White Men

In a discussion on racism against Black farmers on KBOO's "Food Show" on Wednesday, February 17, a white man called in and reminded the listeners that white farmers lose their farms, too. Oddly, it wasn't a show about white farmers. It was a show about how black farmers were treated a certain way that was race specific.

Recently, a white male peace leader insinuated that black liberation stopped with the violence of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. How did he garner the privilege, as a white man, to inform the blacks that their liberation was stopped by a group of people who used self-defense to stop the victimization of their people? It is like stating that women who defend themselves against a rapist using violence is just as criminal as the rapist. It is called "blaming the victim." If they don't rise up and defend themselves, they are condemned by the same white males for not defending themselves.

White men are going to read this and think, "WHAT ABOUT ME?" They are gonna come here and tell me, "Eugene, you are racist against white men." And, since this is a discussion about white men, and since white men really enjoy talking about white men when it comes to Black people, Indian people, mixed blood people, women, Asians, etc., let's talk. If you really enjoy garnering the focus upon yourselves when it comes to discussions of other races and genders, why is it that you still wish to have all of the attention?