Comments on: The Thing Not Being Said http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/ Race, Politics, Gender, Sexuality, Anger Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:59:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bruce a landwaster http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14844 bruce a landwaster Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:29:34 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14844 I agree with King Rat, The birthers are not crack pots, racists in general tend to be crack pots. I dont think I have ever met one who wasnt in one way or another a nut job... I agree with King Rat, The birthers are not crack pots, racists in general tend to be crack pots. I dont think I have ever met one who wasnt in one way or another a nut job…

]]> By: 2fs http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14631 2fs Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:01:51 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14631 I agree with everything you say above...except the title of your post, because I've read that analysis a few places, and I've made it myself as well. Which is, I hope, somewhat heartening that a few other people see this BS for what it is. I agree with everything you say above…except the title of your post, because I’ve read that analysis a few places, and I’ve made it myself as well. Which is, I hope, somewhat heartening that a few other people see this BS for what it is.

]]> By: links for 2009-07-28 « Embololalia http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14542 links for 2009-07-28 « Embololalia Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:05:17 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14542 [...] The Thing Not Being Said | The Angry Black Woman See, although African Americans are generally better-off than other racial groups in this one respect — we don’t get the “But where are you really from?” schtick quite as often as Asians and Latinos/as — there’s still quite a bit of feeling out there that we aren’t really Americans. Yeah, even though we built the place. Even though most of the people saying this aren’t really (Native) Americans either, if that’s how they want to play it. It all just comes down to one very simple fact: that “American”, in the minds of these people, equals one thing — white. (tags: racism barackobama johnmccain uspresidency african-americans) [...] [...] The Thing Not Being Said | The Angry Black Woman See, although African Americans are generally better-off than other racial groups in this one respect — we don’t get the “But where are you really from?” schtick quite as often as Asians and Latinos/as — there’s still quite a bit of feeling out there that we aren’t really Americans. Yeah, even though we built the place. Even though most of the people saying this aren’t really (Native) Americans either, if that’s how they want to play it. It all just comes down to one very simple fact: that “American”, in the minds of these people, equals one thing — white. (tags: racism barackobama johnmccain uspresidency african-americans) [...]

]]> By: Athenides http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14513 Athenides Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:14:05 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14513 I sort of like "Birthers" because it sounds so much like the (equally racist and paranoid) Birchers. I sort of like “Birthers” because it sounds so much like the (equally racist and paranoid) Birchers.

]]> By: King Rat http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14506 King Rat Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:33:37 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14506 They are racists, but most are also crack pots too. The two are not mutually exclusive. They are racists, but most are also crack pots too. The two are not mutually exclusive.

]]> By: Jackie M. http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14504 Jackie M. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:30:17 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14504 I actually felt better after seeing the Urban Dictionary take on the word <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=birther" rel="nofollow">birther</a>. I actually felt better after seeing the Urban Dictionary take on the word birther.

]]> By: GallingGalla http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/comment-page-1/#comment-14494 GallingGalla Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:31:06 +0000 http://theangryblackwoman.com/2009/07/28/the-thing-not-being-said/#comment-14494 as a white woman who is struggling with mental health issues, thank you for this. when my fellow "liberal" white people pull out the "crazy" "crackpot" language, we are ourselves engaging in an act that is both racist and ableist. racist in that labelling them "crazy" lets us ignore the racism inherit in society and lets the birthers' racism off the hook, and ableist because it associates such racism with mental illness. (i'm not saying that (white) people with mental illness aren't racist, i'm saying that our racism isn't caused by mental illness.) as a white woman who is struggling with mental health issues, thank you for this.

when my fellow “liberal” white people pull out the “crazy” “crackpot” language, we are ourselves engaging in an act that is both racist and ableist. racist in that labelling them “crazy” lets us ignore the racism inherit in society and lets the birthers’ racism off the hook, and ableist because it associates such racism with mental illness. (i’m not saying that (white) people with mental illness aren’t racist, i’m saying that our racism isn’t caused by mental illness.)

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