Originally posted by simunyaa
first of all: thanx to all of u for ur reply.
NNQueen,
what a nicely packed but envy reply! i know that many blacks could tell similar stories i just want to brake the "suscription of racial harrassment" to blacks. i think racism against blacks and whites can differ in many ways. but i would like to find out if it is still like that if u brake it down to an individual level. what do u think?
i think i made it clear already that i see a need for change and support the idea of panafricanism so this is cerlainly not "a group's imagination."
u also ask me who the enemy of the panafrican movement is? shouldnt u ask someone who regerds her-/himself as part of it?
two of ur statements i did not understand. firstly: "blacks r not colour blind nor stupid". i agree with u in both cases: a black person is as racist as any human being. but what do u mean by stupid? did i ever give the impression that i think so?
and then u ask me to get out of the way. how do u mean it? in whose way am i standing in ur oppinion?
As I read your questions and see your confusion to what I've written, my thoughts are--if your struggle was the same as my struggle as you are trying to imply, you wouldn't need to ask these questions nor would you be confused about what I meant.
See, I think you prove an excellent point. Yes you're white and you claim to be oppressed by a racist Black group. But it becomes obvious to me that you still see the world through a different set of lenses than I do. Now true, this may just be a result of cultural miscommunication, but in America I've seen how whites react to being called racist for the first time and I get the impression that you're reeling from the same impact--shock, horror, hurt feelings, confusion..."who me?" syndrome.
See simunyaa, my personal view of racism is the same as I view rape--it's about power and control. A person who has real power can be racist. Perceived power is not the same. White people have real power therefore they can be racist because they can take freedoms and privileges away from others for any reason. A Black person who claims not to like you because you're white doesn't necessarily have power over you that way so how can they be racist? True, they can be prejudice against you, they may even be able to discriminate against you, but I doubt they can be racist.
Answer this...you claim to be living in Berlin, Germany now. Do you still feel oppressed as a White person or did your oppressive state of existence suddenly end the moment you crossed the border of Africa and entered an environment where there were more people there like you AND who were in control of their destiny?
But let me join my Sister Destee in thanking you "for responding. You've said nothing "wrong." You are as entitled to your opinion as the rest of us. I appreciate you feeling comfortable enough to join and share ... and doing so in such a peaceful way."
Peace!