On The Hook

An excerpt from La Shawn Barber:

I am more critical of blacks than I am of whites because, no offense, I care more about what happens to blacks. That is, I care whether they’re valuing education as highly as they should, whether they’re pushing themselves and their children to be the best and not wallow in excuses or hurl unfounded charges of racism.

Having grown up black among black family and friends, I noticed a certain undercurrent that didn’t have a name. Whether a person actually suffered from racial discrimination or not, there was an urge to “keep whitey on the hook,” a term I picked up from John McWhorter. He articulated it so well in Authentically Black. We are never to allow whites to forget our historical grievances, whether a particular white person was guilty of discrimination or not. Most whites seem intimidated by blacks who do this. I dare say some of my white commenters are probably intimidated as well, despite their boldness of this blog.

I vowed to take the opposite approach. Rather than using this blog to bit** and moan about slavery, institutional racism and such, I’d use it to “keep blacks on the hook.” It’s a fresh approach and much more interesting that telling whites how racist they are. Blacks need to be reminded, constantly, of our responsibility in this mess.

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Comments

[Dave Munger]

I think that's why I'm a little hard on women; I intend to marry one, and if at all possible, even date a few first. Also, I take it as given that 99.999% of men gyno-flagelated in the most profound way, so that the more women embrace barbarism, the more barbaric guys are going to get, so even if I swear an oath of celibacy, women's savagery still guarantees that I've got to deal with a bunch of arm waving howler monkeys every day. Little OT, wasn't that?