hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2005-07-18 10:07 am

Keep your racist bullshit out my fucking face.

I knew someone else's ignorant shit was going to set me off. I fucking knew it.


Let's all just put it out on the table.

Blaise Zabini is BLACK.

Black, people. That means, not blue or purple, not white, not green or yellow or in posession of fins, wings, webbed feet or any other descriptor, but BLACK. He's English, but you know, he's black. Not African American, just black. He can't actually be thought of as, I don't know, BRITISH! because he's black. It's nice to know that nothing's really changed. It's nice to know that when people see you they just see the color of your skin. It doesn't matter that it's your name. Clearly all races should be identifiable by name, because black people are all named Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal or Craig David or Monifah or something.

Apparently, some people now believe that this is the end of the world, because heaven forbid a black person be hot. No, of course not.

There are no hot black people anywhere in the world. There's no Denzel Washington, Thandie Newton, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okenedo. There's no Angela Bassett, no Delroy Lindo, no Taye Diggs or Omar Epps or Mekhi Phifer. No Beyonce or Mos Def or Talib Kweli or Gabrielle Union or Boris Kudjoe or Nia Long.

No.

Obviously Blaise is now tainted because he's black. He can't be hot at all. And oh look, JKR made a joke with his mother about her being a black widow. It's all racially motivated though. I can see how Blaise must now be hideous and deformed. Heaven forbid Draco find him attractive. Heaven forbid that he actually have a brain because black people can't be talented except for in sports, and they can't be smart or make a honest living unless it's in music. I can see how Oprah and Nelson Mandela and Bill Cosby and every black MP or congressman is just affirmative action or a fluke.

And people say that racism is all gone.

Fuck that. And fuck you if this is your mindset.

I don't need your ignorant bullshit.

But don't worry. I'm not upset. I see how it is. It's always good to know where you stand. And no, this is not the part where everyone says 'I never thought that!' because if you did, ask your self would you even admit it?

[identity profile] sparky77.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
This is why as I general rule, I hate people. Racism isn't just about hate crimes and overt discrimation. It's about the way we think. No one ever wants to think that they are racist because everyone knows that racism is bad, and no one want to think that they are in a way a bad person. But Yes, being a upset that a beloved character turns out to be black is a racist thought. An intelligent person realizes this, deals with, learns from it, and moves on. Unfortunately, most people are not willing to go through the effort of changing the way they think, so they just rationalize and justify the behavior and no one ever learns anything. And it sucks. And I'm not helping at all. So I'll just shut up now. *kicks the world*
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[identity profile] suaine.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG there a black people in Russia?!? My world, it is shattered.

You can be as hot under the collar as you want, because this should not be an issue at all and people who make it one are idiots.
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[identity profile] suaine.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. I thought it was either Dean or Seamus.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
bwahahaha

all the black people in Russia are from Cuba, I SWEAR. I know several of them because they all live in Canada now.

You should have heard me have this conversation:

Me: So, you're Cubano?
This dude: No, I'm from Russia.
Me: Um, you're name's Joel Jimenez
TD: Si.
Me: Don't you mean, da? Oh, screw it.

Ok, maybe it wasn't quite that quippy, but all the same.

Re: PS

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
No way is Pharrell Blaise. He doesn't drink!

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
you fail for using the term "blacks" in the way you did. Move on. You missed the point.

Wow, people suck.

[identity profile] shatterglass.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm, Taye Diggs.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
*in love with you*

And also, Craig David.

[identity profile] circe-tigana.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
... hi.

CABINET!

i can't fucking believe it.

[identity profile] pandarus.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Don Warrington, now he'd be delicious. If we had a time machine. Sexiest Voice in British Television. Gah.
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[personal profile] sandrine 2005-07-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
*blinks* Ugh. Sorry, non-native speaker. *holds up hands in surrender*

Believe it or not, I never considered "blacks" an offensive term. I said "blacks" as a generalization for anyone with dark skin in the way I would have said "blondes" for people with fair hair or, I don't know, "short people" for anyone smaller than 1,60m.

What would you say is the political correct term, then? *curious*

[identity profile] tehlils.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude. I was just thrilled to have something more than a name for Blaise. Stupid ignorant fuckers for making a big deal about his race. Black is as beautiful as any other skin colour.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
MANCHILD! I loved that series passionately. Also, I see you avoiding the Cairo Sunset question, missy.

[identity profile] bloodybrilliant.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I ♥ you!

I thought the same thing when [livejournal.com profile] fivil linked me. I was outraged and just shocked that something so lovely that JKR could give us in this book (BLAISE! He's a real character!!!), could be seen as appalling and degrading and OMG THE END OF THE WORLD!

I mean, give me a break! Some people, man, some people. So ignorant.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No one ever wants to think that they are racist because everyone knows that racism is bad,

This, my darling, is must like the Socratic axiom that the first step to wisdom is knowing you know nothing. Likewise, the first step towards racial harmony (that is such a lame phrase, but what can I do?) is admiting everyone has ingrained stereotypes. We can't help that, everything in the media, in our interactions with the ignorant, and in transmitted wisdom from the past tells us X is stupid, Y is a bad driver, Z will rape you women, Q will oppress you and steal your gum trees.

The second part of your remarks is harder to address, so I won't bother.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
dude, your icon! hahaha

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanted to have you and K on speed dial and just leave random messages in the voice box. Blaise! Theodore! More Blaise, his mother is so Thandie Newton! Draco, *crying*. [stabs self in eye] The fucking Vanishing Cupboard, completely with description of what is does, what it felt like for Gavin, and Gavin/Draco at some point. Oh, yis.

[identity profile] tehlils.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Thanks. it was made by [livejournal.com profile] sweetdisguise. Genius I tell you.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I sweat your icon. I now think Snoop Dogg should be Voldie. But he'd be called Voldie, not Voldemort. Am I addled? Yeah, prolly.

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
*snicker*

[identity profile] tehlils.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Addled is fun. :D And you may gack away. I didn't make it, but [livejournal.com profile] sweetdisguise did and she's got several other great ones. And Snoop!Voldie would kick so much ass.

[identity profile] obsessedmuch.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Get the fuck out of here.... are you fucking serious? Did I wake up in 1955? Did IQ's drop sharply while I was away?

I haven't even read the book yet and already I need to kill people... *sigh* Morons.

[identity profile] circe-tigana.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Baby, this book was so fucking Slythertastic. TOM RIDDLE! SLUGHORN! CABINETS! BLIASE! THEO AND DRACO SNIGGERING TOGETHER! PANSY STROKING DRACO'S HAIR! DRACO BREAKING HARRY'S NOSE!

I wanted you girls on speeddial too :)

but omg where does this leave rene and mason ... they're still around, right???

[identity profile] oboros.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
WTF people. arguh.

[identity profile] ethrosdemon.livejournal.com 2005-07-18 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
ok.

Usage such as "the blacks" is loaded in north america. It implies a sort of retro, old south, redneckery that you want to stay away from. "The blacks" is something a guy with a shotgun and a Confederate flag on his american-made pick up truck would say in this way "The blacks are ruining the postal system."

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