Reflections From a Murky Pond

The second of 46 point-by-point analyses of the “founder” of the concept of White Privilege, Peggy McIntosh’s claims of Whites having specific and special advantages solely because they’re White.

I can avoid spending time with people whom I was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust my kind or me.

— Peggy McIntosh
White Privilege and Male Privilege (1988)

If one is going to take this point in its broadest racial sense, then this is hardly a “privilege” that is limited to Whites. Many of the members of each and all the races within America’s can, and often do, avoid spending time with people whom they was trained to mistrust and who have learned to mistrust their kind or them.

This, however, carries with it the implication that race is the primary reason for distrust and ignores both the fact that trained or ingrained distrust is focused on a variety of factor, most of which are intraracial in nature. Whites distrust many other Whites and non-Whites, especially Blacks, distrust many other non-Whites.

On a positive note, however, Ms. McIntosh’s statement does imply an understanding that race-based distrust is not a Whites only phenomenon. Somewhat mitigating that positive, sadly, is her use of “trained” and “learned,” which strongly implies that Whites are conditioned to distrust non-Whites but non-White develop distrust of Whites through an experiential learning process.

On another positive note, Ms. McIntosh’s statement also implies that an understanding that a feeling of security in one’s surroundings is a privilege as opposed to a right.

The first of 46 point-by-point analyses of the “founder” of the concept of White Privilege, Peggy McIntosh’s claims of Whites having specific and special advantages solely because they’re White.

I can, if I wish, arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.

— Peggy McIntosh
White Privilege and Male Privilege (1988)

To begin with, this is hardly a “privilege” that is limited to Whites. Many of the members of each and all the races within America’s can, and often do, arrange to be in the company of people of their own race most of time.

Secondly, there’s a lot of question about this being a privilege as defined, as Ms. McIntosh defines it – “an invisible package of unearned assets” – in that there’s little benefit to be inherently derived from being surrounded solely by members of your race.

It’s an old axiom that a sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. A corollary to this would be that a sufficiently advanced scientist is indistinguishable from a magician or other magical entity.

There are, in the latter case, ways to distinguish the scientist from the magician or other magical entity…
 

Yep! The only magic scientists and researchers have is mendicant magic in that many of them do seem to be able to conjure funding out of the aether…as long as they are practicing orthodox, “white magic” at least. Those following a purer path don’t do so well at all.

A lot of people believe that Obama is actually a Muslim. I personally think they’re wrong, though I firmly believe that he’s sympathetic to Islam and Islamists. If the boy has a religion beyond himself, it’s most likely not Islam.

Obama’s Theology

No, Obama’s theology, ideology, and political agenda are much more likely grounded in Black Liberation Theology. Of course, being a Black, the boy has no compunction about bringing his theology into the public sphere because Blacks have never been forced to adhere to the same standards as Whites when it comes to the idea of Separation of Church and State.

Therefor, my fellow Americans, the upcoming 2014 midterm elections aren’t just a political exercise, they’re a crusade. If we can hold the House and take the Senate, we can exorcize Obama and set about undoing all that he’s done.

Periodically, the Muslims try to build masjids where the American people don’t want them to. A classic example of that would be their callous and insensitive attempt to build one at Ground Zero. This invariably causes outrage and attempts, normally failed, to prevent these Islamic temples from being built.

Perhaps, we Americans should both show and induce a greater tolerance and not protest the Muslims building masjids wherever they wish to…

I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built in Toronto. I think it should be the goal of every Canadian to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance.

That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, “The Turban Cowboy”, and the other a topless bar called “You Mecca Me Hot.”

Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called “Iraq o’ Ribs.”

Across the street there could be a lingerie store called “Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret”, with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods.

Next door to the lingerie shop there would be room for an adult sex toy shop, “Koranal Knowledge”, its name in flashing neon lights, and on the other side a liquor store called “Morehammered.”

All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us, so their mosque issue would not be a problem for others

— Attributed to Jiggs McDonald

While the above was said sarcastic jest, it’s a great and legal idea. Instead of trying, without any legal basis, to prevent these Islamist centers from being built upon our soil, let’s exercise our own rights and privilege to build what we wish around them in order to forcibly induce tolerance – and a proper silence – in the cultist of the Religion of Peace. 😉

It’s a no-lose idea. The Muslims will either move out, be forced to show tolerance to “Infidels,” or will act out in a manner that gives Americans incontestable reason to burn the vermin out.