So-called “progressive” elites love
to attribute everything-- from differential outcomes to climate change-- to Racism.
Everything must be examined solely in the context of Racism. The conventional
wisdom amongst them is that all white people are Racist. And that there is
nothing they can do about it due to the color of their skin! CRT and The1619
Project are in. The entire Western canon is out. Anyone who dares to
challenge the new conventional orthodoxy is promptly and universally smeared as
a bigot, and a Racist. And that person will be accused of trafficking in
microagressions and hate speech. Even for the slightest unintentional acts
of assumed affrontery.
Alright, let’s talk about
Racism. Microaggressions, too. I say a study is needed to determine why
movie-villains have almost always been portrayed as white people. Whether it be
The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Poison Ivy, Egghead from the Batman
series, Max Zorin (Arayan superman), Dr. No, Auric Goldfinger, Alec Trevelyan,
or Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond flicks, it’s always the same: the bad
dude- or dudette in the case of Poison Ivy- is white. What’s up with that?
The Master, Rassilon, and other unsavory
characters in Britain’s Dr. Who series are also Caucasian. Hell, its “Black
Guardian” character is even white.
Then there is the “Wolf of Wall Street.” Okay,
that movie is based on a real person, but still…you get the
picture, right?
As for television…well, almost every evil
character is a white man, often a businessman. And pretty much all the dumb
ones, too. Even on television commercials men are continually made to look like
incompetent, bumbling, ignorant fools, people who couldn’t possibly figure out
how to properly scrub a toilet even if they could be made to do so.
Furthermore, how come when anyone wants to
convey their opinion that someone is intolerant or evil, they automatically
brand that person a Hitler? Why not label them a Dada, after the notorious
Butcher of Uganda, Idi Amin Dada? “Dada” is more fun to say than “Hitler,”
anyway. Or they could smear them as a Pot, ala Pol Pot, the brutal Cambodian
Commie who saw to the slaughter of 25% of his country’s citizens in the
Cambodian Killing Fields. “Pot” is easier to say than “Hitler,” and takes less
time to utter, as it’s just one syllable.
We should be more inclusive in
terms of our villains.
But no, it’s always “whitey” that takes it on
the chin. And who determined that, if one wants to surrender, one should wave
a white flag? I don’t recall having any input on that
decision. Are all white people cowards, is that what’s being implied? Is that
why scary situations are often said to be “white knucklers?”
Not convinced of the conspiracy
yet? Why do we tell little white lies, hmmm? Is it only white
people that are dishonest? If something is overly costly and not worth keeping
around, why is it called a white elephant? Talk about
triggering!
Are you starting to get it now?
No? Well, is the term “white trash” affirming and welcoming? No,
it’s a vile epithet. And finally, if a person is particularly pale, why do we
call them “ghastly white?!” No one has ever labeled anyone else “ghastly black,”
or “ghastly” brown, yellow, or red, for that matter. Who did this to us? Where
is the diversity, equity, and inclusion? Whence the reparations?
What to make of these ramblings?
There’s no whitewashing it: if you choose to think of yourself as a victim, you
are one.
Of yourself.
And that, my friends, is black and
white.
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