Not every inconvenience is to blame for racism, and to be treated like I'm not as inconvenienced because I'm white, well... frankly it sounds like racism.
You know that it would not be credible that you were inconvenienced in that situation for being white... not plausible to the point that it's something you have any reason to actively wonder or worry about on a day-to-day basis, when you encounter inconveniences... when you get singled out for attention from officials... when you get turned away or scrutinized. You don't have to waste brain cycles trying to decode the meaning and cause of such interactions. You don't have to shore up your will to keep going and to continue doing the things you were doing when you encounter such obstacles against the possibility that it will happen again because of your skin color.
In short, you are not as inconvenienced because you're white. Oh, no, does that sound racist? Try not to drown in the river of tears I'm crying for you.
AND HELL FUCKING YES IT MAKES THE OWNERS RACIST, NOT BY ASSOCIATION BUT BY DINT OF THEIR OWN ACTIONS.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2009-07-10 06:08 pm (UTC)You know that it would not be credible that you were inconvenienced in that situation for being white... not plausible to the point that it's something you have any reason to actively wonder or worry about on a day-to-day basis, when you encounter inconveniences... when you get singled out for attention from officials... when you get turned away or scrutinized. You don't have to waste brain cycles trying to decode the meaning and cause of such interactions. You don't have to shore up your will to keep going and to continue doing the things you were doing when you encounter such obstacles against the possibility that it will happen again because of your skin color.
In short, you are not as inconvenienced because you're white. Oh, no, does that sound racist? Try not to drown in the river of tears I'm crying for you.
AND HELL FUCKING YES IT MAKES THE OWNERS RACIST, NOT BY ASSOCIATION BUT BY DINT OF THEIR OWN ACTIONS.