking to anyone at all, breeding, or having an opinion about anything.

So, having qualified myself, I’ll say that I basically agree with your perspective on this. My advice to non-whites is this: get over the fact that Obama isn’t white; or not entirely white, or whatever. Trust me, having a President of your own race is nothing special. Been there, done that.

Every time Dubya or Clinton or Bush Sr. did something I thought was boneheaded or just plain wrong, I usually felt some degree of frustration about it. Never ONCE did I say to myself, OK, he’s saying and doing things I dont’ agree with … but at least he is white.

]]> By: JasonS http://rreynoso.com/blog/reviews/racism-bloggers-and-being-black/comment-page-1/#comment-32008 JasonS Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:06:38 +0000 http://rreynoso.com/blog/?p=955#comment-32008 I'm a white guy with bunches of brown spots called freckles. What am I, in truth? Sigh....the more things change, the more they stay the same. I wish we could move toward appreciating what's in folk's hearts.... I’m a white guy with bunches of brown spots called freckles. What am I, in truth?
Sigh….the more things change, the more they stay the same.
I wish we could move toward appreciating what’s in folk’s hearts….

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