Id like your opinions. Before you read, know that i am in no way expressing my opinions. I have no racist beliefs.
I hear the phrase "Black power", "Black pride", etc etc. Theyre socially accepted expressions.
When people hear a phrase "White power, "White pride", assumuptions are formulated that the person saying it is a member of a racist group or holds racist beliefs.
Personally I dont use the phrase white power, I simply draw conclusions on people based on their conduct, not their color. Having said that, I see this as a double standard.
What are your opinions of the use of phrases White Power compared to Black Power?
2007-08-30 05:26:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The LAW- I guess you live under a rock. Nice to know some people still bury their heads in the sand, or other places....
2007-08-30 05:36:27 · update #1
I think when one is wrong then both are wrong...We have ebony magazine, Black Entertainment Television (BET),The ***** College Fund etc...Why is it that these things are acceptable in a Nation where racism and bigotry are supposed to be taboo? Why do we promote any skin color as better than another...and why do we as Americans not put an end to it?
2007-08-30 05:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If a group in power advocates the maintenance of that power isn't that "oppression" of those not sharing in that power? If a group out of power advocates the establishment of their power isn't that "empowerment?" This would be particularly true if that empowerment was to join the "power" of established groups rather than to simply "replace" them. Looking at it this way one can see that the same terminology can have radically different meaning based on the existing status of the group using it. So the social status of the group advocating "power" has a lot to do with the nature and acceptability of their advocacy. If blacks were viewed as advocating the over throw of whites and their subsequent enslavement it would be quite different than a black empowerment movement which advocated their taking a place in the power structure in which they here to fore at not been able to participate. Similarly "power to the people" advocated by "communist" groups--i.e. the dictatorship of the proletariate--is quite different from empowerment movements advocated by those leaning towards limited government--i.e. libertarians, for example. The meaning of "I want to be free" is dependent upon where I currently am. If I am in prison it means something different than if I am being held by terrorists which means something different than if I am a citizen fearful that my freedom is slipping away.
2007-08-30 12:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Orv 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's a good question. Even though the blacks have been an oppressed minority, I still find the expressions "black pride" and "black power" just as offensive as "white pride" and "white power", because either way, the supremacy of a particular race is being promoted. Instead of racial supremacy, we should be striving for racial equality!
2007-08-30 12:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by tangerine 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Not only is it a double-standard , it's also the reason that blacks in America did not succeed as quickly as they may have without it .
No rational human being can say that 'Black Power' or 'Black Pride' isn't racist .
Note : You may or may not know , but Barack Obama's church is racist in the very same way . Do a search and read their exclusive 'Black Mantra' .
2007-08-30 12:36:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
There is no doubt there is a double standard in society and the scale is tilted against not only white, christian males, but white christians in general.
That is an indisputable fact. If there is anything we should all be able to agree on, it is definitely that.
2007-08-30 13:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by Wayne G 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dude, the 1960s are 40 years in the past, I have not heard anyone use the terms black power/pride recently.
Maybe you live on another planet where TV signals from the 1960s are reaching you currently?
Edit-I guess you watch a lot of reruns on TV, eh?
2007-08-30 12:33:53 · answer #6 · answered by The law is a form of tyranny. 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think people who purport "white power" are a credible threat to safety and intelligence in this country. "Black power" is kind of a joke. It's all a matter of understanding the two phrases' origins.
2007-08-30 12:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by l 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Its a double standard.
Born out a white supremism that never should have happened in the first place.
You reap what you sew.Bigotry begets bigotry. Both are obnoxious.
2007-08-30 12:33:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This has come up locally - Native Alaskans are (rightfully) very proud of their heritage, and you see "Native Pride" bumper stickers all over town. But what do you think would happen to me if I put "White Pride" on *my* bumper? I'd be getting a severe ***-kicking, I'm sure.
Yes, it's a total double-standard!
2007-08-30 12:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by Jadis 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The difference is in which group is in the majority. For those of the minority, a call for some power is a reasonable request if they believe that they are powerless.
For the majority, a call for more power is a call to subjugate the minority.
2007-08-30 12:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋