go on...
So I live in Cali, THE most liberal state and the state that people think has the least about of racism, sexism, gender inequality, etc. But I was raised in the Deep South, so I kinda have an interested relationship to race and racial issues.
Even with the liberal white people here, you still have to figure out who is actually down for the liberation of black people and know that this country is set up in a bullshit way...vs. the white people who are pandering to you, seen too many episodes of the wire so they think they're ahead of the curve an still legit don't understand that their mentality is part of the problem. It's gotten easier to tell over the Years, since I been out here 16 Years now.
I think certain people who have no frame of reference for the knowledge, moral compass, racial situational awareness, etc, of the average American White person really has no idea about their mentality. Sure, there are the power players and racists who know exactly what they are doing, hate black people, actively try to destroy our culture and way of life, etc. But then there are the people who legit are void enough to wonder why race is such a big deal, have NO IDEA about BWS, Rosewood, the Philly cops bombing black houses back in the day, the Tuskeegee experiments, etc. Not to say that they don't acknowledge the universal shit like slavery, etc. But they're pretty much a black canvas beyond that, in terms of history.
And I've learned that one of the only ways to realize that is to have white people you can kinda inquire with about certain things.
Example: I know a white dude I used work with. I def wouldn't call him a friend. But we chat about current events often, etc. We talk about pretty much every police shooting, trial, etc. He was an American History minor in college and is pretty liberal, or whatever that is worth. I almost cussed out his mom on FB over some racial shit, but he damb near did if for me, based on her comments. REALLY knowledgeable dude. I asked him about 20 minutes ago via text of he had heard of Black Wall Street and he said that he had no idea and had just looked it up.
Often times, I think we as black people don't really understand how oblivious to white people are to some of their treatment of anyone who ain't Anglo-Saxon. Sure, there are those who just play the ignorant role. Sure there are those actively doing everything they can to undermine us. But I think most people would be surprised how many white people are gotdamn clueless about their own history, how evil they have been to the rest of the world, how it continues today, and how gotdamn malicious it is.
AND IF I'M BEING HONEST, I'M NOT EVEN DESCRIBING THIS THAT WELL. I DUNNO REALLY HOW TO ARTICULATE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU NIGGAS TEAR THIS SHIT APART. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IM EXCUSING SHIT. I GET THAT. BUT I'M NOT.
And excuse any typos, you bitch ass niggas.