BEWARE: The Color-Blind !!!

"A Dangerous Race of People!"

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BE AWARE! There are people among us who are a danger to all of us! They are even a danger to themselves and to others of their race. (Webster definition 2 : a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock b: a class or kind of people unified by shared interests, habits, or characteristics - I will signify this definition with a lower case 'r').

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These dangerous people are "Color-Blind". I know that it seems like I am over dramatizing, but give me a minute to explain.

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First let's understand the meaning of the word as well as its usage and insinuations.
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According to Webster "color-blind" is defined as flollows:
col·or–blind
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Function: adjective
Date: 1853

1: affected with partial or total inability to distinguish one or more chromatic colors

2: insensitive , oblivious

3: not influenced by differences of race ; especially : free from racial prejudice

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The first definition refers to "color-blind" as it relates to a physiological condition. THIS is not dangerous.

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The second definition COULD indicate a dangerous attitude if "insensitivity & oblivious" means that you could care less about how things are said or done and one could be hurtful and offensive. Insensitivity in the wrong environment could even bring about danger to oneself.

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The third definition plainly points out a "train of thought" that no consideration is to be given for Race ( I'll signify the 'Race' that means a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits with a capital 'R'). A person who is 'not influenced by differences of 'Race' has a color-blindness that will accept no accountability for acts committed by themselves or others they associate with that are perceived as unkind and insensitive.

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They just "don't get it".

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A person who is truly color-blind to race may seem to be a Hero of sorts. I mean, "WOW", CeeBee (color-blind... c-b...cee-bee) will see me as just another person. My Race means nothing to her... my Race means... NOTHING... to her.
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Many people will say that it doesn't matter, but it does. When I get to know someone, I know more than just their name. I learn about their family, their habits, their likes & dislikes... what makes them "tick". What makes them happy and what makes them sad or angry. If I really like a person, I stray away from the behaviors that are upsetting to them because I like and respect that new friend or friendly acquaintance. If I am not too keen on incorporating them into my tribe of friends, I won't go out of my way to hurt them, but I won't worry about a lot of self-sacrifice to insure that they are in their comfort zone. So, you can't tell me that you like me, a Black person, the same way you like people of your own Race, if you do not try to get to know what makes ME "tick"... and respect "who I am and ALL that I am".

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Even now, you may say, "But, I know people who are like this... you know, color-blind and they truly don't get the 'Race' thing. They are good people."

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New book challenges conservatives’ call for color-blind society
Whitewashing Race attributes gap to legacy of policies that favor whites, not personal prejudice or blacks’ failures.

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For you to be color-blind would make us an invisible Race of people... we would cease to exist.

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Guess what. I know some people "like that", too - "good people". Now HERE IS THE DANGER of-it-all.

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There are wolves in sheeps clothing among CeeBee and her friends. The wolves PRETEND that they are like CeeBee. They proclaim their innocence of racial upheavel that they've induced. And they only proclaim this when someone catches them and calls them out... puts them on blast. If no one says anything, they will chuckle along with their jokes and cartoons and off-colored statements. Once they are called to the carpet... they proclaim, "I am with CeeBee!" And what can we do after that? We know that CeeBee is really a "good person" -- and doesn't really... "get it".

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Now I am putting CeeBee 'on blast'.

The REAL CeeBee.
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CeeBee, things that happened in the past and happen today are NOT your doing. But you do owe it to me... as an your African-American friend, your teacher, your co-worker, (hell, your daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, half-sister, or aunt) to get to KNOW me. To be responsible ... not for the acts of some possible distant relative, but responsible for your self-awareness of why I am being treated a certain way (because of my Race) -- no matter how close or distant we may be. You ARE being held accountable for laughing at the jokes that you didn't THINK were racial (and didn't think I would find out about) - because if you watch the news or payed attention in history class, you would understand what is really going on in these chain emails that you receive -- and pass on.

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You, Cee-Bee are giving cover to the perpetrators and thieves of YOUR identity. Allowing them to pretend to be you (while they hurt me) should piss you off and make you want to know how to protect your own image and character and not just mine.

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Get to know me. Know what puts the move in my groove. And the nitty in my gritty. Know who I am and where I came from... and how I came to be HERE.

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I once had a supervisor who didn't "get it". I truly believe that he got very little of "it" and, thankfully, refused to participate in any of "it". But I opened his eyes one day because I got him to realize that his not "following it up" didn't change the INTENT of those who would bring about Racial dis-harmony. I had a Chinese co-worker who said, "...you people..." I am aware that our conversation, at the time, could in no way imply any negative racial meaning, and I understood that she was farely new to the United States. But, I was also aware that if she said those words in the wrong place and in a slightly more questionable context, she'd find trouble. She didn't "get it" when I explained it to her, but she was grateful none-the-less because her intention was not to make any Race uncomfortable or angry.

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CeeBee, I mean no harm... as good a person as you are, I don't want you as my supervisor, my President, my Judge, or any position that gives you the authority to rule for or against me. I don't want you to patrol my streets because you won't understand or "get" the danger that could be right in my face. You won't be able to determine that I am truly being harassed, disrespected, and discriminated against for jobs.

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You only bring more harm to me. Be responsible. Pay attention. Be accountable for your self-education. That good friend on your job "that happens to be a Buh-lack person" will undoubtedly be more than happy to answer your questions instead of the questions revealing your awe of "how we get our hair THAT way" when we wear natural styles. We want you to know us and understand us... but you just aren't interested.

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I like who I am. I like who you are. We couldn't be who we are without the influences from each other. An individual Race should not be ignored or "pretended that they don't make a difference", because if who I am no longer 'counts',

than I will no longer BE who I AM.

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AFTERWARD

I don't want to blog directly on political issues.

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And I won't start with this one.

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But it just so happened that this "color-blind" issue has raised it's beastly head again in one of the latest political blunders during the current Presidential campain.

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The Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated Newsletter was sent out this month (October) stating that "if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents." The newsletter then sports an illustration of the "Obama Buck", which is an obviously a phony $10 bill with a picture of Obama's face on a donkey's body. He is surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken. The denomination is written on the "money" alongside a label reading, "United States Food Stamps."

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200 members and associates of the group received the GOP newsletter by e-mail and regular mail last week. Because of the harsh criticism and the outcry of racism, Diane Fedele, the President of the the group, claims that she will send a letter of apology TO HER MEMBERS, and offer an apology at the next meeting.

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Many of her own group members, as well as elected leaders, and party officials are among the complaints that she hears. It seems that she has not considered the fact that Senator Obama is deserving of an apology nor other African Americans who are offended (whether rightly so or not) by what many perceive as a blatant act of racist disrespect.

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Ms. Fedele seems to be of the "color-blind" race.

Click here to read about the details of the "Obama-Buck-Dianne-Fedele-You're-F***ed!" incident:

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_buck16.3d67d4a.html.

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Are people "Color-Blind" or

are they perpetrators of

"Polite Genocide" ?

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Well, here is a kinda-sorta example of the acceptance of "polite genocide"... I just looked up the word "genocide" in http://www.webster.com/. Guess what... the finding came up "no entry"... but the related links came up with "Darfur". The webster site has not eliminated the possibility of there being a valid reference, but they chose not to provide a definition of a word that has a lot of meaning and usage for many of us in today's world. It was polite, but it did nothing to provide service for anyone inquiring the meaning of the word "genocide". Very "Polite" genocide of the reality of Racial conditions in our world and society today.

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And by the way, genocide is "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. This word has been in use since approximately 1944.

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Let's put our energies toward "Cultual Diversity" and not "Polite Genocide".

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Peace,

shYne