Post by upfromsumdirt on May 13, 2010 11:01:34 GMT -5
you read up on how black south africans had to carry identification cards under
apartheid confirming their 'right' to 'freely' come and go in certain areas during
certain times of the day - mostly for work or running errands for the privileged
afrikaaner minority...
you read up on the history of america's black south during jim crow and segregation
where blacks had to show papers ("grandfather clause") 'legitimizing' their right to
vote during elections...
you think: how odd for such occurrences to have existed during our contemporary
lifetimes... how this is "the 21st century" and how we are so far removed from acts
of such incredible inhumanity, arrogance and stupidity...
yes, arizona was the very last state in the union to (reluctantly) recognize
martin luther king day as a national holiday, but surely they've understood the
errors that arise when you allow personal opinions and prejudices dictate
governmental action or inaction... that america is a progressive nation refusing
overall to ever return to the surrealism of institutionalized racism...
...right?
everyone has fear... everyone has prejudice... its human nature/its okay.
but we suck it up and be grown about it - "my fears and prejudices can not be
allowed to manipulate the way in which i openly treat my neighbors. its okay
to be ideological; what i wont be is inhumane."
and especially in the light of a political party that espouses "SMALL GOVERNMENT"
as its core virtue, then it would be cause for REVOLUTION to ever allow its elected
representatives to ever EXPAND THE ROLE THAT GOVERNMENT PLAYS IN THE
LIVES OF ITS EVERYDAY CITIZENS by ENFORCING ITS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
TO EXPAND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE LIVES OF THOSE SAME EVERYDAY
CITIZENS asking them to UNWARRANTLY PROVE THEIR LEGAL EXISTENCE BASED
SOLELY ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN...
surely, of all the states, arizona would be the last to ever do so... right?
well... we all know the answer to that...
as a result of boycotting from other cities and states, arizona has already lost
over 100 MILLION DOLLARS of revenue from declining tourism and conventions
overturning previous commitments.
and still arizona plunges headlong into its own abyss:
BANNING ETHNIC STUDIES (outside of european/white american subject matter)
IN ALL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE.
sigh.
i have no problem if my senators, mayors and presidents cant wrap their minds
around WHY one would want to study any other subject outside of 'classical
american culture', everyone is entitled to their own xenophobia - its a free country;
but to stop me for being 'too dark' on my way to my 'latin american studies class'
and call my every action A FELONY as a result... that shit is not acceptable.
to the far right wing exerting their fears upon all categories of their constituents,
i apologize on behalf of all decent humanity for marginalizing your governmental
authority on the international level. had we known your head would fucking
implode at the sight of non-whites refusing to acknowledge your privileges over
their existence, then surely we would have scraped and bowed and begged for
your forgiveness years ago!
because when your head implodes, its always the non-whites who are hoped for
to clean up the mess.
god bless you. we are praying for your speedy recovery.
apartheid confirming their 'right' to 'freely' come and go in certain areas during
certain times of the day - mostly for work or running errands for the privileged
afrikaaner minority...
you read up on the history of america's black south during jim crow and segregation
where blacks had to show papers ("grandfather clause") 'legitimizing' their right to
vote during elections...
you think: how odd for such occurrences to have existed during our contemporary
lifetimes... how this is "the 21st century" and how we are so far removed from acts
of such incredible inhumanity, arrogance and stupidity...
yes, arizona was the very last state in the union to (reluctantly) recognize
martin luther king day as a national holiday, but surely they've understood the
errors that arise when you allow personal opinions and prejudices dictate
governmental action or inaction... that america is a progressive nation refusing
overall to ever return to the surrealism of institutionalized racism...
...right?
everyone has fear... everyone has prejudice... its human nature/its okay.
but we suck it up and be grown about it - "my fears and prejudices can not be
allowed to manipulate the way in which i openly treat my neighbors. its okay
to be ideological; what i wont be is inhumane."
and especially in the light of a political party that espouses "SMALL GOVERNMENT"
as its core virtue, then it would be cause for REVOLUTION to ever allow its elected
representatives to ever EXPAND THE ROLE THAT GOVERNMENT PLAYS IN THE
LIVES OF ITS EVERYDAY CITIZENS by ENFORCING ITS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
TO EXPAND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE LIVES OF THOSE SAME EVERYDAY
CITIZENS asking them to UNWARRANTLY PROVE THEIR LEGAL EXISTENCE BASED
SOLELY ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN...
surely, of all the states, arizona would be the last to ever do so... right?
well... we all know the answer to that...
as a result of boycotting from other cities and states, arizona has already lost
over 100 MILLION DOLLARS of revenue from declining tourism and conventions
overturning previous commitments.
and still arizona plunges headlong into its own abyss:
BANNING ETHNIC STUDIES (outside of european/white american subject matter)
IN ALL SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE.
sigh.
i have no problem if my senators, mayors and presidents cant wrap their minds
around WHY one would want to study any other subject outside of 'classical
american culture', everyone is entitled to their own xenophobia - its a free country;
but to stop me for being 'too dark' on my way to my 'latin american studies class'
and call my every action A FELONY as a result... that shit is not acceptable.
to the far right wing exerting their fears upon all categories of their constituents,
i apologize on behalf of all decent humanity for marginalizing your governmental
authority on the international level. had we known your head would fucking
implode at the sight of non-whites refusing to acknowledge your privileges over
their existence, then surely we would have scraped and bowed and begged for
your forgiveness years ago!
because when your head implodes, its always the non-whites who are hoped for
to clean up the mess.
god bless you. we are praying for your speedy recovery.
