kkk for bam bam!

i came across a funny piece today on the southern poverty law center's hatewatch blog .... it's all about how white supremacist orgs are pro-obama because they think a black president will be the wake-up call white americans need ... you know the "worse-before-it-gets-better" argument ...

they think obama might make things so bad for white people that white people will remember they are white and join the KKK ... riiiiiiiight

what really scared me while reading this is the rigidity of racial division ... it's almost like racism is a play and everyone has their role. as if to say black characters always act this way and white characters always act this way. it struck me that racism - in this case - can be such a seductive CHOICE ... a chance to blame someone else when things aren't going right in your life ... an opportunity to never be accountable for your own failings ...

when the economy continues to slip and joe schmoe in wichita loses his job ... is he going to think it's obama's fault? (even though g.w put the economic policy in motion and it doesn't matter who the president is at the time) well, he just might ... cuz racism teaches us people are motivated by their skin color and when skin colors are different people become automatic enemies ... racism is so ... easy. you already know who has your back and you know who has it against you ... simple.

i do think racism works differently when the power dynamic is switched ... i.e. the process of racism is not the same for marginalized and opressed people ...

i am not saying it's better. and i am saying there is still a choice. but it processes in peoples' minds very differently and much more subconciously. read my earlier blog on how racism works for people of color. if you are a racist and you are reading this you will not be able to distinguish the intellectual nuance in my position.

which leads me to my final point ... racism is lazy thinking ... no matter what color you are. a group of people is never all bad or all good.

we are all fucked up human beings with our perfect imperfections. love me anyway?