First of all, I'm sometimes not even sure what people mean by racism. Does it mean you inherently dislike people of a specific race? Does it mean you make sweeping generalities about a particular group of people? Does it mean you judge people by what they look like before getting to know them? Sometimes I feel like I'm being racist if I even mention what someone's race is.
Well, I don't know what racism is really. All I know is that I don't like white people.
I've made this discovery gradulally over the course of this last year that I've been living in Columbus. (I know it is unfair, but there really wasn't a very diverse population in the area I lived in Utah.) Of course I am going to make a sweeping generality in this next statement, but lately it seems to me that the white people I've met and interacted with have been impersonal and sometimes just downright mean. They don't smile at me at work and they don't seem to be willing to help me in shops and what not.
Perhaps this is just on my mind because I didn't have good experiences with white people today. My team leader kind of yelled at me. And another guy just couldn't understand why I didn't want to go out with him. And andother coworker was just short and unhelpful when I asked her questions.
On the other hand, Friendly Indian Guy at work gave me an apple just because I told him I liked them. And the black guy at the library called me adorable when I asked him a question. An my Taiwanese friend emailed me to tell me congratulations on my marathon. Why can't the whitey's be this nice?
In conclusion, I'm taking Lady MacBeth's idea and ending with a picture. (Warning: mild swearing ahead.)
Im with you... Down with Whitey...
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