She went too far. The better way to attack white supremacy is subtleness. You quietly empower the minority community, while indoctrinating the dominate class into building a more equal society. If you punch them in the face they is going to be blow back and we know what White dominate culture blow back looks and feels like. Better to have closed meetings where we can vent and devise actions to make the world better in opposition to the status quo.
Regarding the term racism, most colored people cannot be racist. Words are very important. Lets not dilute what racism is by calling everything racist. There is bigotry - which we can all practice and then there is the big R (Racism). This is the power to hold another person back or down based on their race. Colored people generally are not in a place of power to subjagate others based on race. As much as my Mom and Dad curse about white people and Hispanics and Africans, and Asians and trifling Black folks they cannot hold them down and make their lives worse because of their racial differences. White people generally can order police to act on behalf of white supremacy. They control congress and most of our local governments, the military, banks, most businesses, and have much more wealth than any other race today. A bigot can only fire off words at others while a Racist has the power to change a person's life.
Yall continue to be the best! Rod you were falling apart at the end of this episode (Liquor Coca Cola will get you everytime). Too funny my dear Brother. Karen I really enjoy all of your commentary. Thanks Yall.
Olivia - 9 years ago
If you work in HR you already know people don't have a sense of humor. Internet hashtags for the fed-up and anonymous don't look cute in an official capacity.
Cappadonna - 9 years ago
I know I have a rep as a very (and verbose) brotha - but I've been an IT business analyst and project manager for over a decade. As angry as a I get, I've learned to keep that under wraps at work and be as politic as possible. I may hate injustice and get annoyed with these devils, but i know not to say anything radically insane or utterly stupid at work. Someone didn't give this fool the memo.
That "Dear Sister" was on that Mau-Mau fake revolutionary BS and forgot she was at the office. She wasn't the Provost of Medgar Evers Community College, she was the diversity director a lily white university in London. Did she think no one would recognize her in the break room?
Even if you think that white and male privilege is a problem, you don't help the struggle by being this stupid. She's not Cornel West and the revolution ain't gonna pay her car note.
This is similar stunt pulled by Ward Churchill. Short recap, he's the Native American college professor who called the people in the WTC low level Nazis months after 9/11. Yes, Bahar Mustafa was speaking an innate truth about power and privilege but went about it completely wrong, much like Churchill. And yes, like Churchill, she has a her Stans on social media who think she's a "bold voice of the revolution". And like Churchill, she has a fucks deficit when it comes to white male power structures.
But like Churchill, her resume will be regularly thrown into the waste basket for the next few years. She'll be lucky if she can serve as an English tutor at her local community college. HR and Compliance don't want the lawsuits this 'dear sister' will bring with her antics.
She went too far. The better way to attack white supremacy is subtleness. You quietly empower the minority community, while indoctrinating the dominate class into building a more equal society. If you punch them in the face they is going to be blow back and we know what White dominate culture blow back looks and feels like. Better to have closed meetings where we can vent and devise actions to make the world better in opposition to the status quo.
Regarding the term racism, most colored people cannot be racist. Words are very important. Lets not dilute what racism is by calling everything racist. There is bigotry - which we can all practice and then there is the big R (Racism). This is the power to hold another person back or down based on their race. Colored people generally are not in a place of power to subjagate others based on race. As much as my Mom and Dad curse about white people and Hispanics and Africans, and Asians and trifling Black folks they cannot hold them down and make their lives worse because of their racial differences. White people generally can order police to act on behalf of white supremacy. They control congress and most of our local governments, the military, banks, most businesses, and have much more wealth than any other race today. A bigot can only fire off words at others while a Racist has the power to change a person's life.
Yall continue to be the best! Rod you were falling apart at the end of this episode (Liquor Coca Cola will get you everytime). Too funny my dear Brother. Karen I really enjoy all of your commentary. Thanks Yall.
If you work in HR you already know people don't have a sense of humor. Internet hashtags for the fed-up and anonymous don't look cute in an official capacity.
I know I have a rep as a very (and verbose) brotha - but I've been an IT business analyst and project manager for over a decade. As angry as a I get, I've learned to keep that under wraps at work and be as politic as possible. I may hate injustice and get annoyed with these devils, but i know not to say anything radically insane or utterly stupid at work. Someone didn't give this fool the memo.
That "Dear Sister" was on that Mau-Mau fake revolutionary BS and forgot she was at the office. She wasn't the Provost of Medgar Evers Community College, she was the diversity director a lily white university in London. Did she think no one would recognize her in the break room?
Even if you think that white and male privilege is a problem, you don't help the struggle by being this stupid. She's not Cornel West and the revolution ain't gonna pay her car note.
This is similar stunt pulled by Ward Churchill. Short recap, he's the Native American college professor who called the people in the WTC low level Nazis months after 9/11. Yes, Bahar Mustafa was speaking an innate truth about power and privilege but went about it completely wrong, much like Churchill. And yes, like Churchill, she has a her Stans on social media who think she's a "bold voice of the revolution". And like Churchill, she has a fucks deficit when it comes to white male power structures.
But like Churchill, her resume will be regularly thrown into the waste basket for the next few years. She'll be lucky if she can serve as an English tutor at her local community college. HR and Compliance don't want the lawsuits this 'dear sister' will bring with her antics.
- Cappa