"i'm not racist, but..." usually prefaces the worst, most racist sh*t i've ever heard. Any statement prefaced by "I'm [not] blank, but _____ " (or a reasonable facsimile) is usually going to be ridiculous and the speaker knows it on some level.
And I hear you on the social construct thing. It's trying to distance us (society) from our creation. And it's usually pulled out as an attempt to but the kibosh on otherwise enlightening back and forth.
though it seems most often that the people who want to argue that they don't see race don't see it because they're in a position of privilege and therefore can't see it or feel it. My problem is with the statement in general. Friggin' say you choose to ignore race instead of acting like it filters through you completely. That's some great defense mechanism you have going there, when you can pretend race absolutely does not factor into your thought process.
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Date: 2008-07-06 03:11 pm (UTC)Any statement prefaced by "I'm [not] blank, but _____ " (or a reasonable facsimile) is usually going to be ridiculous and the speaker knows it on some level.
And I hear you on the social construct thing. It's trying to distance us (society) from our creation. And it's usually pulled out as an attempt to but the kibosh on otherwise enlightening back and forth.
though it seems most often that the people who want to argue that they don't see race don't see it because they're in a position of privilege and therefore can't see it or feel it.
My problem is with the statement in general. Friggin' say you choose to ignore race instead of acting like it filters through you completely. That's some great defense mechanism you have going there, when you can pretend race absolutely does not factor into your thought process.