How to be a Legend

This email did the rounds from a few of my friends now. I’ve responded as I smell some Bullsh*t in what he says.

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Michael Richards makes his point…

Michael Richards better known as Kramer from tv’s Seinfeld, does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points.

Proud To Be White

Someone finally said it.
How many are actually paying attention to this?

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans,
Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc.And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction.
You Call me ‘White boy,’ ‘Cracker,’ ‘Honkey,’
‘Whitey,’ ‘Caveman’ … and that’s OK.

But when I call you, N*gger, Kike, Towel head,
Sand-n*gger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Go*k, or Ch*nk …
You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you,
so why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund.
You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month.
You have Cesar Chavez Day.
You have Yom Hashoah.
You have Ma’uled Al-Nabi.
You have the NAACP.
You have BET.
If we had WET (White Entertainment Television) we’d be racists.
If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists.
If we had White History Month , we’d be racists.
If we had any organization for only whites to ‘advance’
OUR lives we’d be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber
of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce.
Wonder who pays for that?

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American
pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant.

If we had a college fund that only gave white students
scholarships you know we’d be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges
in the US . Yet if there were ‘White colleges’ THAT
would be a racist college.

In the Million Man March, you believed that you were
marching for your race and rights. If we marched for
our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and
you’re not afraid to announce it. But when we announce
our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a
white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats
up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing a
threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud.
But you call me a racist.

Why is it that only whites can be racists?

There is nothing improper about this e-mail.
Let’s see which of you are proud enough to send it on.

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My response:

That would all be terribly convincing and proper if not for the fact he says “you” all the time. Which immediately groups anyone with whatever skin colour he’s ranting about under the same banner. Since Racism stems from doing just that and not seeing people as individuals there’s a good chance the boy there does have some good tendencies towards “us v them”.

Everyone is racist to some degree. It’s a survival trait through evolution. “This is different, is it a threat?” but I think perhaps it’s a good chance he takes it a bit further than that with his grouping system there.That’s not to be arguing with his central point however. The rights system is set up to be terribly racist in it’s attempts to counter racism. It’s a hard thing to fix and it could be done better I imagine. I’d also like to point out that his comments can equally apply to men and women. There are a lot of women only groups etc and very few male only groups. Is it any different?

Don’t be proud to be white,black,asian,male,female, afro american, caucasian, gay , straight, bi or anything else you didn’t actually choose though.

Why be proud of an accident of birth?

It’s like being proud of your height, eye colour or having 2 nipples….

There are two types of people, Legends and non Legends.  Legends recognise excuse making Bullsh*t when they hear it. I could sympathise if his defense was more in the nature of a Freedom of speech type comedy thing but it wasn’t. It also depends on the jokes I guess.

The Government is only good in one department and that is covering up  things like conspiracies and alien invasions.

Apparently they’re amazing at that.