Thank you for illustrating my point.

Enjoy your baggage. I won’t be posting on your site again. Apparently I’m the wrong kind of person.

Rachel has a great quote which sums it up beautifullly:

I often make a joke about a stereotype that many blacks have of whites–white people’s hair smells like a dog when it is wet. I ask how many of my students have heard of this. Usually, the only students who have heard it are black. Many students laugh because this stereotype seems absurd. Then, I say, “How many of you have heard the stereotype that blacks are violent and crime prone?” Almost all the students raise their hands, and nobody laughs. I make the case that the first one is humorous to them because it really doesn’t have an impact on the day to day lives of whites, but the crime stereotype isn’t funny because it has a profound impact on blacks.

And I know EXACTLY who gets to decide whose opinions matter and whose don’t.

here’s the problem, a. You DO sound flippant. And, quite honestly, I’ve had enough of it for today. You’re now on moderation. You can still comment, but I have to approve said comments. therefore, if you come at us with this attitude of the smart white man condescending to teach us misguided black people what we should and shouldn’t find offensive, no one else has to put up with it but me. And if it continues, I’ll get tired enough of it to just ban you completely.

The way to get out of the moderation queue? how about adjusting your attitude? Instead of treating us all like we’re 5 year olds, attempt to respect the fact that we do know what the hell we’re talking about and have enough of a brain to understand what is truly offensive and what is not. While you’re waiting for me to approve your comments, you might also go tot he Required Reading section and spend a few hours familiarizing yourself with it.

I could make a flip comment here about the correlation between a.’s comments and the fact that he’s an NPR listener, but I won’t. because that would be insulting to other NPR listeners.

Secondly, I misspelled caricature.

My bad.

Achmed, Richard gave up any right to have his questions answered or points debated in a real way when he became an abusive jerk on my blog. I don’t mind engaging people how disagree with me, as long as they do so without being racist assholes. once they cross the line and break the rules, they are gone, as are any chances of me having to do with anything they said, valid or not.

It’s my way of making sure that those who wish to have a proper conversation do so without all the other associated crap.