Confused?

THEFERMANATOR · #1 09-12-2014, 12:49 PM

I posted this on Facebook, but figured I would post this here as well. And to let you know, Patrick is my 2 year old son.

After being at the park today, I can honestly say I am confused and racism is alive and well. There was a woman there with her twins that were about 3 or 4. One of them was infatuated with Patrick, and that was the one he was riding the purple dinosaur with. The other one wanted nothing to do with him, and kept looking at him like he was an annoyance taking up her space. Before we left I heard her call him a dam cracker. This is wierd and confusing how one twin could cling to him and want to play with him, while her TWIN sister wanted nothing to do with him and called him a dam cracker(keep in mind she is MAYBE 4 at the most).

The truly confusing part is there mother was whiter than me, and you could tell they were half black as well. So explain to me how one girl could be fine as could be with Patrick, but her TWIN SISTER who's OWN MOTHER is white as casper would be racist against my son because he's white, yet the woman she was there with calling mom was whiter than Patrick?

Then again, the mother wouldn't look at me or say a word to me or Patrick, and looked at us just like her one daughter did that wanted nothign to do with Patrick. So your whiter than flour, but because you obviously had children with a black man, your black and whites are beneath you. And this is just a fine example of how divided this nation has become, and proof racism is alive and well from ALL skin colors towards ALL skin colors.

Destroyer · #2 09-12-2014, 02:33 PM

I have said time and time again that the most RACIST people in America are the blacks. PERIOD!!

You don't here whites referring to themselves as Polish-Americans, or German-Americans, or you name a country-Americans... but blacks call themselves African-Americans. They deliberately portray themselves as being different, and then blame whites when they are looked at as outcasts.

You don't here white comic's making racist jokes in their routines. You don't here white people constantly bringing up Obama's color (except for the media of course, which is trying to destroy the Republicans by playing the race card as much and as often as they can. But that's a different topic for a different time). If you live around blacks all you here in their conversations is racial remarks. Name me ONE, just ONE, white person like Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton that make their living by being race baiters and agitators.

Look, I'm not saying that blacks are not without some justification on some issues. Traditionally they make less money, and traditionally they live in less affluent houses, etc. But a HUGE amount of their problems are caused by themselves. They are the ones killing themselves in the cities. The statistics of young black males being killed in gang wars by other young black males is appalling. THEY teach their young to be race haters, as was evidenced by your encounter Ferm. How else would a 4 year old even know what a cracker was? They learned it in their home.

Masse (A renowned socialogist) (Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Massey) says that who we are, what we become as adults, is ingrained into us by our parents and our surroundings by the age of 3-4. If you are taught to hate, if you are taught racism by your parents conversations, then chances are you too will be a racist when you grow up. Sounds like the twins parents are proving Massee correct.

THEFERMANATOR · #3 09-12-2014, 02:54 PM

I fully realize it is taught and picked up from there home. It just floored me that one twin could be so hateful of my son while the other was more than willing to play with him. And the mother who is FAR whiter than me treated me as though she was black and had a chip on her shoulder. Just blew me away that because she has obviously been with a black man, she all of the sudden feels she is black and hates whites.

As to your point of races, I'm 1/3rd NATIVE AMERICAN. I don't go around beating my drum demanding special treatment for it, and I don't have a chip on my shoulder for what happened less than a century ago(my dad's mother was full blooded Cherokee, and was part of the Cherokee that refused to go on the trail of tears and hid in Alabama to avoid it until they were ousted as indians in the middle of the night in 1934 and driven from town to Florida). It just blows me away how she being as white as flour could have a chip on her shoulder towards somebody of mostly her own skin color.

ssiredfish · #4 09-12-2014, 03:04 PM

And that poor purple dinosaur was caught in the middle of all this......He's thinkin," Im purple. The only other purple dinosaur is Barney so I get likened to his corny azz!!" Atrocities are everywhere Ferm....

Anyway I went to a predominately black school as a child and also got buttwhoopins just for being White on a Tuesday. Personally I do think they are more racist than just about any other race. Thats a fact Ive experienced personally and professionally. I dont hold it against them cause they're not all the same. I had a very well-spoken and considerate black guy come in the store yesterday and I had to make it a point to ask my co-worker who also grew up in the same conditions, why cant BP's be more like Jerry? He wasnt "acting" white but he also wasnt acting like a thug. He is just a decent person though I know he was ostracized growing up becasue he didnt drag his wallet pocket on the ground or wear his hat with a flat bill (which looks f'n stupid btw).....

I think you gonna find it everywhere Ferm even on the playground and even from 4yo......Were just always gonna have sh*tty people. White, black, hispanic, etc.....

THEFERMANATOR · #5 09-12-2014, 04:14 PM

I've dealt with plenty of black people with extreme racism, and dealt with many more who are some of the best people around. It just blew me away how this woman who is more caucasian than me could be racist towards her own skin color because she's had a black(at least half black) inside of her? I know to many this will sound racist, but it's just the truth. My wife remided me when she got home about the time this summer where a white mother had her half black child(who was much older) bullying our son. He was pushing him down in the waterpark, and just trying to be mean, and the white mother thought it was fine because our son was white and he was "just playing". But our son turned around and yelled no in his face when he went to push him down again and he's a bully because he said something to her much older child who was black.

And this is a semi recent development where I live. When I was a kid we all got along and played, and didn't feel privalaged because our skin was a different color. Our current climate has sure divided this once great nation. I know at one time it was bad here, but in all honesty it has gotten almost to that point again.

spareparts · #6 09-12-2014, 07:43 PM

i used to work with a guy that his mother was american and his father was from Egypt. His skin was lighter than mine after a summer tan. He would always fill in his nationality as African American. The people behind the counters would question him on it. If they were black, he would question their ancestry and right to claim African American, He would site all the know regions that dark skinned people come from(not all from Africa) and start claiming racial bias and discrimination because of his skin color. The guy was pretty smart(one of the better engineers I worked with). By the time he was thru with the lazy ***' behind the counter, they wouldn't know what to say. He told me he created quite a stink at the DMV office one time. I would have loved to see one of his throw downs in person.

Ferm, one thing you can't escape, there are some really stupid people out there, and most of thing cling to stupid ideas like their skin colors makes a difference,They always look for a reason to blame their own personal failures. It goes both ways. We can only hope the one child will be smarter than her surroundings and grow up to be a decent person, sounds like the rest of the family are a waste of oxygen. There was a black girl on the news page in Rock Hill, SC that was beat up by another black girl that didn't like her because she was too white and talked white. I skimmed thru the article and read the comments. i was pleasantly surprised by the number of people that supported the girl that got beat up, saying being smarter and better than your surroundings isn't anything to be ashamed of or worthy of being beaten. The girl that assaulted her had a history of violence and was arrested.

THEFERMANATOR · #7 09-12-2014, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spareparts

Ferm, one thing you can't escape, there are some really stupid people out there, and most of thing cling to stupid ideas like their skin colors makes a difference,They always look for a reason to blame their own personal failures. It goes both ways. We can only hope the one child will be smarter than her surroundings and grow up to be a decent person, sounds like the rest of the family are a waste of oxygen. There was a black girl on the news page in Rock Hill, SC that was beat up by another black girl that didn't like her because she was too white and talked white. I skimmed thru the article and read the comments. i was pleasantly surprised by the number of people that supported the girl that got beat up, saying being smarter and better than your surroundings isn't anything to be ashamed of or worthy of being beaten. The girl that assaulted her had a history of violence and was arrested.

It's funny you bring up the one black giel beating up the other. The one sister quit playing with the other one after she played with my son. I guess it's like Ron White said, you can't fix stupid.

wellcraftv20step · #8 09-13-2014, 06:29 AM

all I can say is I am sorry you had to deal with that Ferm,

THEFERMANATOR · #9 09-13-2014, 10:32 AM

I guess it all boils down to it was the 1st time I had to deal with white on white racism, and my son had to deal with it as well is what really urked me. I'm not perfect and have had my racial outbursts and tendancies, but I've grown and hope to do better with raising my son not to follow the misguided path I had.

Then again, I am still one of those people who still believes there are "N's" around, but being one has nothing to do with skin color. I've been around several black peopel who have called other blacks N's to there face because of how they acted, and told them they were a disgrace. On the other hand I have also seen whites called N's because they were acting so despicable.

I just hope I do a good enough job raising my son to not judge somebody based on skin color, but on who they are instead.

smokeonthewater · #10 09-13-2014, 12:40 PM

Destroyer I can't argue with that....

BTW my mothers family was Polish immigrants (pierogi may well be the best food in the world) and on my dad's side I'm truly an American mix.... German, English, Cherokee Indian, French, and more..

Ferm, there MAY well be a happy side of the story..... Maybe just maybe those little girls learned something from your boy that will stick with them... even the snotty one may take something positive away from the experience..... maybe not but let's hope.