tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362310740760398096.post8316243737433174298..comments2023-10-31T04:12:30.692-07:00Comments on On Becoming Barbara, and Writing: On the Unbearable Unrightness of Whiteness and the Intolerable Blackification of all Things Negativebarbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13388144090683962487noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362310740760398096.post-58504697043916000622012-12-17T20:26:39.759-08:002012-12-17T20:26:39.759-08:00This is a lovely post Barb. I have been dealing wi...This is a lovely post Barb. I have been dealing with the issue of white privilege a little too much lately, and like you once were, I'm in a situation where I'm usually the only black person in the area. However, after reading Brandon's piece, I could relate to him in so many ways. I tell myself that I am not racist, yet I don't make friends with white Canadians because I think they are shallow and over-privileged. I pride myself in knowing that I am African, that I have suffered through Third World problems and survived, so I just can't be bothered with "white girl First World problems". I've automatically stereotyped all white people to be the drama queens we see on reality TV shows like Jersey Shore, yet at the same time, I tell myself I am accepting of all people. I only appear to be accepting because I keep to myself and I hardly voice my opinion.<br /><br />I was rather disturbed while reading through Brandon's blog and seeing a lot of myself in him. And I find it quite ridiculous that the man I've been dating for three years is a white Canadian; I've just never viewed him as one because like me, he is an immigrant whose first language is not English and does not walk around with this sense of entitlement. I myself am guilty of stereotyping and purposely avoiding Canadian born Caucasians.<br /><br />Had I been a black Brandon talking about white people's sense of entitlement in an honest blog, would I be accused of racism and forming stereotypes? Food for thought...<br /><br />Thanks again for a lovely, informative blog!Ruruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03566004204297640597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362310740760398096.post-53366929136843213952012-12-07T15:06:31.245-08:002012-12-07T15:06:31.245-08:00So true Miranda! Be that we could all lift ourselv...So true Miranda! Be that we could all lift ourselves up from the past and build a future with no rhetoric and real sincerity. Spirited young country~ we will be great!! Veemicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454537423922450660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362310740760398096.post-8991783903866495232012-12-07T02:32:20.956-08:002012-12-07T02:32:20.956-08:00a great piece, I hate being a part of a group that...a great piece, I hate being a part of a group that is always undermined and thought lowly of, this happens because of my skin colour - the fact that I have Tsonga/Shangaan blood running in me and the fact that I am township girl. But I do not believe the best way for me to act is to wallow in self pity and marinade my insecurities. I should strive to be the best i can be and fight to get what I deserve and what others feel I do not deserve because I'm dirty, ghetto, and should be in the kitchen waiting on a cheating drunkard. I think we are all victims of apartheid, whether you feel small because you have been made to feel small or think of yourself as being supreme just because you were told you are better than the other. This reminds me of Bessie Head when she said: "And if the white man thought that Asians were a low, filthy nation, Asians could still smile with relief - at least, they were not Africans. And if the white man thought Africans were a low, filthy nation, Africans in Southern Africa could still smile - at least, they were not Bushmen."Miranda Mkhumbuzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15167369046448133771noreply@blogger.com