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TOWARDS THE END OF WHITENESS AND BLACKNESS
by Ann
White.
Black.
Say the words and thoughts of contrasting images come to mind.
white/(h)wît/
Noun: White colour or pigment; Adjective: of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black
-free from color; free from spot or blemish; marked by upright fairness; favourable; fortunate.
black/blak/
Noun: Black color or pigment; Adjective: of the very darkest color; colored like coal, due to the absence or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white
-dark, gloomy, somber, murky, dirty, soiled, thoroughly sinister or evil
As social constructs of a racist society, whiteness and blackness are the polar extremes of each other. As terms used to shore up and maintain white hegemony, white control, and white privilege, both terms feed on fear, hate, cruelty, greed, and defilement of people's humanity.
Whiteness, as a social construct, is fluid and mutable. It exists because of the positive values assigned to it, even in the face of all the destruction that whiteness has caused in the lives of all Americans.
Blackness, as a social construct, is seen as immutable. It exists as a negative against which the so-called positive of whiteness measures and sets itself against.
Whiteness is considered the norm, the normal, while blackness is seen as the antithesis, the anti-neighbor, the anti-citizen, the aberration against the constructed value and beauty of whiteness.
Were it not for the institutionalized and socialized attitudes that constitute both whiteness and blackness, there would be no need for anti-racists, for conventions on the disparity of environmental and economic racism that plagues the Black community as a direct result of decades of neo-slavery effects of segregation.
Were it not for the worship of whiteness, the wages of whiteness, the possessiveness of whiteness, the habitus of whiteness, the race massacres, the racial ethnic cleansings of Blacks during the nadir of 1890-1940, the stranglehold that whiteness has on America would have ceased to exist. Were it not for the line drawn in the sand towards immigrants to "Join us, or die," many ethnic Whites and non-Blacks would not have gladly gone over to the dark side of whiteness, at the expense of their fellow Black citizens.
Were it not for the vilification of black people, blackness would not be the poster child for slums, ghettos, low and menial wages, sub-standard and unequal education, and an immense wealth gap as wide as the Grand Canyon.
Whiteness must be destroyed. But, in doing so, blackness must be destroyed as well.
For you cannot have blackness without whiteness, and you cannot have whiteness without blackness.
They exists as the opposite sides of a coin, a Janus-faced demon that has torn this nation apart time after time, and nearly destroyed it.
And it is still destroying America.
You cannot deconstruct one without deconstructing the other.
As long as the silence and acquiescesce to whiteness continues, the destruction it causes will not end. As long as immigrants, non-Blacks, and some Blacks, continue to be silent in the face of degradation and defilement of the humanity of Black people, through the bowing to, the giving in to whiteness, they will themselves also degrade and defile their own humanity for the mess of porridge known as whiteness.
As long as the status of Honorary White dangles in front of the non-Blacks who look to either side with Blacks on one side, and Whites on the other, with those non-Blacks joining ranks against Black citizens and deeming Blacks as social pariahs, no matter how decent the Black person may be, whiteness will continue.
As long as Whites refuse to give up their white privilege, whiteness will continue. As long as Whites refuse to let go of the bloodsucking incubus and succubus of whiteness, racism and whiteness will stay in this nation.
As long as racism reigns supreme in these United States, as long as the lies of race, the so-called purity of whiteness, the so-called debasement of blackness continues to grip this nation with its deadly vulture talons---this country will never see the end of whiteness and blackness.
The day when Whites cease to be white and the day that Blacks can finally cease to be black is the day when all Americans can simply just be Americans who happen to be White, Black, Asian, Native American, Arab, or Latino.
Towards the end of whiteness and blackness.
It will be many years in coming.
But, I ain't holding my breath waiting for it to happen.
Maybe in 10,000 to 15,000 years.
But, not in my lifetime.
Ann | October 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p1UP3-3zv
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thank you and
"TOWARDS THE END OF colorWorship"
Wednesday, October 26th 2011 at 10:18PM
powell robert
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Hello to all,
There is no such thing as color worship. When White Americans are referred to as White the reference is pointing towards ethnicity and not color dummies.
Likewise, when Black Americans are referred to as Black the references pointing towards ethnicity and not color knuckleheads.
By the same token when a person ask for a black or white crayon the references pointing towards the color of the crayon since crayons does not possess ethnicity or race.
Why you all ignorant minds cannot comprehend these simple references is just baffling to me.
Many years ago the native American Indians were referred to as the Red man. Only simpleminded knuckleheads would think that the Native American Indians Crayola crayon red. Intelligent people would automatically know that the reference is pointing towards race/ethnicity and not Crayola crayon red, knuckleheads.
You foolish minded people are now trying to twist an innocent common phrase from ethnicity/race of a people to Crayola crayon colors. You all are absolutely stupid!
You all know damn well that the references are not towards Crayola crayon colors but instead it is referencing ethnicity/race.
You simpleminded Negroes make me sick which is stupid reasoning and abstract logic.
Wake up and stop making an issue out of nothing.
Thursday, October 27th 2011 at 7:05AM
Harry Watley
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Hello Ms. Clark,
Okay, you said this, "They are talking about the diffrent definitions between the two words as far as how people relate to the colors black and white."
Please understand that I am not interested in a fight type argument. I am interested in understanding how you all see things as opposed to how I see things, okay.
Now, give me two examples of the different definitions as far as how people relates to colors referencing Black Americans and White Americans so I can be on the same page as you are since you don't mean Crayola crayon colors.
I am trying to get an accurate understanding why you agreed with the expression color worship. Mr. Powell believes that there are no racial differences between a Black American man and a Chinese American man. When you reference Black Americans as opposed to White Americans Mr. Powell sees this expression as color worship.
Mr. Powell is already an idiot not to recognize the different racial diversity in the world. I want to know are you onboard with this knucklehead way of thinking since you agreed with him.
So, give me at least two examples of the different definitions as far as how people relates to colors referencing Black Americans and White Americans.
If your explanation falls back on what I said that it is not about color but it is about race and ethnicity then we are arguing a moot issue. And, in fact you would be agreeing with me and really don't understand that you are agreeing with me.
So, please give this two year old at least two examples, okay.
Friday, October 28th 2011 at 11:01AM
Harry Watley
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Hello Ms. Clark,
Based upon your reply is it fair for me to say that your response is referencing a specific race of people (White Americans/Caucasian) and not a color as in Crayola crayon colorWHITE?
Is it also failed for me to say that your response is referencing a specific race of people (Black Americans/descendents of slaves) and not a color as in Creole the crayon color BLACK?
I say this because some of the definition you gave for WHITE such as; positive values assigned to it, marked up right fairness, pure and innocent are referencing a people. Crayola crayon white does not reference upright fairness. Likewise, Chinese as well as any people could be marked as upright and fairness, am I right. Similarly, Caucasian Germans could be marked as thoroughly sinister or evil and not be Crayola crayon black, right.
What you all are doing and have been doing for centuries because we are ignorant people is being stupidstitious when it comes to the word BLACK and WHITE.
In the context of how we use these words referring to Black Americans as opposed to White Americans is merely referring to the race or ethnicity and he should not go any further than that.
Again, your response is agreeing with me that when we use the words black and white referring to people it is not color worship since it is the race or ethnicity of the people you are talking about, am I right.
You need to remove all these negative stigmas that you have been taught to do is nothing more than ignorance subliminally speaking by attaching these negative stigmas to Black Americans because of pigmentation when in fact these negative stigmas could be attributed to any race of people.
In other words, any race of people could be considered pure as the color white is or evil as the color black is.
You all thinking process brain wiring is all tangled up and it needs to be untangled and that's what I am doing as Black America's first genuine prophet preparing us to become a sovereign people in my lifetime on a reasonable and fertile portion of this continent that we could call our very own country with borders to worship God, pursue life, liberty, happiness and prosperity in our own way.
Therefore, the color is in material when we are talking about people since we are talking about the race and ethnicity and not Crayola crayon colors. You all as I just said need to separate the two concepts in your minds because you're intertwining Crayola crayon colors with race. Again, we are not very intelligent people at the moment. However, in time to come we will be intelligently thinking people.
Sometimes when I say too much it tends to confuse the listener and I hope I haven't said too much to confuse you.
The bottom line of everything that I said is that Crayola crayon white or black has nothing to do with the race of White Americans as opposed to Black Americans. People are racially different and not Crayola crayon color different. Never should you think in terms of Crayola crayon colors referencing the race of a people, okay. What you are doing is blending the two concepts into one and blaming the dictionary's definition of black being evil to Black Americans and the definition of white being pure to White Americans. You are very much mentally confused.
What say you?
Saturday, October 29th 2011 at 1:28PM
Harry Watley
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Hello to All,
I think that you all are jealous and envious of me because God anointed me Black America's first genuine prophet.
What first tells you that I am a genuine prophet is my divine wisdom that none of you are able to overcome.
I ask you all questions about the things that you think you know and you all are never able to answer my questions. So, how much more of an idiot that you all are as compared to me whose questions you knuckleheads cannot answer.
All that you all do is criticize and mock me. You all are no different from the people whom God raised up prophets, am I right. The same way you all treat me is the way the Arabian people treated Prophet Mohammed, am I right. Similarly, the way you all treat me is the way the children of Israel treated Prophet Moses. So, when I tell you all that I am Black America's first genuine prophet why do you not believe me?
When I tell you, Ms. Clark that your argument is senseless am not kidding you. You feel that way because it has been ingrained in you from our slave ancestors that you are inferior.
You express inferiority when you twist your self up about an ideology that is not real and be psychologically affected is bad.
You think that because the dictionary gives many definitions of Black and one of these definitions is Black is Evil and because you are a Black American woman you think that you are Evil. That is extraordinarily stupid.
Remember all prophets were called idiots by their people as you all are calling me an idiot. So, am I using logic and common sense to get my point across and at the same time show that you all are wrong about me and most everything else?
Sunday, October 30th 2011 at 9:43PM
Harry Watley
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Me, "I" am at peace and all I have to do to be at this total peace is to know that God did not screw up when he/she made mankind in her or his own image....
"I" look at black as a balance to white and both go well with every color known to mankind.(smile)
Or maybe it is all about every human being is me equal for being human beings...lov ya all...even you our first Black America prophet Harry. (otfl) (smile)
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