That title up there pretty much sums up the general
attitude so many racists (usually White or Chinese in Singapore) I've encountered
or read about.
I mean sure, there's a spectrum.
A lot of them can even sound... reasonable. Calm. Measured.
That's a luxury that's afforded to you,
if you're from the privileged group,
where your children are not discriminated against,
judged to be inferior simply because of the colour of their skin.
Nope.
It's real fucking easy for some of them to seem (in their eyes)
to be the rational ones.
Hell, even the ones who are on the side of the minorities
can easily "switch off" when they've had enough.
And the ones who don't recognize this particular luxury they have,
well, these days I tend to have very little patience for them.
Love it when you confront people like these,
and their true colours come gushing out,
like an overflowing toilet.
Fuck them.
They were never your friends in the first place.
Anyway,
I'd been wanting to write about this for possibly weeks now.
There'd been article after article,
along with the accompanying comments (usually on Reddit or The Guardian) of the racists who
twist and turn to justify the horrors inflicted on those who do not
have the "right" skin colour.
I mean hell,
when you try and justify the death of fucking CHILDREN
in your custody (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/25/second-guatemalan-child-dies-detained-us-border-agents),
and then try and find ways to inflict even more horror on the parents
by blaming THEM for trying to find a better life for their kids,
then to me,
you've lost your humanity.
You are the ones who not only lynch,
but smile and take pictures during and afterwards.
You are the ones who looked on gleefully
as the Jews and Roma were rounded up.
You are the ones who laugh heartily
when children are tortured and beaten to death
because they didn't look like you or yours.
There is no discussion to be had.
If you advance,
my take on it is that you need to be
beaten back by a stick until you come to heel.
The only discussions that can happen
is after you're stopped from carrying out further atrocity.
Not during.
Not before.
I see you.
I see through you.
So what prompted me to finally write this?
This article about an historic boxing match
in Sydney (during the White Australia days): https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/26/boxing-day-belting-the-fight-that-stirred-the-racial-convictions-of-the-nation
It was for a heavyweight title,
and the cowardly piece of shit White champion had kept dodging the legendary
Jack Johnson, an African-American.
As the "fight" drew to a close (Johnson was nothing short of dominating)
and it was clear the champion would eventually be knocked the fuck out,
the police actually ended it before that could happen.
And it was the leaps of logic and sheer delusion
of the racists,
where they heaped praise on the "plucky" champion
whilst hurling insult after insult at Johnson.
Bear in mind,
that this was a fight for the WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.
"Plucky"? Are you out of your goddamn mind?
But yea,
reading excerpts and headlines of articles at the time,
it seemed yes,
they clearly were.
So delusional in fact,
that they could not accept that it was
a fair fight,
and that Johnson was the superior fighter.
They just could not see it.
The way they couldn't see him as a human being,
and others who looked like him.
What would be the use of having a debate with people like this?
None.
And these people still exist today.
Their faces may have changed,
but they remain the same.
Well enough of that.
