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Dear National Museum of African American History and Culture @NMAAHC
I totally agree with this article. Your page "Whiteness" is one of the most racist things I've ever seen written about non-white people. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-goes-full-white-supremacist
Dear National Museum of African American History and Culture @NMAAHC
I totally agree with this article. Your page "Whiteness" is one of the most racist things I've ever seen written about non-white people. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture-goes-full-white-supremacist
"The Smithsonian webpage, which is maintained by the federal government, includes an astonishingly racist graphic titled, 'Aspects and assumptions of whiteness and white culture in the United States.'"
"These 'aspects and assumptions' include but are not limited to 'rugged individualism,' respect for authority, being polite, and even punctuality."
"The graphic continues, claiming that white people place a premium on hard work, competitive drive, the 'nuclear family,' objectivity, the 'scientific method,' self-reliance, and hope."
"The obvious implication here is that nonwhites (blacks, Latinos, Asians, and others) are monolithic, lawless, impolite, selfish, lazy, apathetic, irrational, backwards, dependent, and hopeless."
"Did a white supremacist design this graphic?"
What's funny is that after listing all the truly great characteristics you assign to ALL white people, you go on to say THIS:
"Facing your whiteness is hard and can result in feelings of guilt, sadness, confusion, defensiveness, or fear."
WHY?
You just told us that we're superior to all other races.
Why would that make us feel guilty, sad, confused, defensive, and fearful?
You know what your page made me want to do?
IGNORE THE WHOLE RACE ISSUE.
Obviously you have no idea what you want me to do, so piss off.
You just told us that we're superior to all other races.
Why would that make us feel guilty, sad, confused, defensive, and fearful?
You know what your page made me want to do?
IGNORE THE WHOLE RACE ISSUE.
Obviously you have no idea what you want me to do, so piss off.
I'm not going to waste my time trying to figure out what's going on the whirling chaos of your brain.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
I'm not responsible for YOU.
Especially when you're totally incoherent.
Do I tell YOU to "face your blackness"?
No.
That would be insulting.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
I'm not responsible for YOU.
Especially when you're totally incoherent.
Do I tell YOU to "face your blackness"?
No.
That would be insulting.
I don't listen to people who have the unmitigated gall to tell me who I am.
You're just some weirdo sitting in a government office.
You may be wearing THESE.
You're just some weirdo sitting in a government office.
You may be wearing THESE.
Or no pants at all.
Why would I listen to a government employee wearing no pants?
My whiteness is a matter of total indifference to me, except from a dermatological viewpoint. I grew up in an equatorial country, so I have to watch our for skin lesions.
Why would I listen to a government employee wearing no pants?
My whiteness is a matter of total indifference to me, except from a dermatological viewpoint. I grew up in an equatorial country, so I have to watch our for skin lesions.
As for "white culture," there's no such critter.
I've driven all over the country, and it was like visiting 48 separate nations.
There are white people who eat BRAIN SANDWICHES.
Or spaghetti with chili on it.
What the hell do I have in common with a white surfer?
I've driven all over the country, and it was like visiting 48 separate nations.
There are white people who eat BRAIN SANDWICHES.
Or spaghetti with chili on it.
What the hell do I have in common with a white surfer?
One of my best friends was a second-generation Oakie.
He spoke with a twang.
The only thing we had in common was our intelligence. In every other way, we were like two different species.
WHY DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WHITES AREN'T MONOLITHIC?
He spoke with a twang.
The only thing we had in common was our intelligence. In every other way, we were like two different species.
WHY DON'T YOU KNOW THAT WHITES AREN'T MONOLITHIC?
I'm not going to waste even a second of my life thinking about how my whiteness impacts YOU.
It's not my problem.
And why do you spread so many lies?
It's not my problem.
And why do you spread so many lies?
"In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."
--Toni Morrison
--Toni Morrison
You KNOW that's not true.
Not only does nobody HAVE to hyphenate, plenty of WHITES hyphenate.
German-American.
Italian-American.
Polish-American.
Canadian-American.
Not only does nobody HAVE to hyphenate, plenty of WHITES hyphenate.
German-American.
Italian-American.
Polish-American.
Canadian-American.
After reading the pathetic tripe on your page, I now know one museum to never visit.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING ON EUGENE JACQUES BULLARD.
He was only America's first black fighter pilot.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING ON EUGENE JACQUES BULLARD.
He was only America's first black fighter pilot.
So instead of actually PRESENTING black history, you lecture white people on how superior-inferior they are.
Get back to me after you've fired your entire staff and started over from scratch.
Get back to me after you've fired your entire staff and started over from scratch.
In all my hideous whiteness, I still know more about black American military history than the federal NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE.
What a ludicrous train wreck you are.
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What a ludicrous train wreck you are.
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