A Racist Speaks

A guy I used to go to school with would post racist shit on Facebook. For the most part, I would ignore it as much as I could. I called him on some shit but mostly would just ignore the post. Then, after starting to write this blog, I had a moment when I thought…why am I ignoring this? It’s not okay. I didn’t have much time to think about this because he decided that he would post some shit about Barack Obama and then some straight up “white supremacy” shit but ya know…it was only a joke. At least that was one of the things he said when I called him on it. Here are a few other things:

  • I am one of the most open-minded people you will ever meet
  • I believe that people should agree to disagree sometimes
  • as long as no one is being hurt, then no one is doing anything wrong
  • some people are more sensitive than others and that isn’t a bad thing

That last one, yeah…I think that is where my head started to swell in preparation to explode. I reminded him of the things he’d said and posted. I pointed out that he was a racist. To which he replied:

  • I am not a racist. Matter of fact, my grandfather, who I loved very much, was black
  • I am truly a good hearted person with a warped sense of humor
  • I will give the shirt off my back to anyone, provided that they really need it
  • I work hard, I think of my family first, I do what I’m supposed to do
  • Please don’t judge me unless you know me better. That makes you as bad as you try to make me out to be

The last line there, again made my head want to explode. Specifically because the day before this happened, I told him what a piece of shit he was for his “Anti-Foreigners” rant. Not to mention the blatant fact that he (as racists often do) compared my calling him on his racist shit to actually BEING a racist.

Again, I pointed these things out to which he replied:

  • I am NOT a racist… never have been, never will
  • It’s really hypocritical how you call me out on judging people when you assume the worst of me, when you couldn’t be further from the truth
  • I just wish that you would realize that I am not a hate-filled person, just a smartass sometimes
Once again, I pointed to what he’d just said, specifically the “I can’t be racist because” crap and then reminded him of the stuff he’d been saying. His reply:
  • How can I be a racist? I’m 25% black, for Christ’s sake
This went on for quite a while. It was ridiculous and I felt like it was going to be never ending. It did end however, when I pointed out the following and he abruptly deleted me!
  • A Non-Racist would never say “I’m not racist.” They instead would realize the severity of the word and accusation and ask what they’d done to make a person think that. A non-racist would want to know what they’d done so that they could make sure they didn’t do it again.
  • I sent him a couple of links to posts from this page. Namely, the stuff about “I’m not racist because…” I told him that non-racists don’t need a “proof” qualifier. 
  • A non-racist would NEVER believe that anyone ELSE could clear their character. Not who they date. Not who is in their family. Not who they stand near in the subway.
He didn’t like that.
His last replies were all about…well, this is what he said:
  • You are over-emotional and neurotic
Then, he deleted me and blocked me so that I couldn’t reply. I’ve never been called “Neurotic” before! That was a new one. I’m just going to leave this hear so that everyone can see and maybe link back to what a “Non-Racist” racist looks like. Notice, not once was any responsibility taken on his part but it sure was put on me that I was somehow “Overreacting.” No that wasn’t it..I was “Over-emotional.” ‘Cause you know…just jokes and stuff. REALLY?