Stop Being Scared of Racism Accusations
Don't Feed the Woke Bullies
Another my three-year old piece which is still relevant. Stop dreading being accused of 'Racism' as if it was the End of the World! Woke Bullies use your fear well.
I think we all need to stop dreading to be called 'racist' as the worst which could ever happen to us. Because it's exactly this racial over sensitivity and blown out of proportion fear which helps the Woke to achieve their dark political goals via racial bullying and blackmail. But really, most of people in the West (and especially in US!) are scared to be called 'racist' literally MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE! More than being accused of homophobia and sexism. More than being accused of murder, theft, rape and child abuse. That's entirely wrong. Moreover, people in the West are ready to go to any lengths only not to be accused of being 'racist' - e.g., to apologize profusely, to kneel, to self-humiliate, to lie, to rescind all their rights and freedoms...Literally ANYTHING but NOT BE ACCUSED OF RACISM! That's such a profound shame I have no words in my language left to describe how much I despise it.
Yeah, I understand that racial sensitivities and collective guilt over the racist past are pretty strong in the West overall, and in US particularly. I do realize that racism is somewhat of a problem still (though not even NEARLY as much as the Woke present it to be). Still, everything has its limits. To go complete berserk over racial issues, and to live in constant terror of being accused of racism (in most of the cases even falsely!) is just TOO MUCH. It must be stopped.
First of all, people need to realize that if someone accused them of something, it doesn't mean their accusations are true. In many cases, they are false. Moreover, I argue that in case of racism, most of the accusations made by the Woke, are INTENTIONALLY FALSE. The Woke are PERFECTLY AWARE that you aren't racist in truth and that they accuse you for nothing. Yet, they still do it on purpose - to make you comply with their politics and to bully you into obedience. Being aware of that, don't surrender to Woke bullying! Don't back away from your comments/actions if you’re perfectly aware that they aren't racist. Don't let the Woke decide what's racist and what's not - they have neither moral right nor any legal authority to do that. Stand your grounds against Woke slander and bullying.
Second, more people need to realize that to be accused of being racist isn't worst which could happen to them. Even BEING AN ACTUAL RACIST isn't the worst thing to be in the world! There are many much WORSE things than racism in this world, yeah, contrary to what most people in the West believe. Murder and rape, for instance. Child abuse, or any violent abuse for that matter. Corporate greed which destroying our planet and our lives. A LOT OF THINGS ARE WORSE THAN RACISM IN THIS WORLD.
Racism is a toxic prejudice, true, no more, no less. Don't make it more important than it really is, and worse than it is. But what's about slavery and colonialism and all our ‘shameful racist past’? Even there, the REAL REASON FOR ALL THOSE CRIMES was GREED. Racism was only an excuse to rob African lands or to take their people as slaves. The real reason was greed - greed for money, greed for power, greed for land, greed for slaves...So please don't blame all those crimes on racism. Racism was merely an ideology which allowed the Westerners to rob and enslave Africans with clear conscience. Just like Wokeism is an excuse for modern Western Lefties to take the power, to use violence against their political opponents and to deprive them of all their basic human rights and freedoms.
Also, not that slavery and colonialism were exclusive to white people. Slavery is as old as the world itself, and still exists in Islamic world. Speaking of which, Arab and Turkish colonialism was no less (if not MORE!) of a problem than white one - we should never forget Arab Caliphate and the Ottoman Empire. What’s also about multiple genocides - of Kurd, Armenians, Yezidi, and Hindus most notably - perpetrated by Muslims? Funny that the Woke so preoccupied with white colonialism and slavery don’t give a slightest fuck of Muslim ones. But again, if the Woke didn’t have a double standard, they wouldn’t have any.
So, stop dreading Woke accusations of racism as worst which could happen to you. Cease caring of public opinion AS MUCH altogether. You have a very short life, and do you really wanna waste it on dreading what people might possibly think of you instead of enjoying yourselves? Other people can't get into your head and know for sure what you meant so how could they possibly judge you? They didn't have your living experience and have no any moral right to judge you. SO FUCK THEM ALL WITH THEIR JUDGMENTAL MENTALITY! Don't give a SHIT about what they'd think of you. You have no time for that. Live your own lives instead. If someone doesn't like it, it's their problem, not yours.
Whether it's 'racism' or any other word used to accuse, intimidate, denigrate, control, or manipulate another person by inference it's bullying . No matter how often used to try and slander another it is not necessarily the truth. It's a word that has been WEAPONIZED and thus should hold absolutely no weight. It has never bothered me that someone who will sink so low as to throw around accusations can and will use any other number of unfair tactics to gain an unfair outcome. The only control we have over this bullying behavior is not to give any credence to it, just ignore it. It follows that what someone incorrectly accuses you of is usually an indication of their own failing.
As these words are over- and misused they become more meaningless and nonsensical. This process takes some time but we're already at the point where being accused of 'racism' barely matters to 60% of the country. It seems to mostly matter to comfortable professionals and knowledge workers (graphic designers, teachers, professors) and I would argue that this is because many of them have guilty consciences. While I do not believe that progressive values help black people, if I DID I would feel like a hypocrite! Complaining about white privilege while benefitting from one's background and education? Complaining about policing while one lives in a safe neighborhood? Complaining about academic inequality while one jealously guards the quality (and exclusiveness) of one's children's schools? Complaining about racism in mortgage appraisals and economic inequality while one benefits from high property values and good credit scores? On every single point the rhetoric of progressives demands radical and urgent action: redistribution of wealth and privilege and opening up of institutions, like workplaces and schools.... but they don't want to do this.
On some level they know that they're full of shit but they DESPERATELY want to be seen as allies. This is why they care so deeply about language and petty, manipulative insults like this. It's a reflection of their own hypocrisy and insecurities. Incidentally this hypocrisy exists on almost every issue: the rich Westerners worrying about emissions, the married feminine women complaining about gender norms, etc.
This is where progressives should be attacked. Call them hypocrites and they will have nothing to say. Do it enough times and they might actually reckon with the inconsistencies between their worldviews and their actions!