I’m so tired of hearing about it as well. As far as genetics are concerned, I’m a Mutt.. I look more European, so I get labeled as “White.” I have no control over who my parents were, and I grew up in a lower middle-class family.
My Parents were raised by good, honest Farmers and Cattlemen types who’s ancestors went through the Great Depression in the US.
I grew up in a farm, was raised in a cult, have worked physically since I was big enough to use the necessary tool for whatever job, had zero higher education, ect. I’m still working hard most days, although I have finally achieved a more administrative position, but it’s still work. I’ve never had a hand-out, except from my parents, yet I’m somehow supposed to feel guilty about being “White.”
If we traced every single prosperous civilization’s history, we would find that they had slaves. Black people had black slaves. I hate even saying “Black”, should I say Egyptian, African?? Anyway, they all had slaves at some point. Is there such a thing as “Egyptian privilege”?? Where does this guilt-tripping end? I have absolutely ZERO to do with any type of slavery or oppression of anyone.
I did my time feeling guilty about who I was, what I was, ect in the cult. No more.. I’m done with that.
There are some super shitty racist people out there, of many ethnicities, take your pick. They should feel guilty. I don’t.. I won’t.
Do “Black” lives matter? Of course.
DD
