Diverse Living Shapes My Racial Beliefs
June 5th, 2008My name is Jeremiah. I am a racist. I harbor hatred for white people, especially Americans, and Germans. They sometimes want to be called Caucasians. Some think they are predestined to be rich and better than all other races. They have had power for hundreds of years in the world for reasons I donāt comprehend. They oppressed many cultures and made other human beings their slaves. They blamed Africans for selling their own. Blamed Natives (mislabeled as Indians) for not inventing firearms and not building Manhattan. Their greatest leaders were often some of the worst offenders, in the church and in the world. I donāt believe white people have any more rights than anyone else in the world.
It is most likely at this point I should share that I am white, or Caucasian. It is also a good time to apologize for the use of the term āwhite peopleā. It is a stereotype that I am trying to overcome and yet it a label the world uses to describe me and those of which I am speaking.
I am a standard American, with bloodlines resembling a European soup. But unlike many Americans I have traveled Read the rest of this entry »