Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Jethro's parents were robbed by two black male teenagers with guns the day before yesterday. They didn't tell anyone until last night. I didn't find out until about 1:30am this morning.

They're fine, but rather shaken, as anyone would be.

Jethro's going to give his dad "my" gun.

Anyway, if anyone was reading my blog at about 1:30am, there was a post up using the fuck-word and the nigger-word in the same sentence.

I took it down.

I am torn as to whether that was the right decision. This makes the fifth time either me or someone in my very close family has been robbed/peeped at in the shower by members of a Certain Race. And we've never been bothered by anyone else.

The reason I took the post down was NOT because I am concerned with being labelled a racist. Because, as it turns out, I'm not actually the one with the problem. I'm not the one stealing people's money and threatening their lives. And I think I'm entitled to some pretty blistering contempt for anyone who would do that, complete with calling them the most insulting thing I can think of.

However, while I reserve the right to be extremely pissed off and to use whatever words I want to vent that righteous indignation, I also wish to rise above the situation. I don't want to take the low road and fester in the self-indulgent swamp of hatred and victimology.

But I will say this. There are many Black People who need to get a fucking handle on their lives and the lives of their children. They are robbing people and threatening to kill them, if not actually killing them. And the victims span all races.

So who are the racists now?

Just because all the robbing and killing isn't improving their status in the world doesn't mean these aren't acts of racism - black supremacy even. The fact that they are unsuccessful even with all the entitlement programs, thuggery, and and excuses being made for them is irrelevant.

When people of other races commit the same crimes, no one makes the same excuses. Everyone just agrees they're assholes.

I'm sure I could go on for hours, but anything more I have to say on the subject will just degenerate into pure anger and loathing, so I'll stop now.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, I've been reading your blog for about a month. I agree with this post. We also have a gun and would not be afraid to use it if we needed to. We have had people come into our yard and steal stuff, they just haven't gone inside yet. We bought surveillance cameras but we did not put a sign notifying of them (why should we?). We also have 2 big dogs that guard us. Damn, we even have a baseball bat by our bed and just reading your post today makes me wonder because we're not safe. We're never safe.

And yes.. all I hear is people giving excuses for people making these mistakes. I don't see any other race than blacks or whites asking for money on the streets. All races rob, but the ones making excuses so you feel sorry for them are the blacks.

I'm not racist either, but I do like to observe.

Best of luck to your inlaws.

- cesamel

Zelda said...

We've been robbed disporportionately by young black men.

That tells me something. Maybe it won't tell everyone else something, but it tells me something.

Zelda said...

I say disproportionately, when I really meant exclusively.