the race card

I hate hearing about this on an every day basis, and I'm sure you don't want to be lolligagging through the blogosphere just to stumble upon yet another bitching spree about race, and that's good. That's not what this is. You're in luck.

America is up to its asshole in a race war. I'm not saying it's right or it's wrong to be racist. Your views are your views. If you don't like a particular race of people, it's your prerogative. Whether a person is black or white or green or pink, is irrelevant. It's all in how you present yourself to the world. If you show respect to your fellow human beings and carry yourself with dignity, contribute in a positive way to society, and earn your money honestly, you're okay in my book. I'm not a racist myself, however, there are lots of things that coincidentally seem to keep popping up when a black individual is involved. Not all blacks do this though. I know a lot of blacks and I'm cool with them. They're respectful though. They have jobs. They're very nice people. Some I'm very close with. But these things right here, are reasons why general disdain would be confused for just racism. Just hear me out.

1.) I have no tolerance, NO fucking tolerance, for "yo yo yo whaddup whadduuuup, who you is, who dat ain't" bullshit. If you talk to me, you better have your grammar down pat, be respectful, and speak like you have some intelligence. Belligerently just yelling and having no respect for the people around you is also quite annoying. It doesn't matter who you are or what color you are. I can't tell you how much it makes my blood boil when I'm out somewhere and someone just starts yelling and making a scene and acting like an animal. How many white people do you see doing this shit? Mostly kids, right? If I DO see a white person doing this or speaking like they don't have a brain in their head, they get the same reaction a black person would. Disgust. Like, really? Grow up. Get some dignity. The only attention you get by acting that way is *negative*. It's not a race thing. It's a character thing.

2.) I don't like rap music because it's stupid. It's not because it's mostly by black artists. I like Alicia Keys. I love Bob Marley. I like Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, John Legend and the like. Rap? No. I can't. There's no intelligence to it. Just noise.

3.) The hypocrisy of this "race card" has me perplexed. Blacks are allowed to say whatever they want about whites. They've got the Black Panther movement. They remake movies with all black casts. They can call us crackers to our faces and we're supposed to be ok with it. BUT GOD FORBID, WHITES would flip it and do the same thing. Where's the KKK? omg..NO...we can't have that. That's offensive. We have to have at least one black person in this show or movie, otherwise it's offensive. If we walk up to a random black person and call him or her the dreaded "N" word, all hell fucking breaks loose. It's hypocritical. I'm sick of how pussified this country is.

I could go on. But those 3 things are key points of contention with me. I don't care if it offends you. Stay off my fucking blog if you find it offensive.