Comments on: Hypocritical racism http://ch00nz.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/being-exempt-from-racism/ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Casbot http://ch00nz.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/being-exempt-from-racism/#comment-7 Casbot Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:38:58 +0000 http://ch00nz.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/being-exempt-from-racism/#comment-7 I wonder more about the compulsion to actually use the word. Is it just because mainstream society considers it taboo, thereby being simply the usual rebellious "I'm allowed!" response, or is it a more noble attempt to iron out the racial double-standards currently plaguing the world? I think the balance in racial power is sort of like when you spin around on one of those spin-aroundy chairs. Once you stop spinning one way, you can't just get up and walk away because you'll be all off-balance and dizzy and probably fall over like you're drunk. You might even get kicked out of Questacon, and that'd be embarrassing. You've got to spin the other way first to get yourself back to nomal again. I don't think it's right, but I don't think it's something that's going to change overnight. I wonder more about the compulsion to actually use the word. Is it just because mainstream society considers it taboo, thereby being simply the usual rebellious “I’m allowed!” response, or is it a more noble attempt to iron out the racial double-standards currently plaguing the world?

I think the balance in racial power is sort of like when you spin around on one of those spin-aroundy chairs. Once you stop spinning one way, you can’t just get up and walk away because you’ll be all off-balance and dizzy and probably fall over like you’re drunk. You might even get kicked out of Questacon, and that’d be embarrassing. You’ve got to spin the other way first to get yourself back to nomal again.

I don’t think it’s right, but I don’t think it’s something that’s going to change overnight.

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